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I'm a major shareholder in Boston Beer: 33 shares! Shoulda bought a lot more shares (instead of spending the $$$ on the product)! Marley, mon. Eh, Duke, Duke, Duke, Duke of oil. Duke, Duke... The harder the stock market falls... 
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Don't know that anyone can make any statement that business is up with the cars. Taking a survey of the ads in the newspaper tells me it's super slow. That, in and of itself, tells me traffic in dealerships must be down. More telling, when I was helping my friend look at vehicles, the local Toyota dealership was offering discounts on Highlander Hybrids. In fariness, they were getting MSRP on Camry hybrids and Prius'. The horizon will eventually change. Will it be quick enough to save brands? Will it be quick enough to save some of the smaller dealerships? Who knows? deskman....I know you have to promo your wares, but I'm skeptical that Chryco has any firm footing, regardless of what they may, or may not, have coming down the pike. Their problems are the immediate future. Not next model year. GM has a few "hits" on their hand....the Malibu, CTS, to name two. Buick seems hopelessly lost, still. Pontiac has the new G8, and the new Vibe. But, what else? Ford....same deal. Who would have thought the Focus would gain traction again, for example? But, it has. Chrysler? Is Jeep selling anything, at all? Dodge has the Challenger. But, even that car could be a dead cat bounce. It's a simple case of some manufacturers having the wrong product mix, at the wrong time. It could take years for them to reverse the trend with new products fit for the times. There's another crisis looming, too. What's GM, Ford and Chryco going to do with all those big iron lease deals coming off lease? They certainly aren't going to be worth anything remotely what their buyouts say they are. Personally, I ususally trade every 3 years. On my Tahoe, that won't be financially attractive, at all. I may as well drive it until the wheels fall off. Good vehicle. Very well made. But, at two years old, it's worth exactly 1/3 (if that) of what it stickered for right now.
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Replying to: greanpea68 (Jul 08, 2008 12:57 pm) I am glad that you would ACCEPT that from a consumer.  You are a good salesman because you are kind to your elders.  Richard |
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Replying to: mackabee (Jul 06, 2008 9:27 pm) Did they find their son? Did you lock him up in a trunk?  Let's finish the Jim Gridell story. It's time to close the file on that one. Richard
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Replying to: richard64 (Jul 09, 2008 5:13 am) Unless you are keeping notes on the "To Be continued" saga's.... you've got a pretty good memory richard. Unless they are completed within the first day or two from the first post, they are deleted from my memory banks.
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Replying to: hondamattnj (Jul 08, 2008 2:01 pm) OK, that’s a new one for me. I know F&I ain’t a swear word but I never heard of JM&A and I’ve hung out here for a while. Could that be jmonroe&associates?  EDIT: I forgot to mention... JM&A is in direct competition with TJ (teamjipster) and you get a better deal with us.  jmonroe
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Replying to: richard64 (Jul 09, 2008 5:13 am) I can tell you haven’t kept up with the changes in the car biz. They do that now in lieu of throwing your keys on the roof. Yields better results. jmonroe |
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Replying to: jipster (Jul 09, 2008 5:25 am) I'm not as concerned with my memory as I am with my cognitive processes. It seems here lately that I can't seem to understand some of the posters---like Deskman and Duke and a couple of others. I'm not being critical of them; it's me. I think that I'm not keeping up with the 21st Century language patterns. I purchased new cell phones yesterday, and I couldn't follow the lingo of the saleslady.These phones have cameras, surf the internet, calculate math problems, text message, play music, have speaker systems, etc. My head was spinning by the time I left the store. I'm trying to read the manual to learn how to use them. Old age is hell. The person who coined the term "Golden Age" must have been 20 years old. To stay on topic: I'm afraid that my next car will be so technically advanced that I won't be able to drive the damn thing. Richard
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Replying to: duke23 (Jul 08, 2008 5:32 pm) U need to stop buying grey market goods
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