Controlled market

You know the automotive market is really controlled, when you go to an open Forum like DealerRefresh and the last time anyone has said anything about Reynolds was in July.

Sure there might not be a lot to talk about, or maybe it is really controlled. I love all the posts in DealerRefresh because all they talk about is how shitty Reynolds is to their customers. I am sure if Bob could legally close down DealerRefresh he would. I am sure his team of legal hippies have looked into how they can get people to not talk.

I can help them. One word: Communism. Bob would like to be like China and control what people see, talk, listen, smell, everything. The more I think about it, that is exactly how Reynolds is run now. Bob controls "Automotive News" because he is the largest advertiser. Anyone that writes a bad article about him or his crappy company, is sued to the point of no return.

See Bob does not sue people because he is right, he sues people because he can overpower them with legal bills. That is how Bob wins in lawsuits. I will have to make another blog post about that, because it is a very interesting topic.

That is how he was able to beat KeyRegister out of business. He continued to sue the owner, until the owner ran out of money and then Bob took the company over. Not because the owner of KeyRegister did anything wrong, but because Bob had more money than him. After he wins, no one in the world can talk about it because he will sue them as well.

Great man at the heart - NOT!

Check this out - who donates $250 million dollars and then backs out because the deal is not good enough?

One answer. Mr. Robert T. Brockman

250 million pledge evaporates
250-million-gift-to-centre-college

Wow what an upstanding man. I mean if you give $250 million to a college you must be great. Oh wait, he backed out on the deal. Umm..... I guess that makes you less great.

Let me get this straight. The only reason to give the money is not to help other people, but what can Brockman get in return? Multibillion-dollar plan to recapitalize Reynolds & Reynolds. Nice... upstanding citizen. Way to further the education of thousands of individuals. Way to make a mark on the world by improving it. Oh wait he backed out... Sorry kids maybe next time when the multibillion dollar deal actually goes thru.

centre-college loses huge donation

I love the national attention it received, and then oh wait... deal is broken.

CDK sale interesting topic

Someone sent me an email saying that it is impossible for Bob Brockman to buy CDK/ADP. In the email they explained that the DOJ would never allow that sale to go thru, because Reynolds and ADP would own like 80% of the dealership business.

I want to talk about that. I do not put a lot of faith in the DOJ on this. Here is my reasoning behind this. First of all the DOJ would have to determine if there are any competitors in the DMS space. Which we know there are a lot. (Dealertrack, Auto/Mate, Autosoft, etc... etc...) Probably like 10 to 15 DMS companies (roughly).

That allows competition, so that is the first thing DOJ looks at. Then the next question, is the competitors growing or shrinking? Well with Bob running Reynolds into the ground, all the dealers have left and went to any DMS who would take their business. So yes the competitors are growing and are continuing to grow. That makes the DMS seem less like a monopoly in the eyes of the DOJ.

I am not saying a merger is going to happen. I have no insight on this. The last blog post was a what if scenario. What I am saying is the possibility is there, and it would not be good for the automotive dealerships. Although combining UCS and Reynolds was not good for the automotive dealers either and it was still allow to proceed.

Like everything we will have to wait and see

Let me know your thoughts in the comments. You can stay anonymous.

The most hated man in the Automotive Field

He seriously is trying to get every single person to hate him. Lets create a list and see if we can find a pattern

Hate List:
1. OEM(s) / MFG(s)
2. Dealers and Owners
3. IT and dealership personnel that have to use his crappy updates
4. 3rd Parties
5. Legal system for crappy lawsuits
6. Employees (of course 99.999% won't tell him)
7. Son - who he fired when he worked for him at UCS
that pretty much sums it up...

Like List:
1. Himself
2. Top management - only about .001% of those that kiss his ass

Qualitiy list. Well at least he likes himself. When he looks back on his life he will know he was a proud father, great business man, and all around good guy.  *NOT*

CDK is up for sale - What If

Well it looks like CDK is on the block to be sold.
CDK for sale

Wouldn't it be interesting if Bob Brockman and Reynolds bought CDK/ADP?

Tell me that would be a serious kick to the nuts of the dealerships. All the dealers that jumped ship from Reynolds would be back under the control of Bob. We all know how much he likes control. He would be a demon possessed.

I am not saying he is going to buy CDK, I am just saying it sure would be interesting to watch.

Brockman still wins - unbelievable

I am amazed Reynolds is still alive and kicking. I knew it would take a long time to piss off the dealerships, but I figured once the flood gates opened it would not be long before the great boat has sank.

I guess Bob has a few tricks still up his sleeves.

