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    Brian in Etown replied to the thread Have you been blitzed by team ATC yet?.
    I could only find the table in the print zine no luck online, looks like the table is a breakdown of units and monthly overpayment over...
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    DStudey replied to the thread Have you been blitzed by team ATC yet?.
    Brian, Is my computer busted or what- I don't see "the table." Where is he getting that number ($7.74) from? "It turns out that a...
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    Phil Crecenzo replied to the thread Have you been blitzed by team ATC yet?.
    Brian, I believe Mr. Gillrie's statement is regarding "hardware & systems" versus autotrader.com which is strictly "advertising". Our...
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    Brian in Etown replied to the thread Have you been blitzed by team ATC yet?.
    I would encourage you to open the June copy of Digital dealer or paste the link below Mr. Gillrie has a relevant article on overpaying...
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    Kevin Frye replied to the thread Have you been blitzed by team ATC yet?.
    We are in a performance based industry - if we don't perform and sell cars, we don't have jobs. Guess what? That applies to our...
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    Alex Snyder (blog) replied to the thread Have you been blitzed by team ATC yet?.
    Amy, Is that grape or fruit punch? You enjoy drinking that Kool-Aid, but please don't offer me any. I can't stand that stuff. Phil...
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    Phil Crecenzo replied to the thread Have you been blitzed by team ATC yet?.
    "There is a reason we are so expensive. we are worth it..." 4 or 5 years ago, sure I'm with you on that, I'm sure others will agree. In...
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    Chris (blog) replied to the thread Have you been blitzed by team ATC yet?.
    I think if you had several dealers in one area all call to cancel their contracts the same day, in many different locales simultaneously...
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    Amy replied to the thread Have you been blitzed by team ATC yet?.
    You guys should take advantage of the blitz team. they are in your market for one week and since they dont have a relationship with you...
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    Joe Pistell replied to the thread Have you been blitzed by team ATC yet?.
    Ed, Do you use a post-sale survey to gather marketing data? Joe
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    Edward Shaffer replied to the thread Have you been blitzed by team ATC yet?.
    I will take the under...this one played out in the last thread in Nov... AutoTrader does cost more and we look at the measurement of...
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    I saw the whole dog and pony show a few weeks ago on the new car listings. We already pay them about $8,000 a month between all of our...
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    Carlo replied to the thread Have you been blitzed by team ATC yet?.
    "They have obviously maxed out on getting car dealers to pay them "newspaper" money from the used cars and keep trying to grow revs by...
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    Joe Pistell replied to the thread Have you been blitzed by team ATC yet?.
    ATC behaves like OPEC. Increase prices without regard to the consumers whining until it sees "demand destruction". THEN, it'll mend its...
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    TTT replied to the thread Have you been blitzed by team ATC yet?.
    Blitzes are just another way to juice dealers out of more revenue without adding value. How is it valuable to a dealer to have new reps...
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    It went pretty well for us. We were paying around $3000/mo for our listings (I have forgotten what level they call it) and ended up...
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    Clyde replied to the thread Have you been blitzed by team ATC yet?.
    Autotrader is spinning "exposure, exposure, exposure". We decided to cut them to a minimum product last year and concentrate on driving...
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    Alex Snyder (blog) replied to the thread Have you been blitzed by team ATC yet?.
    Brian - I think I'll take the under. I have a feeling people are sick of talking about Autotrader - it may be played out. I won't be...
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    Brian - I'll take the over. This company amazes me. They have tried the Blitz approach with me as well and they tried the free new car...
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    Chris (blog) replied to the thread Have you been blitzed by team ATC yet?.
    I'd be happy to advertise more with AT, as long as when MY PAGE LOADS, I get a cut of the click through revenue from the irritating...
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    Lao Shi replied to the thread Have you been blitzed by team ATC yet?.
    It is too bad as this tool has great potential however the management is bent on sucking out the profits and making big promotion rather...
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    S.O.S. replied to the thread Have you been blitzed by team ATC yet?.
    If you thought AutoTrader was paying attention to the last thread on here involving them, they're going to be monitoring this one real...
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    Al Brandis replied to the thread Have you been blitzed by team ATC yet?.
    In our market a couple months ago they were offering their "New Car Partnership" listing product for three months FREE w/no further...
  • Paul Rushing
    Well they have made the precursor call in an attempt to gain permission to come see me "sometime" next week. The worst week to try and...
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    Jon Groenig replied to the thread Have you been blitzed by team ATC yet?.
    I got to deal with the blitz team about six months ago,I was promised a 30 day out if I wasn't impressed with the product, so at the end...
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