2011-09-20, 07:13 PM
Greg Wrote:For most TVs, only 1%. Some nicer ones give up to 5%. Salesmen here make all of their money by offering customers protection agreements (Sears' warranty), which we make 10% off of. Protection agreements are priced based on the cost of the product, and for many TVs the PAs are over $500.
On top of the commission from both the TVs and the PAs, we earn spiffs. Basically, certain manufacturers reward us for selling their TV by giving us a set amount of monies. We have two TVs that have $50 spiffs, and one TV with a $100 spiff.
So, to put things in perspective, if I sold a $2300 plasma with a $600 protection agreement, and also got a $50 spiff for selling the TV, then I've pretty much landed $133 in my pocket out of one sale, on top of the $6/hr base pay. This isn't necessarily a rare sale, either, but I've only made this kind of money in one sale two times in the four weeks I've been working. So it's not bad. Work has been really slow lately. November and Decemeber are the two big money-making months in electronics, though.
November has Black Friday rite? That sound like a really good chance to earn some big money. You must be doing like 1300-1500 a month right?
Lomelindel Wrote:To be fair, the world (as it currently runs anyway) need people who are motivated by money and don't care about doing what they love in order to get money. We can't all do what we want otherwise who would do the crap jobs? That's right, people who are willing to do them for money even if it makes them miserable.
That's bullcrap, I'm sorry. I worked answering calls doing tech support for hours and that's a s'hitty job, but I tried to enjoy myself at work for the money I had and being myself and trying to accomplish my dreams and what I really want to do on my spare time. If you are miserable with your job, look for another one.
You CAN love money and dream about being ultra millionaire, though, and that's respectable. What bothers me the most is ''flatness'' and the lack of desire or motivation to accomplish something you WANT and just settling down for less.