BiggusGeekus said:
* There's a story out this way about a car salesman who took a woman's keys when she wanted to test drive a car. When she returned he refused to give her the keys back until she bought the car. Sadly for the slimeball, she had a cellphone and called the cops.
Same thing happened to my parents at one point (again, solved by threatening to call the police.)... My uncle was a car salesman for a while, and he says they were actually
told to do this in training... To throw them on the roof of the dealership, if need be. (He quickly quit this job.) They probably don't try to pull this much any more (these stories date back to the 80s), considering everybody and their poodle has a cell phone on hand.
That said, I've known other people who've made decent livings selling cars without having to become evil. Biggest problem with it is working for commission: It fluctuates a
lot (especially with something like that, where IIRC your paycheck comes in increments of $250...). If you get a very few sales fewer this month than last, suddenly your standard of living has just dropped substantially. Which doesn't mean you'll be
broke, just going to fewer restaurants or something. Just make sure your long-term commitments (rent, car payments, whatever) are all covered by the money you make in a
bad month, not just an average one, and having something in savings is never a bad idea.