I'll give you a funny story from Friday. As you may or may not be aware, I take back cars from dealers who make a mistake when they buy - or find something they don’t like - on a very regular basis, 2 to 7 per week. I do this to maintain the dealers' trust with Manheim Auctions, and with me as part of the perceived value at Manheim PA. This is done in a general sense to promote the will to participate on simulcast, in my opinion the future of remarketing.
A dealer came up to me while I was in the middle of a rip roaring segment of my lane, and in broken Farsi / English says, “this car no good, you take back, the auction lady say you take back.” I stopped the sale and in front of about one hundred and fifty dealers I said absolutely I take it back, what’s wrong with it. He said “car is junk, no nice car, I bought it in Lane 19, auction said you take back.” Needless to say I sell in lane 22, not 19. The buyer
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