I’m a small independent who is getting choked out to death financially by the big corporations including the big corporate auctions. I’m certain many of the rest of you are feeling the same way in 24.
This is a good review of the Tallahassee Auto Auction and its GM Jeremy.
I was surprised that road runner transport up’ed their fee from Tallahassee to Niceville from $150 to $350 out of the blue on me. Yep, yet another corporation increasing our costs to do business – AGAIN! Gas prices went down. Insurance stayed the same from last year at least for me. (Shop and vote with your feet every year if you have to just to stay alive.)
I decided to drive my (1) purchased unit (it used to be 3-5 every auction,) and leave my RV to pick up next week.
I explained my challenge (bitching about corporate gouging) to Jeremy and he in one second offered to allow me to store my RV in a secured and save place to allow me to save the $350 (unwarranted and unreasonable) transport fee to keep in my pocket, drive my new unit home, and simply hitch a ride next week with another wholesaler to pick up my RV next week.
Thank you Jeremy for keeping me alive to fight another day in this (currently) whacked out industry.
The takeaway from this story is to keep a strong relationship with the GM and staff at the auctions to avoid as much of the “but corporate policy is…”) BS. The staff still has some discretion over their operations and can sometimes do things that certainly their corporate masters may (unnecessarily) cringe about not being true car people who truly understand what the small independents guys are going through.
1- Vote with your feet.
2- Maintain a fair relationship both ways with your GM’s and staff
3- Communicate your needs and concerns.
4- Be reasonable but also stand your ground when necessary.
5- Write up your reviews and share your experiences both positive and negative on Auto Auction Review . Com!
6- Stay positive to the best of your ability by fighting for change in our industry by making the point every chance you get to put the corporate boys on notice that when they drive all the small people out of business on the buy side that they will eventually ruin the profit margins for the large corporate on the sell side. This will collapse that auction one day and hopefully so. Bad auctions should go out of business and good auctions should get the bad auctions’ business revenues!
The corporate parasites will kill the host or they will adapt and keep the host alive.
Again, thank you Jeremy for making a sound and reasonable decision to keep me coming back again to your small town feel auction – where the small guys still matter!
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Rob Harrington
I’m a small independent who is getting choked out to death financially by the big corporations including the big corporate auctions. I’m certain many of the rest of you are feeling the same way in 24.
This is a good review of the Tallahassee Auto Auction and its GM Jeremy.
I was surprised that road runner transport up’ed their fee from Tallahassee to Niceville from $150 to $350 out of the blue on me. Yep, yet another corporation increasing our costs to do business – AGAIN! Gas prices went down. Insurance stayed the same from last year at least for me. (Shop and vote with your feet every year if you have to just to stay alive.)
I decided to drive my (1) purchased unit (it used to be 3-5 every auction,) and leave my RV to pick up next week.
I explained my challenge (bitching about corporate gouging) to Jeremy and he in one second offered to allow me to store my RV in a secured and save place to allow me to save the $350 (unwarranted and unreasonable) transport fee to keep in my pocket, drive my new unit home, and simply hitch a ride next week with another wholesaler to pick up my RV next week.
Thank you Jeremy for keeping me alive to fight another day in this (currently) whacked out industry.
The takeaway from this story is to keep a strong relationship with the GM and staff at the auctions to avoid as much of the “but corporate policy is…”) BS. The staff still has some discretion over their operations and can sometimes do things that certainly their corporate masters may (unnecessarily) cringe about not being true car people who truly understand what the small independents guys are going through.
1- Vote with your feet.
2- Maintain a fair relationship both ways with your GM’s and staff
3- Communicate your needs and concerns.
4- Be reasonable but also stand your ground when necessary.
5- Write up your reviews and share your experiences both positive and negative on Auto Auction Review . Com!
6- Stay positive to the best of your ability by fighting for change in our industry by making the point every chance you get to put the corporate boys on notice that when they drive all the small people out of business on the buy side that they will eventually ruin the profit margins for the large corporate on the sell side. This will collapse that auction one day and hopefully so. Bad auctions should go out of business and good auctions should get the bad auctions’ business revenues!
The corporate parasites will kill the host or they will adapt and keep the host alive.
Again, thank you Jeremy for making a sound and reasonable decision to keep me coming back again to your small town feel auction – where the small guys still matter!