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Friday, June 25, 2010
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Auto Parts Store Applies for a Liquor License
If you worked around here you would see the beauty in this story. Why hasn't someone thought of this before? It will revolutionize the industry... Not many cars will be repaired correctly, but we will all have fun in the process!
Read the article here...
Read the article here...
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Driving here can be interesting!
I found this article in Popular Mechanics online magazine that highlights interesting or scenic roadways around the world. If you think about it, cars would not be nearly as fun without good roads and exciting things to look at or steer around. Speaking of that, I grew up in Gwinnett County, a suburb of Atlanta, Georgia. It was one of the countries fastest growing counties for about 30 years. As such, I don't believe there was a day of my life where I didn't see our county mascot (the orange construction barrel) along the side of one road or another. Recently, road planners have decided that we need to be more like Europe in our driving habits (don't ask me- ask them?) and are beginning to tear up perfectly good intersections and replacing them with round-abouts. A friend of mine recently explained with a red face that he sat there and counted 37 instructional signs at a new round-about installed at the entrance of a county park. I personally believe these are funded by accident attornies in collusion with local police departments. Each group stands to make a mint as confused motorists run into each other and miss turns or stop signs (resulting in tickets and fines). Anyway, back to the article, I believe I would die of a heart attack if I had to drive on that cliff side road in China...
Monday, June 21, 2010
The Downside of Buying Auto Parts Wholesale
What could be bad about buying auto parts for less? Why would we say anything negative about our process? I am so confused!?
I have found that being fairly blunt in my honesty tends to make my life a little more sane and simple. I live by the credo, "Under promise and Over deliver...". Rightnowautoparts is a wholesaler, pure and simple. We do not have retail locations. We do not sell parts "over the counter" to the public at any of our warehouses. Many of our parts are sold in multi pack quantities that don't really make sense,for example... Whenever I need tail light bulbs I don't buy them from my inventory! Our 1157 light bulbs are sold in packs of 10 and I typically only need one or two. Even with my savings it still makes better sense to just buy two at the local retail parts store. The same thing holds true for some gaskets, o-rings, hardware and even a few special bulk pack oil filters. These items are made for the main market we cater to; Dealerships, Jobber stores and garages. We also aren't always going to be the best option on low dollar items because our minimum freight cost of $9 added to a $5 part makes it $14 and not such a great deal anymore.
But ...
Many are finding that our prices are very worth the bare bones nature of our auto parts offering. By opening the door on the same inventory, from the same locations, at the same prices, to the general public we are making some of those budget breaking repair jobs actually do-able. Like I have always said; "If saving a few hundred dollars on the parts means the difference between fixing the air conditioning or using the 52 method (driving 50 with 2 windows down), then let's get that car fixed".
I am from Atlanta and can actually remember when the first Home Depot opened. Their idea of selling hardware and supplies from a bare bones warehouse at HUGE savings seems to have worked pretty well. We are just adding one extra cost savings invention (the internet) to do the same thing on a national basis. Hopefully we can help save you some money in the process.
Thanks for your business!! Tell Your Friends!
Brad
I have found that being fairly blunt in my honesty tends to make my life a little more sane and simple. I live by the credo, "Under promise and Over deliver...". Rightnowautoparts is a wholesaler, pure and simple. We do not have retail locations. We do not sell parts "over the counter" to the public at any of our warehouses. Many of our parts are sold in multi pack quantities that don't really make sense,for example... Whenever I need tail light bulbs I don't buy them from my inventory! Our 1157 light bulbs are sold in packs of 10 and I typically only need one or two. Even with my savings it still makes better sense to just buy two at the local retail parts store. The same thing holds true for some gaskets, o-rings, hardware and even a few special bulk pack oil filters. These items are made for the main market we cater to; Dealerships, Jobber stores and garages. We also aren't always going to be the best option on low dollar items because our minimum freight cost of $9 added to a $5 part makes it $14 and not such a great deal anymore.
But ...
Many are finding that our prices are very worth the bare bones nature of our auto parts offering. By opening the door on the same inventory, from the same locations, at the same prices, to the general public we are making some of those budget breaking repair jobs actually do-able. Like I have always said; "If saving a few hundred dollars on the parts means the difference between fixing the air conditioning or using the 52 method (driving 50 with 2 windows down), then let's get that car fixed".
I am from Atlanta and can actually remember when the first Home Depot opened. Their idea of selling hardware and supplies from a bare bones warehouse at HUGE savings seems to have worked pretty well. We are just adding one extra cost savings invention (the internet) to do the same thing on a national basis. Hopefully we can help save you some money in the process.
Thanks for your business!! Tell Your Friends!
Brad
Why Can't We Buy That Here?
Back in the early 80's when I first got into the automotive business "Grey Market" cars were big. Basically you could buy a Mercedes or BMW overseas, ship it over here and make the changes needed to drive in the US, then sell it for less than you could buy a comparable car from a dealership here. Of course the government decided that would be fine as long as they got their cut, about equal to any profit generated, and all of that came to an end. That doesn't mean that the cars over seas aren't still pretty cool. Many of the autos marketed over there have equivalents in the U.S., but here are several that cannot be bought here.
Click this link to read the article and see the slide show...
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Summertime !!!
OK, you have your vacation planned, your sunscreen and bug spray purchased (they're in the same bottle this year!) and you are ready to sit down on the back deck with your barbeque grill and iced tea... Have you forgotten about your car? Here is an article posted by MSN about the things you should do to take care of your car this summer.
Top ten things for your car this summer
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