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PapaSmurphy18 karma

Super weird. Are the naming rights contracts done for a set period of years or is it just a one-time payment and then they wait to see if someone wants to pay more than the last person?

What I'm getting at is how long can it remain Sports Authority Field at Mile High now that Sports Authority is gone?

PapaSmurphy13 karma

Ok, just so everyone know this guy is basically feeding you the same bullshit any salesman will feed you on a lot.

The "Invoice Price" they show customers will still make the dealership a profit. If you are paying higher than this "Invoice Price" then you did not get a good deal.

How do they still make a profit? Because the "Invoice Price" has their profit built into it, this profit is called "Hold Back". If the dealer is dipping into their "Hold Back" money then you are getting a great deal (salesmen will try to tell you this never happens, that is a lie).

Aside from that a lot of dealers make profit on the "Doc Fees". Some of these are legit (license and title fees) but a lot of them are bullshit padding ("To pay the little old ladies in the office" is what they usually said at the place I worked). If you call a dealer on it and say something like "The place less than an hour away only charges me half the fees you do." then they will back down. If they do not back down then do not buy there, they are dead set on taking your wallet.

tl;dr Commission sales is extremely economically inefficient and only a byproduct of a time when information was not freely available to consumers. The trend will die off in less than 50 years.

PapaSmurphy12 karma

People like to talk about how the quality of History channel has been on a decline but everyone seems to forget that TLC was the first channel to pioneer the transition to trash TV (and show that it could be profitable).

It used to stand for "The Learning Channel".

PapaSmurphy11 karma

I'm a huge fan, thank you for all of the laughter you've given me over the years!

Question: How great is Fred Willard to work with on a scale of 1 to Amazing?

PapaSmurphy8 karma

Look at some of the other responses, the producer that contacted /u/tacticalsnackpack claimed it was a show about strange hobbies.