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Safety first? lol

Congratulations. Thinking a lot of us share in your victory. ...so mail those checks on time or you might wake up in restraints while a drunk midget rubs ghost chili on your coin purse. Don't fuck with us.

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I guess that's a question he needs to ask himself. IMO $100, $80, hell even $180 would be worth keeping a clean record.

Had it done to both 5 years ago. Everything's fine. The procedure on the other hand is not really painful but it's better if you do not know what's going to happen.

For a lot of stuff you're describing, it doesn't matter who owns the dealership. If Ford took over Ricart's new car sales right now, they could keep the entire management chain in place, keep the entire sales staff in place with the exact same employment structure, keep the finance, accessories, undercoating, rust protection, and extended warranty people in place, annoying the piss out of their customers like always. Hell, Ford could just keep all of Ricart's profits as their own and keep prices exactly where they are, or even raise prices because they'd own all the dealerships. In that regard,you're exactly right; relaxing franchise laws isn't some magic panacea that will make the car buying experience a lot better. It will improve some things, though, like the barrier to entry for niche brands. How did Fiat start selling cars in the US again? They bought Chrysler. Obviously there are other hurdles with federalization of European cars, but if you want to buy a Citroen or a Renault, good luck with that as long as those companies either have to front the cash for a massive franchise network or buy a struggling domestic automaker of their own. Another area of improvement is controlling inventory. In the run-up to GM's bankruptcy, one of the things they complained about was their inability to shutter individual dealerships to match their falling market share, especially in urban areas where they often have 2 to 3 times as many dealers as the Japanese brands because those GM dealers were there long before Honda was selling cars here. Long after industry analysts had beat the "GM has too many goddamn brands" horse to death, GM had to keep Oldsmobile and Pontiac going because it took years to negotiate settlements with a dealer network that was unwilling to close down for the good of GM. There's a lot of redundancy across dealerships that could be eliminated if Ford consolidated the 10 or so dealerships within an hour of here. It remains to be seen whether any of those savings would be passed on to the customer, but the current system has got to be woefully inefficient. It'll be interesting to see how this all plays out.

This is one of the best assessments I've yet read. As an employee at a traditional dealership that prides itself on not being a shady dealer, allow me to try to present the other side of the story with as little emotional influence as I can muster. I, for one, would LOVE a dealership environment in which I'm compensated in the $60k-$80k range annually. For the amount of hours I put in and the level of expertise that I'm expected to have, I think that's fair. I could easily earn more as a commissioned employee, but I could also easily earn less in a bad year. Part of what I love about commissioned sales is the opportunity to out-perform my competitors, but I'll get to that in a minute. Let's imagine that I am now a comfortably paid salaried employee at Al's Ford. As an employee, I'm expected to be knowledgeable, I'm expected to provide top notch service and support for my clients, and I'm expected to be a professional ambassador for both the brand and my dealership. All of these things are easy to do and currently the norm at a good dealership. They're a bit harder to come by at a shady dealer. Now, as a good employee at a good dealer, I will try my utmost to meet customer needs, as I currently do. However, as a commissioned salesperson, I'm always looking for that next "up". I am hungry for anyone to come on the lot because that's an opportunity for me to make or not make money. When someone comes on the lot 15 minutes before close, I may be reluctant but I will always treat them the same as someone who comes in 15 minutes after we open because if I don't, I won't earn their business and that is above all the most important thing to me. As a salaried employee, I'm less likely to want to stay here til 10pm writing a deal. I'm less paranoid about losing a deal, because I know no one else in town is going to stay open late for one customer. Why? Because we're not insanely hungry for that one extra deal. So your work schedule only allows for you to come super late during the week, and no one will stay open. That sucks, but oh well. You'll go in on Saturday. But wait, Al's Ford has cut their hours on weekends! You see, while a majority of customers come out to see cars on Saturday, there's little incentive to be open if you know no one will be around. So during the winter when it's dark at 4, we close at 4! "Rubbish!" you say, knowing that Tesla Easton is open until 10pm on Saturday. Well they're a mall location. They have traffic all day every day. Try buying a car on Saturday in Michigan. The closer a dealership is to an auto plant in MI, the more likely they're only open 4-5 hours on Saturday. And good luck getting service! "Well," you think "surely the manufacturer will think of this and, as a result of these being factory stores, they will implement policies to ensure the customer has convenient hours in which to shop. We'll make sure the stores abide by high standards." And you're right, this very may well be the case. But nothing in this world comes free, and do you think that now that the factory has a vested interest in the costs associated with running a retail store that they'll be more concerned with the bottom line? The days of the service dept paying for the losses of the sales dept will disappear. Both must be profitable! No more $7k rebates off a new truck. No more "invoice less rebates" for everyone! Hell, I'd be surprised if MSRP doesn't turn into just RP, because the mfr will no longer be suggesting the retail pricing, they'll be setting it! And then, from the fog of high-priced new cars with less-than-gung-ho salespeople, comes one dealership. That's all it takes. One dealership willing to whore all their cars out. They pay their salespeople commission because they want HUNGRY employees who want to work 6-7 days a week for the prospect of making 6 figures a year selling cars. They want salespeople who will stay all night writing up a deal that pays them a minimum commission just to get the one extra car to beat the factory store. At the end of the day, the number 1 reason people do business with a particular dealer, brand, or car salesperson has nothing to do with the experience. I know this because people will spend hours, even multiple days, to try to save a few hundred dollars. The dealership model of business did not appear overnight. Yes, it has been supported by painfully shady lobbying, but that is more to support the painfully shady dealers. The ONLY reason shady dealers still operate is because people usually go with the lowest price, and the shady dealers will often offer that at the expense of a superior buying experience. I'm not suggesting that factory to door sales are bad, but after spending several years watching the average person's method of buying cars, it's simply not feasible for high-volume production cars. I welcome the change and will gladly be at the forefront of it, but I just want to present potential outcomes to those who think it a flawless system. TL;DR Factory-to-buyer sales may not be all it's cracked up to be.

