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    Lightnup (blog) replied to the thread Autotrader.com for sale? Not anymore - is that too bad?.
    Not to worry Ryan. There's still only one Lightnup and it's not T. D. Mac. But there's really so many more important things to do than...
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    Mike Keesee replied to the thread Autotrader.com for sale? Not anymore - is that too bad?.
    T.D. Mac said "nuff said" like Bernie Mack. I like that statement. Though, nothing wrong with some industry experts sharing their...
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    Diamond Princess replied to the thread Autotrader.com for sale? Not anymore - is that too bad?.
    Obviously T.D. Mac is a loyal ATC employee. Get your resume together Mac!!!
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    I liked the "Lightnup" moniker much better.
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    I had no clue that so many (outsider) expert opinions existed on ATC as I have just read. In actuality, ATC has and continues to produce...
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    Cox initially had plans to take ATC public back in 2000 but decided not to and keep it private. Cox has come to the table late in trying...
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    Mike Keesee replied to the thread Autotrader.com for sale? Not anymore - is that too bad?.
    You know, we all have our opinions of business's I can tell you that any company who has over 2,600 employee's and keeps adding new...
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    Stew Pedasso replied to the thread Autotrader.com for sale? Not anymore - is that too bad?.
    What a bombshell! No company is safe in this economy, I guess. I doubt AT is truly "off the market" if another company offered the...
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    Alex Snyder (blog) replied to the thread Autotrader.com for sale? Not anymore - is that too bad?.
    Autotrader just took me out to lunch - thanks guys!
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    PS. No way is their revenue up 23% this year. Their New Car Partnership product was a large failure, Alpha Product is too top heavy in...
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    They want to sell because they reached viable market penetration a while ago and realistic new sales growth is not there at least in...
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    AT has done a great job of portraying themselves as the 800 lb gorilla to dealers and the public. Through our lead provider rating...
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    The revenue of AT is very questionable in the present market. AT is a online classified ad. They do not project,or claim to be a...
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    David (blog) replied to the thread Autotrader.com for sale? Not anymore - is that too bad?.
    We are a software company based in Tulsa Oklahoma. We have about 80 dealer customers. For the last couple of Months, we start to have...
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    Brian in Etown replied to the thread Autotrader.com for sale? Not anymore - is that too bad?.
    Oh and Ryan, I see that you have learned that you never take the under on ATC. Alex I hope you have learned your lesson as well :)
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    Brian in Etown replied to the thread Autotrader.com for sale? Not anymore - is that too bad?.
    635 million in revenue is a crazy amount of cash! I wonder how much they were hoping for? Going off what some dot com's have sold for...
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    I'd like to have the over at 150 posts! From the Ward's article 'Sources say the process didn’t get far enough with interested buyers...
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    Cox has a signifcant amount of debt it has to get rid of AT will bring Cox a lot of cash it will use to pay down that debt. Ony problem...
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    Matt Watson (blog) replied to the thread Autotrader.com for sale? Not anymore - is that too bad?.
    I'm not buying that their revenues are up. Not in this economy... dealers are slashing their advertisement budgets.
  • Alex Snyder
    Our (okay, maybe not "our" but definitely my) favorite online vendor was for sale for almost a month, but isn't anymore.  According to...
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    Jennifer Schrader (blog) replied to the thread A Whole New World.
    Alex, I can usually talk my way out of it. Lets do it, I have never sat in jail expecially in Cancun... When is the Taxi arriving!
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    Alex Snyder (blog) replied to the thread A Whole New World.
    Thanks Jennifer! So you want to get arrested with us in Cancun - c'mon!
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    Jennifer Schrader (blog) replied to the thread A Whole New World.
    Alex, Welcome Back! It is amazing what other countries and travels can get the "Back To Reality" thought going again. Appreciating...
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    Alex Snyder (blog) replied to the thread A Whole New World.
    Ha - actually I am leaving again in about 3 weeks. This time it is just Cancun. If I were leaving for a while, I think I'd move to...
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    Billy replied to the thread A Whole New World.
    well if you're leaving the country, I'll take all ya got. If you're not leaving. A ten will do :)
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