Posts Tagged ‘customer service’

Car dealers need to take a common sense approach to sales staff

Posted on February 17th, 2010 by In51der

It can be interesting to observe that as the face of car selling in the UK changes, so do the [...]

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Car dealers need to meet buyer’s expectations and show the love

Posted on February 16th, 2010 by In51der

We often have to try and see both points of view when assessing what is right and wrong but sometimes [...]

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People still buy people but much later in the car buying process

Posted on February 14th, 2010 by In51der

What makes a person buy a similar product from one dealer and not another? The old saying ‘people buy people’ [...]

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Profit the reward for car dealer loyalty

Posted on February 13th, 2010 by In51der

Car buyers should certainly start expecting some innovative enticements in the coming months and years as more car dealers employ [...]

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Some car sales people still ignoring customers once the deal’s been done

Posted on February 7th, 2010 by In51der

In our quest for a perfect world, we at MTI try and see the positives in everything. The reason we [...]

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Bad part-exchange appraisal is no recommendation

Posted on January 29th, 2010 by Outsider

The following is a cautionary tale which probably ends up telling us as much about human nature as it does [...]

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Dealers will soon buy any car

Posted on January 28th, 2010 by In51der

Sooner or later all car retailers will need to realise that as the new car market shrinks, or at least [...]

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Profits could be in the detailing for car dealers

Posted on January 20th, 2010 by In51der

There is no doubt that car dealers in the coming years (make that months) will be looking even harder for [...]

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Why letting a customer walk away is not an option for car dealerships

Posted on January 4th, 2010 by In51der

One of the great things about being in the motor trade is that there is always something to moan about [...]

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King customer will reign supreme in 2010

Posted on December 15th, 2009 by In51der

There is absolutely no doubt that, at the sharp end of retailing, businesses will need to up their game more [...]

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Can non-main dealer servicing be a false economy?

Posted on November 26th, 2009 by In51der

During an economic cool off the focus of most buyers’ attention will be on value for money, making cost savings [...]

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Death of a used car salesman

Posted on November 20th, 2009 by In51der

Thinking of ways to illustrate the changes which have occurred in the car business over the last decade, brought to [...]

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Complaining to the top equals satisfaction

Posted on November 17th, 2009 by In51der

Following is a small snippet of “insider” knowledge, that may stand you in very good stead should you be in [...]

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Motor Trade Insider Franchised Main Dealer Survey 2009

Posted on November 12th, 2009 by Serman

The 2009 Motor Trade Insider Main Dealer Survey is, we believe, the first independent test of its kind. Carried out [...]

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The changing face of the modern car buyer

Posted on October 29th, 2009 by cvh

Not only are today’s car buyers changing the way they find the car they will ultimately purchase, but they have [...]

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Customer disservice

Posted on October 26th, 2009 by In51der

Who said customer care doesn’t exist anymore? In these recessionist days (is that a word? – no, editor) we constantly [...]

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The old school car salesman wouldn’t recognise his modern counterpart

Posted on October 23rd, 2009 by In51der

In the good old days of selling cars, when you applied for a job the sales manager would probably just [...]

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The future for car dealer marketing?

Posted on October 20th, 2009 by In51der

One recurring theme, constantly reverberating throughout the trade at present, is the growth of the internet. We know that 80% [...]

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Customer service by the book won’t work

Posted on October 5th, 2009 by In51der

In showrooms up and down the country sales execs are breathing a sigh of relief that the year so far [...]

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The web and the changing world of car retailing

Posted on September 28th, 2009 by In51der

The world is changing, we can see it everywhere we look and a lot of that change is driven by [...]

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What a customer wants

Posted on September 25th, 2009 by In51der

If we accept that there will always be good service and bad, good sales people and bad or good customers [...]

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No place for short-termism in modern car retailing

Posted on September 24th, 2009 by In51der

Despite the fact that technology will clearly play a big part in the future of car retailing, and will take [...]

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Never judge a book by its cover

Posted on September 9th, 2009 by cvh

People, in general, cannot help forming an opinion about something or someone without necessarily finding out all the information or [...]

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Why the qualification process is good for everyone

Posted on September 3rd, 2009 by In51der

In the car sales business times may have changed, and old selling techniques may have been discarded, but the principles [...]

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Sales events need to be more sophisticated

Posted on August 27th, 2009 by In51der

In general retail sales events or promotions kind of blend into one another and, in the case of the great [...]

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