There were so many dealers back then,people tended to drive past one in their own town to drive to the next town and do business with the one that fit their personality. Whether the owner was somebody they went to church with,or they sold cars too,or whatever the reason was. Some people were kind of slobs and went to the dealerships that made them feel comfortable buy having their entire parts department in some cardboard boxes. Others who had white collar jobs in town and farmed on the weekend went to the uptown dealers who catered to that type of customer. I don't know if they would have gained customers or lost them if they'd have had a more standardized set of rules of conduct for dealers. I know speaking for myself,I left Deere because of their Deeremart mentality. It might have happened to a lot of people a lot sooner if it had been the order of the day 40 or 50 years ago. Ironic that I was doing business with what was probably the smallest remaining Agco dealer in the country until they lost their contract just over a year ago,and now I'm doing business with a new one that's filled up an entire former Home Depot store with Fendt and Challenger tractors,and self propelled Krone choppers,but they hired the best when they stared up and they put the customer first,I have to give them that.
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