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Setting up a Car Deal through a Quick Quote |
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In Dealer Solutions Software setting up
a quote or payment becomes a simple
money making process. The screen
layout allows even the novice car dealer
a chance to sell a car with ease.
We are going to go through the
5 STEPS TO
PREPARING A QUOTE below using
Dealer Solutions Software Version 5.0 so
that you can see just how simple it can
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(Click to Enlarge the Quote Screen) |
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STEP 1: Select a Vehicle
To
begin the quote first load in a vehicle from
your current inventory list that you wish to sell.
If the vehicle was stocked in correctly and an
Asking Price was entered, it will show up and
automatically be added to the Cash Price line
item on the finance table.
In
this example we have selected a 2003 Ford Focus
SVT. If the Asking Price listed says n/a
you can bypass that and enter in a figure on the
Cash Price line item or you can click the Edit
Vehicle button to edit the vehicle entry.
If you
have a salesman on this deal, you are given the option
to select the salesman by click the Contact icon
to the right. This will ensure the
salesman's commission is added to the deal and
wash sheet.
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STEP 2: Quote
Prepared For
The
next step in preparing a quote is to select whom
the quote is in preparation for. You have
3 options as to how to load that customer's
information:
Quick
Add: Just enter the customer's First Name,
Last Name, and Phone Number in the boxes.
New Customer: Click New Customer and enter
in the customer's info from the New Customer
Record screen.
Load Customer:
Load an existing customer already entered in,
maybe they have purchased in the past, were
entered in to run a credit check, or were entered
in before from a test drive.
You
are then given the option to Pull a Credit
Report or Edit the customer's Credit
Application.
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STEP 3: Set
Up Deal
This screen
shows you exactly how the deal is
structured. Every line on
the finance screen is editable to meet both
the needs of your customer and assure
that you maintain profitability.
Type
in any cash down payment or add charges for
Service Contracts or GAP by clicking on the
appropriate line item. If your customer
offers you a specific delivered price that
is acceptable, simply click on “Out the
Door” on the bottom line of the screen,
select “Cash Price” from the list, and type
in the desired price. This will roll back
the selling price, adjust the Sales Tax to
match the lower selling price and provide
you with the “delivered” price your customer
requested.
NOTE:
At the bottom left corner of every finance
screen is a series of numbers labeled “Quote
#”. The last 6 numbers on the right tell
you the gross profit in the deal so that you
are constantly aware where you are!
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STEP 4: Menu
Selling Made Right
Now is the time to make your customer aware
of the value-added products you offer. You
can set up to 3 aftermarket products to be
displayed on the menu by default, such as
Service Contracts, GAP Contracts, etc. Each
box displays the payment that includes the
product selected. If your customer requests
any of the products you have displayed,
simply check the box labeled “Yes, I would
like this product” and it automatically adds
that product to the monthly payment. You
and your customer will immediately see how
each product impacts the payment by just a
few dollars per month for each valuable
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STEP 5: Set
Up Payments
Everything you and your customer need to know
about the amount to be financed, the term, the
interest rate and the respective payment is
displayed here. You can change any value and it
will immediately recalculate the correct payment
when you hit enter on your keyboard. It also
displays every payment from 6 months to 60
months at a glance; however the “Term” field
will accept and calculate any term. It also
displays total interest paid, total of payments
and any odd final payment.
Once you and your customer have agreed on your
deal, you may load your quote, save it for
future retrieval or select “Make this a deal”
and all of your information will be loaded and
ready to print! Nothing could be easier! |
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