Market Conditions Commentary
 
Balanced like never before, Big as anywhere in North America, Brave because the market sucks, Balls because they will all get sold regardless of outcome, Beware, if you miss it you could get fired for being a bonehead
by Robert Hollenshead
Jun 26 2013 9:06AM

Friday is shaping up to be as balanced as I have ever seen it, but first let me tell you about the largest wholesale market in the world, nobody shows up.  I have been selling in the 17545 for 42 years and I have never seen it like it is now.  If it weren't for Simulcast, there is nobody to sell a car to.  Either there are really good places to find cars (that you need a special password to find, I don’t know what or where it is) or nobody needs them. 

I was talking to a dealer from Dallas Friday and IO asked how the market was.  He replied that is was high as a kite.  I asked what he was looking for after I got up off the floor. He said what everybody says when they are asked what they want, exactly what doesn't exist with the exception of our lanes.  But break that done;  Low mile, good Car fax, no paint work 2010 and down, right color, white or black, (no silver , blue, grey, red, blue), has to have all the gear, tires fat, and a good service history.  In his case Tahoe’s and Impalas.  Now when you pop that into perspective and picture that one unit out of 6,897 units at the sale, how many other buyers from around the world are looking for that one?  Seems logical that bitch might bring a shot.  How about the 6,896 others?  So from his perspective the market is “red hot”.  OK, got it.  Are you taking notes?  And by the way, he’d buy as many as he could get.  He bought 2 on Friday out of the 6,897 offered. 

The way I see the market in which I sell 700 units per week in the sale or on the street is total apathy.  Now I still sold 25% of all dealer cars sold last  Thursday and Friday, as I usually do, with great Simulcast action,  but the market is deader than Kelsey’s balls.  The moral of this story is, This fine piece of literary work written with the finesse of Yogi B, is pay attention.  We have a line up this week that is balanced, deeper, wider, and fatter than I have ever seen offered at any sale, anywhere., so pay attention.  We will not be advertising that we say sold…we will be selling, 100% with no regard to playing games on words or posturing like a real seller.  No. 

Do yourself a favor and peep the pre-sale.  One word to describe it, wild.  It’s like Noah’s Arc but we don’t have animals, we have creamers. And not 2 of each, we have 20 of each, and in some cases 80 of each. 

This line-up is like Macy’s Parade and the Mummers…combined Pal.  If I had your bosses email address and knew you missed it, I’d send it to him to get you fired.  Because if he hired you to fine cars, and you sleep this one out, he would never keep your silly self around using up oxygen when that same oxygen could be taking advantage of a dumb Irishman that is nutty enough to find, buy, prepare and sell $12,000,000 of cars in the market we are in and, and, and, sell them suckers to the bone.  Pay attention.  We got them, the market sucks, and we will sell them, not in word, in deed.