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    T.J. replied to the thread AutoTrader.com Pricing???.
    RE: Long story short: AutoTrader knows that the worst thing to happen to them from their rate hikes is that a bunch of dealers show up...
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    Bruce (blog) replied to the thread AutoTrader.com Pricing???.
    We plan on cancelling autotrader.com in mid November and will not entertain getting back on until they begin their national advertising...
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    Tim Morris replied to the thread AutoTrader.com Pricing???.
    What everybody in this thread seems to be missing is this: AutoTrader is comfortable raising their prices because they are confident...
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    Barney replied to the thread AutoTrader.com Pricing???.
    If Cox hadn't privatized all divisions I'd think you were on target w/the sale of Autotrader proposition. Too much revenue for them to...
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    Joe Pistell replied to the thread AutoTrader.com Pricing???.
    If I were Cox, this is EXACTLY why I'd get AT ready for sale. AT has reached it's zenith. -"1st to market" leverage...GONE...
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    Bob L replied to the thread AutoTrader.com Pricing???.
    So I guess I should sell vehicles with one year leases and renegotiate the deals with payment increases of anywhere from 30% to 80% for...
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    Alex Snyder (blog) replied to the thread AutoTrader.com Pricing???.
    Lightnup, A few of us are commenting with our real names, links to where we work....we're completely transparent. How do you explain...
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    Lightnup (blog) replied to the thread AutoTrader.com Pricing???.
    Sure is a lot of self-righteouness about reasonable pricing coming from folks in an industry known for $1,295 "Environmental...
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    Chris K replied to the thread AutoTrader.com Pricing???.
    AutoTrader is just like the Public Utility Companies: We pay to create, improve and sustain their infrastructure - increasing their...
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    Alex Snyder (blog) replied to the thread AutoTrader.com Pricing???.
    Then explain why AutoTrader.com Internet inquiries end up in my CRM. Why does the phone ring with a pre-recorded "Please wait for...
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    Lightnup (blog) replied to the thread AutoTrader.com Pricing???.
    Alex wrote: " .....Yep, that’s right, I called AutoTrader.com a “third party lead provider”. Newsflash AutoTrader: you’re playing on the...
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    Frank S replied to the thread AutoTrader.com Pricing???.
    "Google Base will eventually migrate into something bigger that's why we're perfecting the ad words move away from lead providers, and...
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    Chris K replied to the thread AutoTrader.com Pricing???.
    P.S. All Google has to do is upload a dealers inventory for FREE, new and used, and by matching their inventory with vehicle images they...
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    Chris K replied to the thread AutoTrader.com Pricing???.
    AutoTrader.com is enjoying success but you will see other successful sites come along. Most car dealership managers had old habits such...
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    Svengali replied to the thread AutoTrader.com Pricing???.
    The purple elephant in the room that Autotrader.com is deathly afraid of is Google. Whenever Google begins to market their Google Base...
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    Alex Snyder (blog) replied to the thread AutoTrader.com Pricing???.
    JL, What flavor is the Kool Aid over there? If we decide to stay with AutoTrader, I'm going to need some of whatever you're drinking...
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    Hal replied to the thread AutoTrader.com Pricing???.
    change is constant at ATC for customers as well as sales staff, some good, alot of it bad for sales & customers. They are "running out...
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    T.J. replied to the thread AutoTrader.com Pricing???.
    Internet Jeff. I appreciate your feedback and thoughts on my posts. I agree we all want to make money and I have no disagreement with...
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    Internet Jeff replied to the thread AutoTrader.com Pricing???.
    DEAR TJ: Wow TJ, sorry to hear you had such a bad experience working for Autotrader. Instead of giving DealerRefresh readers an...
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    JL replied to the thread AutoTrader.com Pricing???.
    I am a current ATC employee and I can assure you it is tough to go into a dealer and request some of the recent rate increases and I...
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    Flanders replied to the thread AutoTrader.com Pricing???.
    wow, seems the sales staff at autotrader is just as frustrated as we the dealerships are in dealing with them. My sales guy is good but...
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    Good Ol' Boy replied to the thread AutoTrader.com Pricing???.
    "Bottomline, they will continue hire and turn more people that are happy making less money each year and becoming a "service/contract...
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    Good Ol' Boy replied to the thread AutoTrader.com Pricing???.
    "Bottomline, they will continue hire and turn more people that are happy making less money each year and becoming a "service/contract...
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    Good Ol' Boy replied to the thread AutoTrader.com Pricing???.
    "Bottomline, they will continue hire and turn more people that are happy making less money each year and becoming a "service/contract...
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    T.J. replied to the thread AutoTrader.com Pricing???.
    It is great to finally post on Jeff's site with all of you. You have all been correct for years and being in the spin zone was very...
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