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36722 messages, Last post on Dec 01, 2008 at 8:16 PM
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Replying to: madmanmoo (Oct 04, 2008 10:36 am) 
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Replying to: jescue (Oct 04, 2008 11:02 am)
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Replying to: madmanmoo (Oct 04, 2008 11:05 am) |
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Replying to: fezo (Oct 04, 2008 10:33 am) The way I see it is in a average city of 2 million, with about a 100 dealerships (new and used), and an average of 10 sales a day per dealership = 1000 car sales a day in the city. If 1000 people do buy and walk in closing ratio is 10% that means about 10000 people a day are out car shopping. Now let's be conservative and because of the slow times we cut that by half, meaning 500 deals a day, and 5000 shoppers/day. The key basically is to grab as big a slice of those 5000 shoppers as possible thru advertising, marketing, product appeal, and pricing. It now doesn't look so gloomy knowing there's 5000 folks out today looking for a vehicle in your city! 
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Replying to: snakeweasel (Oct 04, 2008 5:30 am) Bingo! |
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Replying to: boomchek (Oct 04, 2008 11:08 am) There are always people who do well no matter what the market. My dad was in sales for decades (not cars). You'd never know that things were considered slow - he was always selling. |
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Replying to: fandiguy (Oct 04, 2008 8:12 am) Not even close. That distinction would likely go to Bobst.  tidester, host SUVs and Smart Shopper
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Replying to: tidester (Oct 04, 2008 12:00 pm) |
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Replying to: fezo (Oct 04, 2008 12:27 pm) Probably got bored going thru the same routine explaining how it all works and still having people not understand the basic bobst buying method. Get's old after awhile. |
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Replying to: fandiguy (Oct 04, 2008 8:29 am) Yeah things are down but they are not as great as you make them out to be. |
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