While reading a story on CNN about a Chrysler dealership in a small town in Georgia losing it's trademark,,,
cnn story (Claxton Chrysler)
I think this statement pretty much explains it...
"Womack intends to stay in business as a used car dealer after the agreement with Chrysler ends June 9, but it will be a very different operation. With no warranty work, the service and parts departments will be closed, Shontz said."
You mean a dealership doesn't have any customer pay tickets, no payin' customers? Yeap, that pretty much sums it up. They price themselves out of business over the years just like the car manufacturers by raising the prices and adding on hidden fees and services to the bill.
Hardly nobody goes to a dealer any more - unless they "think" it's under warranty!
Anybody who didn't see this coming must have been on another planet.
A General manager for a GM dealership told me 3 years ago that GM wanted all it's brands under one roof. Nothing new is happening with the closing of dealers. Most everybody in the biz seen this one coming long before it was public knowledge.
I once thought that the problem to high car prices was because of easy financing. I always said, if everybody had to pay cash then you could purchase a car for what it was really worth. I now believe this theory was dead wrong. I never realized that in reality, they would just stop making cars instead of cutting executive salaries and lowering prices.
Theses people, investors, executives, those running the car manufacturing business, could care less about the company, the brand, retirees, or traditions. All they care about is how much money they can put in their pocket in the shortest amount of time. It surprises me they held out this long.
cnn story (Claxton Chrysler)
I think this statement pretty much explains it...
"Womack intends to stay in business as a used car dealer after the agreement with Chrysler ends June 9, but it will be a very different operation. With no warranty work, the service and parts departments will be closed, Shontz said."
You mean a dealership doesn't have any customer pay tickets, no payin' customers? Yeap, that pretty much sums it up. They price themselves out of business over the years just like the car manufacturers by raising the prices and adding on hidden fees and services to the bill.
Hardly nobody goes to a dealer any more - unless they "think" it's under warranty!
Anybody who didn't see this coming must have been on another planet.
A General manager for a GM dealership told me 3 years ago that GM wanted all it's brands under one roof. Nothing new is happening with the closing of dealers. Most everybody in the biz seen this one coming long before it was public knowledge.
I once thought that the problem to high car prices was because of easy financing. I always said, if everybody had to pay cash then you could purchase a car for what it was really worth. I now believe this theory was dead wrong. I never realized that in reality, they would just stop making cars instead of cutting executive salaries and lowering prices.
Theses people, investors, executives, those running the car manufacturing business, could care less about the company, the brand, retirees, or traditions. All they care about is how much money they can put in their pocket in the shortest amount of time. It surprises me they held out this long.
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