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He might of had only $350 on that end of the sale. He just didn't tell you how they raped the other guy on the trade in. I've heard that dealerships will sell trades ins at a loss, or whole sale them out to auction sites, because they made so much on the trade. Used lots have to make money on every sale. Figures lie, and liars figure!
He adamantly told me they only make 350-500 per vehicle and the company and the rep need to split that. Which is a total lie. There is no way they can support a couple million in inventory as well as cover costs on a 10,000 SF building on 175-250 per vehicle.
 
He adamantly told me they only make 350-500 per vehicle and the company and the rep need to split that. Which is a total lie. There is no way they can support a couple million in inventory as well as cover costs on a 10,000 SF building on 175-250 per vehicle.
Volume Steve, volume :laugh:.
 
He adamantly told me they only make 350-500 per vehicle and the company and the rep need to split that. Which is a total lie. There is no way they can support a couple million in inventory as well as cover costs on a 10,000 SF building on 175-250 per vehicle.
Then there is the 'invoice price' which does not show 'kick-backs', 'rebates', and other payments to the dealers, etc., or actual price they pay.

But it does amaze me, the amount of inventory $$$ some of these dealerships have tied up in the lots, whether actually 'owned' by the banks / lenders, the manufacturers, other creditors, etc. Definitely a financial game, and not a transportation one.

Interesting too, that anti-trust laws here prohibit manufacturers from selling vehicles direct - something that Tesla has been challenging.

Philbert
 
Today, I was staging my loaded firewood trailers,

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getting ready to cut the logs to firewood length over another trailer, for later splitting.

If the weather permits, that will be tomorrows job.

SR
 
Spotted this on CL today. The manufacturer gave me a chuckle.

Free Douglas Fir Firewood - You Cut and Haul (Eugene)

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condition: excellent
make / manufacturer: God
model name / number: Douglas Fir Trees
We have several dead standing Douglas Fir trees that we are cutting down. We are offering the firewood from the trees for FREE to any interested person who can come with their own chainsaw to cut up the felled trees. The trees are near our driveway and can be easily accessed to load up cut log sections. At the base, the trees measure around 16-18" in diameter. The wood is dry enough to burn.

We are located in the SW Eugene area.
The picture shown here is one tree we already felled and cut up as an example of what is available.
 
We start the face mask thing monday. Like I said following New Yorks lead. What a joke.
You did much better getting the EVO.
Well the mask thing is to protect the other person. Surgical masks protect the patient not the doctor . Basically to stop your droplets from going into the air . Every time you talk droplets float out .
 
Ha, Ha, Ha Joe! That looks like a real unusual Pontiac. Is it yours? Must be about 66/67, front end looks like a Goat!
It was. A friend at work built it. I brought my daughter home from the hospital in it, in a white out snow storm, when she was born. My friend was a major world wide GTO collector. He had several from movies. He had one from a Jodi Foster movie. At one time he told me he had over 100 GTO’s. The last car show I saw him at, he said he couldn’t drive tractor trailers any more. Developed bad biabetes. Few years ago I heard he passed away, then his wife passed too. Both would have been late fifties. His dad had an Orange Judge that was on calendars at Carlisle ever year. Good folks, gone too soon.
 
I know you rember the Pontiac jingle, “Wide trackin, Pontiac”. There were some crazy Pontiacs came out of Canada. I saw a wagon one year I drove mine to Carlisle. I forget what year it was, but it had 421 tri power in it, years after they quit using them in the States. It also had mongo tires on the back. I thought it had been mini tubbed. He laughed and said go look. The wide tracking Pontiac bodies were 3-4 inches wider than the rest of the GM models. The Canadian Pontiacs went on Chevy frames, so the wheel wells were a little wider. Cool car. He was asking less for his than I was asking for mine. If mine sold I would have bought his.

The guy I sold mine to got rear ended and totaled it.
 
Precisely what a rellie in Canada is doing. He advertised as such from the very beginning of this virus and that point of difference has been a big part of his small mechanic business being swamped with new customers
He went the whole 9 yards. Explained how parts are sourced from suppliers with strict virus protocols, he wears mask and visor when meeting customers, disinfects car, etc. Paranoid owners love it.

The left coast is different than the East Coast but I'm seeing plenty of whom no more than 3 months ago that I thot were intelligent and rational people become unhinged ...
 
Today, I was staging my loaded firewood trailers,

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getting ready to cut the logs to firewood length over another trailer, for later splitting.
If the weather permits, that will be tomorrows job.

SR


Umm , there's still room on that trailer , right side at the headboard and right side in the back , jus sayin ,,,


:)
 
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