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Re: We lost a GMC dealer [gagrice]
by boaz47
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Mar 13, 2009 (3:47 pm)
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Replying to: gagrice (Mar 13, 2009 2:30 pm)
If, and that is a big if, GM pulls this whole thing off they could be better off financially because of Union Concessions and reduced dealership commitments. I don't think they will recover for a very long time no matter what. I still believe they would have been better off filing for BK and dumping the UAW all together but at least they got rid of some of the costs. Now if they can just learn that an entry level car does not need to cost more than 8k they could do just fine. I know we have gotten used to small compacts in the 15k range but that is just like houses. They have been over priced for years. I can remember last December finding how much you can save because of sales in the box stores. If they could sell at 50 percent discounts and still make a profit then we have been fooled for a very long time.
It is time the consumer got some more respect.
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- #188 of 654
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Re: We lost a GMC dealer [boaz47]
by fezo
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Mar 13, 2009 (4:31 pm)
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Replying to: boaz47 (Mar 13, 2009 3:47 pm)
I don't know when exactly this happened but we had a reduction of a dealership nearby without losing any availability of makes.
There was a Mazda-Linoln-Mercury dealer. Not my favorite place but they'd been there quite some time. They are gone now but the Ford dealer picked up the Lincoln-Mercury part and the Chevy dealer now has added Mazda.
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- #189 of 654
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Re: We lost a GMC dealer [fezo]
by boaz47
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Mar 14, 2009 (8:22 am)
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Replying to: fezo (Mar 13, 2009 4:31 pm)
I know it is a bit childish on my behalf but there are some local dealers I will not shed a tear over. There is a Ford dealer in Riverside that I always believed were crooks. There is a Buick dealer in town that I believe used to rip my mother in law off for years. There is a Subaru dealer in San Bernardino I would like to see go but because it is the only one close to the auto plaza it would be hard on the owners of local Subarus.
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- #190 of 654
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Re: We lost a GMC dealer [boaz47]
by fezo
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Mar 14, 2009 (8:35 am)
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Replying to: boaz47 (Mar 14, 2009 8:22 am)
I know what you mean, though. If we have to lose some dealerships I certainly have candidates in mind....
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- #191 of 654
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Re: We lost a GMC dealer [boaz47]
by steve_ HOST
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Mar 14, 2009 (8:35 am)
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Replying to: boaz47 (Mar 14, 2009 8:22 am)
I've been hearing bad stuff about the Boch Toyota and Honda dealerships in Boston all the way back here in Boise. Word gets around fast these days.
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- #192 of 654
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Re: We lost a GMC dealer [steve_]
by boaz47
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Mar 14, 2009 (10:57 am)
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Replying to: steve_ (Mar 14, 2009 8:35 am)
Word gets around fast these days.
Isn't that the way it should have worked before this crisis? We have just become so accustomed to being treaty badly by dealers that we assume we have no choice. But there have been dealers in the past that developed a relationship with their customers and that in turn developed loyalty. That is why people often see some merit in saving the industry but show little concern for the dealers. At least that is how it seems.
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- #193 of 654
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your next dealer?
by steve_ HOST
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Mar 14, 2009 (10:11 pm)
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Someone posted about buying factory direct in recent days but I've forgotten who and where. But maybe this photo will be the wave of the future?
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- #194 of 654
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Re: your next dealer? [steve_]
by boaz47
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Mar 15, 2009 (12:29 pm)
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Replying to: steve_ (Mar 14, 2009 10:11 pm)
Now that is what I call a change we can use. Hahaha.
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- #195 of 654
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Re: your next dealer? [steve_]
by nippononly
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Mar 15, 2009 (12:43 pm)
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Replying to: steve_ (Mar 14, 2009 10:11 pm)
Now there's a good idea! LOL
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- #196 of 654
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Re: your next dealer? [nippononly]
by fezo
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Mar 15, 2009 (1:34 pm)
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Replying to: nippononly (Mar 15, 2009 12:43 pm)
For the advanced DIYer....
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