Steve Stauning's Blog (43)

Call This His/Her "Jerry Maguire" Moment

(The following post was written by a respected colleague of mine in the automotive industry. The author, who shall remain nameless, is one of the brightest, most energetic, hardest working and truest “team players” I’ve ever met. His/her frustrations are far too common in most industries; but are especially common in automotive. His/her words should be heeded by OEMs who’ve enjoyed moderate success despite their shortcomings. Pricing transparency and other threats to virtually all OEMs’…

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Added by Steve Stauning on February 18, 2014 at 3:33pm — 3 Comments

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…

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Added by Steve Stauning on March 20, 2012 at 11:30am — 5 Comments

Picking The Best of The Best

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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Added by Steve Stauning on March 14, 2012 at 2:27pm — 3 Comments

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