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	<description>Used Car Market - A Guide for Success</description>
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		<title>Effective Stocking &amp; Sourcing Strategies</title>
		<link>http://www.dalepollak.com/2010/04/22/effective-stocking-strategies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dalepollak.com/2010/04/22/effective-stocking-strategies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 17:40:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dpollak</dc:creator>
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Stocking and Sourcing Seminar
April 27th 2010 from 9:00 am &#8211; 10:30 am CST
April 29th, 2010 from 1:00pm - 2:30 pm CST.
The webinar is complimentary to all vAuto customers and is recommended for General Managers, Sales Managers and Buyers.
This webinar will focus on Vehicle Stocking and Sourcing and include:
1.  Discussion of market trends, new processes and philosophies for sourcing vehicles
2.  How [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Inventory Stocking Program</title>
		<link>http://www.dalepollak.com/2010/01/14/inventory-stocking-program/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 20:04:40 +0000</pubDate>
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What follows is an email exchange between me and Kevin at Houston Ford
Hello Dale,
Kevin here at Houston Ford, just wanted to say that I think the new inventory stocking program is fantastic. Let me throw this out to you, what if you were to take it to another level,. This may be far fetched but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Used Car Sales Tip: Stock Multiple Brands</title>
		<link>http://www.dalepollak.com/2009/12/22/used-car-sales-tip/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:50:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dpollak</dc:creator>
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Webinar experts: With supplies low, new rules required
Arlena Sawyers
Automotive News &#8212; December 21, 2009 &#8211; 12:01 am ET
With tight supplies of used vehicles, dealers should stock multiple brands and accept lower profits, says Dale Pollak, CEO of vAuto, a used vehicle inventory management company.
&#8220;We need to rethink the rules of engagement for sourcing cars in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Three Conditions for Success, and More</title>
		<link>http://www.dalepollak.com/2009/12/09/conditions-success/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dalepollak.com/2009/12/09/conditions-success/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:31:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dpollak</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Reconditioning]]></category>
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Yesterday I participated in an Automotive News webinar with Tom Kontos, the Economist from Adesa Auto Auction. This seminar can be purchased and downloaded from the Automotive News website. I think that you would find it informative and instructive. I have a few thoughts from the seminar that I&#8217;d like to share. 
I concur with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Volatility and Velocity</title>
		<link>http://www.dalepollak.com/2009/12/04/volatility-velocity/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dalepollak.com/2009/12/04/volatility-velocity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:08:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dpollak</dc:creator>
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Dale,
 
I have exchanged e mail with you in the past.  I thought I would let you know that your article in Auto Success titled “Volatility and Velocity” brought me up out of my chair.  It is as dead on accurate as any article I have recently read pertaining to a very competitive used car market. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hillbillies who buy cars</title>
		<link>http://www.dalepollak.com/2009/11/23/hillbillies-buy-cars/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dalepollak.com/2009/11/23/hillbillies-buy-cars/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:52:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dpollak</dc:creator>
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Following is an email I received from a vAuto customer and good friend, along with my response.
Dale, for whatever it is worth, there are a couple of guys that are good honest buyers that can buy cars for any one who needs to work auctions in this part of the country. Before you lecture me, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Old dogs and new tricks</title>
		<link>http://www.dalepollak.com/2009/11/13/dogs-tricks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dalepollak.com/2009/11/13/dogs-tricks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:42:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dpollak</dc:creator>
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I want to acknowledge the many contributions to our industry made by Tommy Gibbs.  Below you will find two recent letters to Tommy Gibbs from mutual clients.   These are two examples of many similar letters that I frequently receive talking about the new levels of performance that are obtained by working closely with Tommy.  Congratulations [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What the best of the best do when they make a mistake</title>
		<link>http://www.dalepollak.com/2009/11/12/mistake/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dalepollak.com/2009/11/12/mistake/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:17:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dpollak</dc:creator>
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The following is an email exchange that occurred yesterday between myself and John Chalfant, one of the used car operators for whom I have the greatest respect.  There are two important lessons to be found in this exchange. First, in spite of this particular individual’s extraordinary past successes, he is perfectly willing to admit that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two necessary conditions for used vehicle success</title>
		<link>http://www.dalepollak.com/2009/11/11/conditions-vehicle-success/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dalepollak.com/2009/11/11/conditions-vehicle-success/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:37:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dpollak</dc:creator>
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Today’s used car business is varied and complex.  What you have to do in order to be successful spans a wide range of skills from traditional lot management to virtual marketing.  It is unreasonable to expect success to occur by simply working harder and faster.  Rather, specific conditions must exist for success.  So what are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SunStar&#8230;a way to source vehicles in a tough market</title>
		<link>http://www.dalepollak.com/2009/11/05/sunstara-source-vehicles-tough-market/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dalepollak.com/2009/11/05/sunstara-source-vehicles-tough-market/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:06:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dpollak</dc:creator>
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On a previous posting entitled Two Old Timers Teach the Industry a New Trick on October 21, I wrote about 2 dealers in their late 60&#8217;s that were starting up a centralized buying service company called SunStar, located in North Carolina. Scott Wood, Director &#8211; eCommerce/Digital Marketing at SunStar who leads this new company, recently [...]]]></description>
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