Did you think the tap rooms were free. Of course all the big telco's/ISP's are being paid.

By all means, do tell more?

Went out squirrel hunting with the kiddo today for his first time. They seemed to be hiding or to far away all day. We did get a chipmunk today, he sniped him in the ear with a .22 from 20Yrds. The head was sticking out of a hole in a tree. He had to reach down the hole to pull it out. We skinned it for him and are gonna try a salt tan on the hide. He was pumped even though we did not get any tree rats.

Is there anything that boy can't do, Tonik?

Damn well I won't be able to make the ride Saturday now. Might be able to make it down late for the shenanigans but not sure yet.

I'm not capable of entering the contest obviously, but here are two for me. We are always racing with intensity. There are times, however when we have fun. We are after all, amongst our peers and those we trust to lean a motorcycle on top of at speed. Respect in this sport means a lot more than I think people believe... This picture with Chimi says a lot. We are about to go out for our race and we were sitting there joking. When we gridded up and shields down, it was serious business...

Yes, everyone you should get this so when your card gets pwned all your cards get pwned at the same time. Might as well go big.

I took this Friday when I was putting the bike away for winter.

Whiskey goes with everything.....lol

Never thought of using whsikey...

Still talking about underwear, ok here's my take. Wear your thong backwards, works like a pushup bra and keeps you from sitting on your balls. Miles of comfort.

That good Samaritan interfered with the robber's civil rights. The robber was clearly entitled to the store's cash.

Finished product! Delicious!

We're all good now! Supporting member & old pics deleted. Thanks guys.

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Interesting, At&t has a customer.

You all inspired me. Found a recipe online using brisket and bacon. No beans for me. One thing I've read you can do is thicken it with a bit of corn masa, anyone ever tried this?

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/192068-obama-dog-knocks-over-toddler CNN is reporting that she was startled by the dog's docile approach, stepped back and tripped over the corner of the walker the boy on her left was using. FOX is reporting that Obama ordered his dog to maul the girl when he found out her parents didn't sign up for Obamacare. BBC is reporting that Nelson Mandela died.

Some gun porn for your viewing pleasure.

I'll wait until someone decides they hate it and want a PS4 instead so I can buy it at a discount or wait a year until the price comes down. I don't play enough anymore to really justify dropping the dough right now

1. Dont put ammo in your safe.. Horrible idea. 2. Why call Dominion at all. Get a stud finder and run a lag bolt into the floor joist. As far as the weight goes, I wouldnt worry about that. I think standard building codes I talked to a safe mover and he moved 2 1200lb safes into a guys condo on the second floor, when the guy moved out he called the same safe mover. I spoke with the mover and he said that there were no cracks in the drywall, celing, or anything when he moved them back out that would indicate issues. As far as building codes and supports go, here is the ORC for requirements and this doesnt take into account a safety factor.. You will be fine. Hell a waterbed weighs more than your safe. http://codes.ohio.gov/oac/4101%3A1-16 FYI, if you dont bolt your safe down, youre wasting a lot of time/money for little return. My suggestions. 1. Good safe and bolt that SOB down - Use Eva-Dry 500 dehumidifiers in it. 2. Alarm system with monitoring, video and dogs if you can 3. Insurance rider for your firearms.