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1 posted on 09/02/2012 11:18:08 AM PDT by ColdOne
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The DNC is going to commit suicide on the stage at the Bank of America staidum in front of the whole nation. I love it!


63 posted on 09/02/2012 11:49:54 AM PDT by WashingtonSource
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He joined Redfin investments this was the press release; nothing about government until the last line, where it was introduced as an obstructor of business.

CarMax focused first on building consumer trust, in an industry where consumers were skeptical, and no brand was well-trusted.
CarMax pays its field organization to do the right thing, not just sell cars at any cost.
CarMax is unapologetic about offering low, no-haggle pricing. The industry in which it operates has been unapologetic about trying to maximize per-transaction profit, and hostile to the ideas of value or efficiency.
CarMax believes that only way you can disrupt an industry is by being better and cheaper, not just one or the other.
CarMax grew slowly, market by market, perfecting the customer experience before expanding.
CarMax builds competitive advantage by gathering data about inventory, customers & operations that individual dealerships can’t match.
CarMax accumulated operational expertise in a complex business that eventually created barriers to entry so deep that the company now has virtually no competition.
CarMax’s first contact with customers is online, in an industry where the in-person salesman had been king.
CarMax’s online competitors are lead-referral sites, which send customers to dealers of varying quality, operating in a broken system.
CarMax has always focused on the long-term, limiting its initial appeal to investors, but maximizing return on invested capital over time.
CarMax built a culture of respect for its employees, despite competing in a dog-eat-dog industry. For the sixth consecutive year, Fortune just chose CarMax as a Top 100 company to work for. No auto dealer or manufacturer has ever made the list.
CarMax lobbied Congress to override anti-competitive state laws, and failed.

The only argument I’ve gotten in with Austin so far is whether the largest class of American state legislators consists of car dealers or real estate folks. Welcome Austin. We’re glad to have you aboard!


64 posted on 09/02/2012 11:50:19 AM PDT by gusopol3
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KarlMarx

You can’t write this stuff...


72 posted on 09/02/2012 12:06:05 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (I used to want to change the world. Now, I want to stop the world from changing me.)
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Good to know this. My mom bought her last car at CarMax 7 years ago and has been talking about buying another one there. I’m sure she won’t do it now.


73 posted on 09/02/2012 12:10:40 PM PDT by Heart of Georgia ("Together we will unite America and get this done" - Paul Ryan - August 11, 2012)
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75 posted on 09/02/2012 12:11:42 PM PDT by matt1234 (Bring back the HUAC.)
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This is not a successful strategy. All this will do is prove what ob@st@ard meant when he said, “You didn’t build that.”


76 posted on 09/02/2012 12:15:47 PM PDT by RobinOfKingston (The instinct toward liberalism is located in the part of the brain called the rectal lobe.)
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Add Carmax to the list of companies I will never, EVER do business with.

Ever.


78 posted on 09/02/2012 12:19:00 PM PDT by Eccl 10:2 (Prov 3:5 --- "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding")
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Yep, I have bought 3 cars as CarMax....including the last 3 I will EVER buy at CarMax!
To be honest, most things I have bought in the past I did before knowing the politics of the owners. Over the past few years though I have become too concerned about my country to give my money to companies who might possibly turn around and donate it to the Arse who is trying to ruin this country. So, now CarMax will be added to the list I call "A cold day in hell". Basically companies like Starbucks, Amazon, etc.
It is getting close to Christmas and my list always grows at Christmas. If your company can not acknowledge the reason for the holiday, I won't purchase "gifts" from your company.
79 posted on 09/02/2012 12:22:09 PM PDT by 4everontheRight (And the story began with..."Once there was a great nation......")
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1) that place has always been terrible and I got a terrible vibe the few times I’ve been there.

2) It shall from this point forward be called “carL maRx” instead


80 posted on 09/02/2012 12:22:55 PM PDT by JoshuaLawrenceChamberlain
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1) that place has always been terrible and I got a terrible vibe the few times I’ve been there.

2) It shall from this point forward be called “carL maRx” instead


81 posted on 09/02/2012 12:23:00 PM PDT by JoshuaLawrenceChamberlain
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Well, there you have it: If you can’t trust a used car dealer, who can you trust?


84 posted on 09/02/2012 12:30:23 PM PDT by Dysart
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A used car saleman talking to a bunch of liberal politicians.

Two things that are just as low as whale poop.

85 posted on 09/02/2012 12:33:18 PM PDT by N. Theknow (Kennedys=Can't drive, can't ski, can't fly, can't skipper a boat, but they know what's best for you.)
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A used car saleman talking to a bunch of liberal politicians.

Two things that are just as low as whale poop.

86 posted on 09/02/2012 12:34:56 PM PDT by N. Theknow (Kennedys=Can't drive, can't ski, can't fly, can't skipper a boat, but they know what's best for you.)
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A used car saleman talking to a bunch of liberal politicians.

Two things that are just as low as whale poop.

87 posted on 09/02/2012 12:35:48 PM PDT by N. Theknow (Kennedys=Can't drive, can't ski, can't fly, can't skipper a boat, but they know what's best for you.)
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If I was planning on buying a car from them I wouldn’t now.


90 posted on 09/02/2012 12:40:12 PM PDT by ontap
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CarMax won’t be getting my business.


93 posted on 09/02/2012 12:50:32 PM PDT by Jyotishi (Seeking the truth, a fact at a time.)
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He’s right. He didn’t build it. Carmax was a spinoff from Circuit City.


94 posted on 09/02/2012 12:50:41 PM PDT by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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Here's the Email access to tell them what you think of their brand new commie employee!!!
95 posted on 09/02/2012 12:51:56 PM PDT by ontap
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The approved talking point is: taxpayers and govt build the roads and nothing would happen without govt and taxpayers building roads. Kinda weak, but it’s all they have.


96 posted on 09/02/2012 12:52:41 PM PDT by pepperdog (Why are Democrats Afraid of a Voter ID Law?)
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“I didn’t build it” but now he’s content to wreck it?


99 posted on 09/02/2012 12:55:11 PM PDT by NonValueAdded (Taranto: "The whole point of the metaphor is that if you can hear the whistle, you're the dog.")
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