We Went Shopping today!

John B. · Dec 31, 2016

The wife and I went shopping for a pickup truck today. Our second stop was a dealership named "Laura Buick" in Collinsville IL. We ended up purchasing a 2007 Chevy 1500 extended cap with 4 doors.
We found out that this dealership is the second largest GM dealer in the US. They have 27 salesman and 7 loan officers. They just received 4 golf carts for the salesman to roam the lots. They sell over 800 vehicles a month. The place was really busy today that's for sure. I would recommend them for anyone looking to buy a nice or new vehicle.

Eldon (WA) · Dec 31, 2016

(quoted from post at 18:54:40 12/31/16) The wife and I went shopping for a pickup truck today. Our second stop was a dealership named "Laura Buick" in Collinsville IL. We ended up purchasing a 2007 Chevy 1500 extended cap with 4 doors.
We found out that this dealership is the second largest GM dealer in the US. They have 27 salesman and 7 loan officers. They just received 4 golf carts for the salesman to roam the lots. They sell over 800 vehicles a month. The place was really busy today that's for sure. I would recommend them for anyone looking to buy a nice or new vehicle.

Someone posted about them a couple months ago when I bought my Chevy duallie...prices comparable to Dave Smith Motors in Kellogg, ID where I bought mine. The are the largest GM dealer in the NW and largest Dodge dealer in the world. They sell over 1300 vehicles a month. The town is small, in a valley along I-90 so everywhere you look there are new cars and trucks. I also got a $700 credit card from Costco by going thru them even tho the DS price was lower than theirs.

flying belgian · Dec 31, 2016

Assuming they are closed Sundays, that's over 30 vehicles /day. Hard for me to fathom that. Evidently they are going the way of every other industry. Get big or get out.

John B. · Jan 1, 2017

Yes it's hard to imagine. When you walk into their building there are 3 ladies at the front desk answering phones greeting customers. All you see are salesman booths with walls about 4ft tall. It's incredible. Their dealership is also located in a valley or old river bottom along the bluffs.

OldFarmTractor · Jan 1, 2017

This reminds me of the gas station in Tigerton who was pretty much the largest seller of fuel in the Midwest. When you consider Tigerton has a population of about 500 and the gas station only had a cafe to draw in the crowd.

But yes, Tiny Schoeder was pretty much the biggest Dealer in the Midwest. Weighing in at over 400 lbs, he was truly a big dealer.

Goose · Jan 1, 2017

I wonder how Woodhouse Ford, Dodge, and just about everything else, in the Omaha/Blair, NE area stands. They advertise 6,000 vehicles in inventory. When you drive through Blair, you notice all of the hills surrounding the town are covered with vehicles.

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