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Anyone have any news or updates about this program other then it's supposed to start sometime in the fourth quarter?

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I'm really dreading this program, just like most of you folks as well...

We're not a big wholesale dealer, maybe 2 decent body shops and a bunch of mechanical customers. It's going to really be a burden when one of our service dep't, wholesale or even retail customers wants a price quote on a wheel, weatherstrip, catalytic converter/muffler or a headlamp. Who knows even what the gross will be?

How are you going to handle it? Make up your own list on a cost-plus basis? Use GM's arbitrary market driven list? Will you have a minimum required markup to cover break-even? Just because GM drops or "un-publishes" the MSRP your cost is not going to change, so are they expecting us or the wholesale customer to lose?

Nope, don't like this one bit.

Automate has a setting that automatically creates a list price if there isn't one. It's based on a % of cost. I made mine 200%.

One of the few things that's nice about Automate but I can't believe they would be the only ones with that setting.

I'm on ADP and will be setting up a source for those parts.

There should be a qualifier for them in ABCD like for the CPVP parts.

Batch change to move them to the new source and a 75-100% markup depending on my mood.

Do any of you know what part/s will not show list price. Will it be just slp parts or all parts or maybe whatever GM wants

There was a list of categories put out at the first announcement.

By fading memory only, some of it was:

body parts (of course) and where it should stop but:

wheels
mirrors
glass
weatherstrips
moldings
airbag stuff, I think?
and I'm sure a few other things I'm forgetting about

Zep33 wrote:There was a list of categories put out at the first announcement.

By fading memory only, some of it was:

body parts (of course) and where it should stop but:

wheels
mirrors
glass
weatherstrips
moldings
airbag stuff, I think?
and I'm sure a few other things I'm forgetting about

PLUS
Exhaust cat converters, DPFs, mufflers & resonators, tail and exhaust pipes
Frames
Fuel tanks
All exterior sheet metals
Bumpers, brackets, emblems nameplates
Grilles, surrounds, etc
GM Outlet Shop
Interior soft trim, seat assemblies and cushions
Lamp assemblies

Thanks for the info Zepp, Possum

/Snark filter on

Guys.. I'm really looking forward to this. GM is a trend setting company, and we are on the cutting edge!


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