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Letter from a Dodge dealer
American Thinker ^ | 5/19/09 | American Thinker

Posted on 05/19/2009 10:29:47 AM PDT by American Dream 246

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To: BrianInNC

Good point, but I think you mean entropy, the second law of thermodynamics, the transition from order to chaos or a lesser level of order.

Bankruptcy judges, long before the Telepromptee in Chief came along, could break contracts to which a bankrupt was a party. I’m not sure the Sunshine dealership is being given away as much as it’s being eliminated. Semantics perhaps since not all dealership are being eliminated, but this scenario was possible under US bankruptcy laws before the Age of Change.


121 posted on 05/19/2009 11:43:56 AM PDT by Ahithophel (Padron@Anniversario)
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To: HIDEK6

“Sorry. The best thing he can do is to start looking for another manufacturer to supply him with new cars.”

Using “sorry” in your remark is rude and unnecessary. This man no longer has a facility to work with, nor the equity to start over.


122 posted on 05/19/2009 11:45:21 AM PDT by Melinda
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To: pgkdan

I have no idea what you are commenting on or responding to.
I never said the guy wasn’t making any money.
I said I would like to see how he does on NEW car sales in comparison to other local dealerships.
Most dealerships make the bulk of their money from used car sales and from service.


123 posted on 05/19/2009 11:45:25 AM PDT by BlueNgold (... Feed the tree!)
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To: American Dream 246

Chains you can believe in.


125 posted on 05/19/2009 11:47:23 AM PDT by mnehring
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To: Publius Valerius

I don’t think they are closing the successful ones and not at this pace. This is coming down from on high from his lordship.


126 posted on 05/19/2009 11:47:40 AM PDT by ontap (Just another backstabbing conservative)
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To: Repealthe17thAmendment
My first question is how does Chrysler save money or even make more money by closing this dealership?

I remember back before any auto companies got any bailout money. There was talk that some dealerships deals with the auto companies were "too good". It was said if GM-Ford-Dodge filed for bankruptcy they could redo those contracts with certain dealerships.

127 posted on 05/19/2009 11:47:57 AM PDT by pepperhead (Kennedys float, Mary Jos don't)
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To: a fool in paradise
Sue the manufacturer for breach of contract.

That's what bankrupcy is all about: to breach contracts.

128 posted on 05/19/2009 11:48:25 AM PDT by MARTIAL MONK
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To: novemberslady

I’ve wondered about the things he talks about. Since the dealers are franchised businesses, the corporate level has no business risk in running these businesses, do they? I know they want fewer dealers selling more cars per dealer, but this could hurt sales since they will have fewer retail outlets to sell their product.

I hope the dealers can have some recourse in court. it’s like the whole value of his business was because he was a franchisee of a major car manufacturer. Without that franchise, his business has far less value. And everything going on with the bailouts were beyond his control. The dealers who actually have to go out and sell these cars had no input there.


129 posted on 05/19/2009 11:48:48 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Baynative

My post #63 wasn’t a joke. It’s an idea.


130 posted on 05/19/2009 11:49:00 AM PDT by RandallFlagg (Satisfaction was my sin)
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To: American Dream 246

“HOW IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CAN THIS HAPPEN?”

That one is easy.

When you elect a Marxist, America ceases to exist.

How many people in the car industry voted for the jerk? They have nothing and no one to blame but themselves.

Hope and change...Zero style.


131 posted on 05/19/2009 11:50:23 AM PDT by JenB987
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To: All

Actually, it looks like Joseph isn’t losing his entire product line:

http://www.sunshinedodgeisuzu.com/


132 posted on 05/19/2009 11:50:24 AM PDT by Spartan79
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To: HIDEK6

So he’s suppose to cove millions of dollars worth of Chryslers renovation with used car sales. Not likely


133 posted on 05/19/2009 11:50:29 AM PDT by ontap (Just another backstabbing conservative)
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To: tired1
check their bumper stickers

And those ridiculous "coexist" one's count as pro-Opossum.

134 posted on 05/19/2009 11:51:00 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (FreepMail me if you want on the Bourbon ping list!)
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To: ontap
This is coming down from on high from his lordship.

These closings were requested by the company and approved by the bankrupcy court.

135 posted on 05/19/2009 11:51:30 AM PDT by MARTIAL MONK
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To: RandallFlagg

Thanks! However, in this case, the dealer is not being forced to hand over anything. Chrysler is just turning its back even after enforcing expensive requirements without compensation.

Destruction solves nothing. How to salvage this man’s investment? It would be a grand nose-thumbing to help turn this dealer’s skewering into a competitive success.


136 posted on 05/19/2009 11:52:32 AM PDT by PuzzledInTX
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To: PuzzledInTX
What can possibly be done?

Some conservative lawyer somewhere needs to find the balls to initiate a class-action.

137 posted on 05/19/2009 11:52:34 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (FreepMail me if you want on the Bourbon ping list!)
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To: Lurker
Some folks are going to start going Bowman pretty soon I think.

This is beyond going Bowman - the government just stole this man's livlihood and property. The government just put 50 people out of work.

This is getting close to a Fort Sumter moment.

138 posted on 05/19/2009 11:53:02 AM PDT by meyer (Obama is to the USA as Mugabe is to Zimbabwe.)
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To: Ahithophel

yes but under bankruptcy rules creditors have a right of redress if they are being treated differently than other members of the same class.

If it turns out that dealers who are the wrong skin color or made the wrong political contributions are being specifically targeted, then they can go to the bankrupcy juge.

Obama was trying to prevent that so he could imperially order the reorganization according to his left wing communist vision.


139 posted on 05/19/2009 11:55:06 AM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: meyer
the government just stole this man's livlihood and property.

This is a standard bankrupcy restructuring.

140 posted on 05/19/2009 11:55:29 AM PDT by MARTIAL MONK
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