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Pete Obuchon
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- Saint Albans, VT
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Pete Obuchon replied to dealerELITE's discussion Dealer Defender - January 2012"Great article as usual Alpha Dawg!"
Pete Obuchon commented on James A. Ziegler's blog post TRUE CAR and ZAG Cyber Bandits, Parasites or Good for the Car Business?"Jim and Arnold- I think that dealers are legally required to send Truecar a 1099 for comissions paid. As brokers, the fee is now considered a comission on a sale... I'm not a lawyer but that's just my take on it."
Pete Obuchon promoted James A. Ziegler's blog post TRUE CAR and ZAG Cyber Bandits, Parasites or Good for the Car Business?
Pete Obuchon commented on Stan Sher's blog post TrueCar - DealerTrack (ALG) Relationship: The words of a DealerTrack Employee"Again... Don't forget that through DealerTrack Truecar will also have access to our F&I profit through their Menu system including service contract markup, gap profit and Credit Life. This will be another huge profit leak for us."
Pete Obuchon commented on James A. Ziegler's blog post TRUE CAR and ZAG Cyber Bandits, Parasites or Good for the Car Business?"I still think that a consumer group is going to get hold of this and hang some dealer for selling their info without consent..."
Pete Obuchon commented on James A. Ziegler's blog post TRUE CAR and ZAG Cyber Bandits, Parasites or Good for the Car Business?"5 Years ago we had a dealer group move in to the area up here and they started mailing out fliers with below invoice pricing. What that did to our market up here in northern Vermont was bring customers out to shop. We had a record amount of activity…"
Pete Obuchon commented on James A. Ziegler's blog post TRUE CAR and ZAG Cyber Bandits, Parasites or Good for the Car Business?"Mike W. - I understand what you are saying and I agree that they suck but isn't the ad in today's Herald a guaranteed price by a reputable dealer? Do you still get a shot at those customers when they call you or walk in your showroom? Is…"
Pete Obuchon commented on James A. Ziegler's blog post TRUE CAR and ZAG Cyber Bandits, Parasites or Good for the Car Business?"That was my point. It's just like a customer walking in with another dealer's ad. I would be more worried about the customer that you have that's a lawyer whos data just got skimmed off of your DMS without their knowledge. We all need…"
Pete Obuchon commented on James A. Ziegler's blog post TRUE CAR and ZAG Cyber Bandits, Parasites or Good for the Car Business?"Keith- I understand his agenda. It is to put all of us out of work. Don't mistake my comments, I am definately anti-Truecar. I am just saying that the certificate that the customer prints out is no more than a glorified newspaper print ad. The…"
Pete Obuchon commented on James A. Ziegler's blog post TRUE CAR and ZAG Cyber Bandits, Parasites or Good for the Car Business?"Mike- I understand what you are saying but how many of those customers aren't going to have a trade, won't need financing and won't go through your normal desking process? What this is going to take is an educated salesperson that can…"
Pete Obuchon commented on dealerELITE's blog post Dealer Defender December 2011"Great article as usual Jim! Keep the faith and have a Merry Christmas! (Yes, I sent Christmas cards to my customers and not holiday cards...if anyone is offended, I'll simply delete them from my mailing list!)"
Pete Obuchon commented on James A. Ziegler's blog post TRUE CAR and ZAG Cyber Bandits, Parasites or Good for the Car Business?"My take on Truecar from the trenches:
I agree with Grant in the short term. I think that True Car will weed out the salespeople with the inablity or without the desire to do their jobs. These are the 8 car guys that…"
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