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"Great share, Steve! I find that treating people with good old fashioned hospitality is somewhat of a lost art in some cases.  I think Henry Ford made a great point: A business absolutely devoted to service will have only one worry about…"
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Why I Will Never Buy Another Car From (Your Dealership Name Here)

(I wrote this article a couple of weeks ago while in the service waiting area of a franchised dealership in Eastern Washington; though in order to fully grasp my points, imagine that I wrote it from your dealership.)The little things are all that matter.I’m here to get my wife’s new car serviced. Just a couple of small items we noticed when we bought the car. One was placed on a “We Owe” and one was discovered during the delivery. The salesman was (of course) very gracious about these and…See More
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Steve Stauning commented on Steve Stauning's blog post Why I Will Never Buy Another Car From (Your Dealership Name Here)
"Thanks Marsh. When I was sitting in the dealership for the second time, I was imagining how badly the average consumer might hurt them on Google or Yelp over something this minor. It reminded me of a 1-star Google Review for Toyota Central (Los…"
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Marsh Buice commented on Steve Stauning's blog post Why I Will Never Buy Another Car From (Your Dealership Name Here)
"Great reminder for us all, Steve. Often we lose sight from the customer's perspective-those who get it right are the ones who look through the lenses of how their customer's perceive their business. Great job sir."
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Why I Will Never Buy Another Car From (Your Dealership Name Here)

Posted on March 20, 2012 at 11:30am 6 Comments

(I wrote this article a couple of weeks ago while in the service waiting area of a franchised dealership in Eastern Washington; though in order to fully grasp my points, imagine that I wrote it from your dealership.)

The little things are all that matter.

I’m here to get my wife’s new car serviced. Just a couple of small items we noticed when we bought the car. One was placed on a “We Owe” and one was discovered during the delivery. The salesman was (of course) very…

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Picking The Best of The Best

Posted on March 14, 2012 at 2:27pm 3 Comments

As some of you may know, I served as the director of ecommerce for the Asbury Automotive Group (NYSE: ABG) a few years ago. One of the most rewarding things about working for a publicly-traded MegaDealer Group was the ability to not only negotiate from a position of strength (we had over 120 franchises back then), but also the luxury of relying on a team of experts to help us always select the best of the best providers of any product or service.

While our process was exhaustive (we…

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