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Agree. The whole dealership model is becoming increasingly less viable as more money is made on financing & service than on sales. They are desperate to identify new revenue opportunities, though I never would have guessed they would start chasing the older vehicle service market.
This is precisely what happened in the PC & electronics markets. Hardware moved from being the primary product & revenue generator to cost-of-sales (& disposable); the real revenue now comes from S/W & subscriptions.
Wow!
This is precisely what happened in the PC & electronics markets. Hardware moved from being the primary product & revenue generator to cost-of-sales (& disposable); the real revenue now comes from S/W & subscriptions.
Wow!
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