> > I've been thinking of getting in to sales.

It's a lot of fun, and you meet a lot of interesting people, at least with the industry I'm in. I recommend it if you can find a good place to work.

> If you don't mind, I would appreciate more details about your job.

My job has two parts, advertising, and sales. We run a skeleton crew, so everyone pulls double or tripple duty where I work. I get there early, 6:00 AM, 6:30 on my gym days. First, I check and respond to whatever emails may have com in for my directly. Then any leads that were generated that provide phone numbers get split between our sales team, and I take anything that's email only. I do posting on local websites, such as Craigslist, Kijiji, etc. Normally by now the phone is ringing so I'm trying to sell while posting, which I'll typically pause to talk. If I can't help them, I take their information and email the lead to another salesman or another department.

Typically when people call they have an idea of what they want. Worst case, they know why they need it, and I'll ask questions to find the right style of item for them. From there, I find out how often they'll use it, how long they'll be using it, and what their budget is. Then I walk them through the options I have, including year, make, model, price, and general condition. Once they pick one, we'll walk through options to figure out exactly how it needs to be equipped to work for them.

If they pay cash, take their billing and shipping informaiton, make out an invoice, and email it over with wire instructions.

If they're financing, then find out what style they'll need, and send them the right applications. If they send the applications back, see that they get to the bank. And make sure the bank follows up on their application. Then send the invoice to them both, bank and person.

Once I'm funding, arrange shipping through our typical broker if they're in the mainland US, or through one of a few freight companies if going to Alaska, Hawaii, or out of North America. Canada is my typical broker too.

Sometimes these conversations are quick, and within 10 minutes you can have a guy asking for instruction on wiring you $150,000.

Sometimes they drag on and on, and after exchanging dozens of emails, phone calls, pictures, and finance documents, you'll get a wire from a rip off finance joint for $20,000.

Typical commission equates, roughly, to 1% gross sale before tax.

Honestly, the big fast sales are exciting, but working with a nice older woman from a few states over to find something that will help her and her family keep afloat, even if it takes a month, is a great feeling.

> How you got it, and the qualifications you needed.

It's a family owned operation, and I'm family.

As for qualifications, you don't even need an AA. One of our guys has a GED, one has a high school degree, and I actually have a few college courses under my belt. We don't have a single salesman with more than a year in college, and all get at least $80K yearly, before bonuses and alike.

You obviously need good people skills. Great phone skills, great in person skills, and quick on a computer.

> Also are you low vision or totally blind.

Low vision.

> What accommodations needed to be made.

I have a large monitor, not as large as at home, but decent sized. It's 22" or so. Also, whenever another department sends me a lead, it can not be hand written, it needs to be emailed. Most salesman drive their customers, or guide their customers, to our second location to show inventory, but I just pass them off to another salesman, and split the sale with them.

Also, I can't inspect the inventory myself, not easily or reasonably, so I have to have lot boys inspect and be my eyes, which works just fine, as typically other salesman don't have time to inspect.

Anything else? I'm an open book.

Kind of homebrewed my own:

https://github.com/smythp/eloud

The public release needs more work. I'm low vision so I can cheat a bit as well.