Market Conditions Commentary
 
It happened
by Robert Hollenshead
Dec 2 2014 8:00PM

It happened.  Not just it, but a couple of things took place.  One of them will never happen again.

 First we made a move.  Our Company has branched  to Florida.  After 35 years in Manheim Pa our administrative office is relocating to West Palm and Delray Beach Florida.   We will still be breaking sale records every week in the 17545 but we are shifting a portion of our attention south.  If you are a car buyer with balls, wholesale brains, integrity, an insatiable will to win and be on top, a real competitor regardless of circumstances,  and have legitimate stops,  I am interested in talking with you.  If you are washed up, worn out with a million excuses about how the world has screwed you please stay away.  Criminal records can be overlooked if there was a good reason for what you got caught doing.    If you pay people off or have ever done so, don’t call me.  That is not something that we will have our name associated with and I mean that sincerely.  That went out of style when Brill Cream (a little dab will do ya, that Brill Cream) was in style. 

 

We have the best wholesale technology in the world, period.  We have  unlimited buying capital, a brand that is second to nobody, auction methodology that is proprietary, time and volume tested for 43 years history that is unmatched, and a fire that isn’t getting any dimmer with age much to my wife’s dismay.

People constantly ask me why do you work so hard?  And it is true, we do work like illegal Mexicans with 50 children at home that need to eat.  My answer is that we do it for the same reason some people play golf or go deep sea fishing or go to football games…because we love it and we are having a ball.  This ain’t work, it’s a gigantic game with massive stakes on the line.  Living on the edge of the razor blade keeps you a step ahead and paying attention.  Slide either way and get a serious cut.   But hot-diggity-dog it’s fun if your intestinal fortitude is prepared to be tested.   Interested?  Call me.

The second thing that happened is as I predicted  we hit 1054 units registered with two days to sale time.  The 1,300 number is in the bag, $28,000,000 riding on the next couple days.   We had an excellent couple of days selling a hundred or so at the door which balances what we have for Thursday and Friday.  As bad as I hate a high line sale we are forced to do it because we need sell prior to Friday so pay attention and try to steal.  I love it when buyers try to pull my feathers and I welcome it.    Not to bore ass everybody with the details (and I really am not a braggart, fact teller yes, braggart no), I do feel like Noah.  The range and volume of the trade-ins we are exposing to the market this week is epoch.  Nothing, absolutely nothing missing.  Please do yourself the favor of paying close attention and my promise to each one of you is that you will not be wasting your time. 

Get Ready for a hardy party.  And by the way, get prepared for the 30/60/and 90 day buy-backs.  These are select units that I will give you a guarantee; if you are unable to sell for whatever reason for the period of time we designate, I will buy it back for full sale price.  Any unit designated this way may not have more than 200 miles from the time of purchase and has to come back in the same condition.  So if you come by plane, train, highway or cyber-sideways get your buying shoes strapped up and put on your game face.  I got the chills and can’t sleep.  It is game time in the big house. Lane 10 Thursday, lanes 12, 15, and 16 Friday.   


4 Readers' Comments

1
Thomas Scatterday
Atlanta
GA 
10 years ago
Hi Bob! Glad to hear about this. We wanted to ask you if there was anyway we could participate in buying cars from you before the sale? We do well with your cars here in Atlanta and looking forward to a long lasting relationship.

Have a fantastic sale! Thanks Bob!!!

2
Robert Hollenshead
MANHEIM
PA 17545
10 years ago
Thomas
we sell hundreds of cars to dealers every month. Contact Sheikh or Chuck Beddick to give them your profile and needs.
Sell Well

3
Steve Falcone
Norristown
PA 19401
10 years ago
WOW!!!! Exciting news as always thanks for your insight and passion for our profession.

4
Louis Decerchio
West Chester
PA 19382
10 years ago
I see mention of buying before sale. How do I reach Sheikh or Chuck. Interested in the 30 -90 deal also. I received a call today about your sign up in Palm Beach. I'm headed there also. Jupiter or possibly Delray Corvettes and Classics
Thanks
Louis