Long term contracts - stop the dealers from moving an inch. He screws them by locking them into deals they can not get out of. I guess the only thing the dealers can do is try and wait out Mr. Brockman. He might die evenually and the long term deals might go away... Only time will tell.

I was talking to a dealership the other day and they told me they would never do business again with Bob Brockman. I looked at the phone system they were using, and it was Who's Calling. I looked around at the showroom and saw KeyTrak. I laughed and told the dealership you are still doing business with Bob Brockman. Sure you are an ADP dealership, but running those 2 products are owned by Brockman. They could not believe it. I bet if I looked deeper they might be using other products that are owned by him as well.

Bob reminds me of Mr. Burns from the Simpsons. Bob is in his home rubbing his two hands together and laughing. Scary part is Mr. Burns kindof looks like Bob.

Donations

If you have a minute and care to read about it. The donations Bob and Reynolds makes is amazing. To me it looks like they try and hide the donations. They use PO Boxes etc and Robert T Brockman gave $7500 on April 24. That was over the legal limit so $2500 had to be returned to him. Very interesting.

They have multiple corporations that gave money as well. Fairbanks Properties and Waterbury Properties.

Interesting read
whos-behind-1-million-corporate-donations-romney-aligned-superpac?
the-superpac-super-donors

Notice at the end of the list is "Unknown" Dayton Ohio. Each one is a different company. Interesting, I guess Brockman does not want to be tracked, even though he is.

Bob Brockmans House

If you care and you want to see pics of his house and where he lives.

 Bob's Brockman house
 http://alturl.com/gmaq

You can use street view to look at it. Rumor has it when The Trooper put the house on the website Bob became mad. He went after The Trooper, the difference is he can come after me. No big deal. I can shut the blog down and make another blog.

See I am behind the TOR network, so my internet IP changes every few minutes. Unless Bobo has someone who works for the NSA, I think I am safe.

Another rumor is Bob also requested all these sites to remove links to his house. If you try and search for it in Google Maps it comes up and says can not display. I still have the orginal links which is what I posted above. If you have others, email me and I will update this blog.

Keep in mind this country was founded on Freedom of Speech.

Security - DMS issue

For all the talk the DMS's do about security what a joke. Why do they charge for the additional security? Shouldn't security be part of the core DMS system? I do not remember Apple/Google/Microsoft charging companies to write software for their systems having to pay an extra fee?

Why does the Automotive industry think these 3rd party companys need to be charged for the "extra" security? By the way - even though a 3rd party pays the money to Brockman and this team of junkies, what stops the 3rd party from selling or using the data? Do you think 90 year old Brockman is sharp enough to know what every 3rd party is doing with the data? Wrong... Actually Brockman does not give a crap about what the 3rd parties do with the access, as long as they pay. See the theme?

Security is a such a joke.
How is popping a captcha image making the dealership any more secure? Oh wait I know the answer "Money". That will make the dealership more secure for sure

TAC is worthless

TAC (for non-reynolds) Techinical Assistance Center - they have their hands tied so much I am suprised they pick up the phone.

What can they do when a dealer calls in and says - "Stop screwing with my system, everytime you do you take me down for days" TAC hangs up and says - "Another satified customer"  Reynolds has removed so capabilities from the hands of TAC. If a dealership calls in and wants features turned on/off depending on what they are. Especially the security features, the best TAC can do is tell them they will have to check with their supervisors. "Someone from Reynolds will have to call you back" The most favorite line of TAC.

Don't get me wrong I am not throwing mud at TAC. What can they do when they are sitting at a desk getting paid to help, and the best they can tell the dealer is "Someone will have to call you back"?

It is like going to a gas station and looking at the price of gas. Then going in and yelling at the min wage person working there. Like that person has anything to do the price of the gas at the pump. You might as well yell at the wall. TAC is just a pawn, so Brockman himself does not have to take the nasty phone calls from the pissed off dealers.

I really feel bad for TAC because all they want to do is help and keep the current ERA system up and running. Of course when you have dumbass developers trying to do everything possible to screw up the dealers business it is a tall order.

TAC is a buffer between the customer and the people that really make the decisions. Keep that in mind dealers when you call the TAC and unload on them.

Of course from a dealer standpoint - unloading on someone makes you feel better because you know you are getting screwed everyday by Brockman and his team of Jerry Springer developers.

How *NOT* to run a company

Well boys and girls here is a lesson in how not to run a company.


For starters, the textbook examples are:

• How to treat employees like shit
• How to get every customer pissed at you
• How to get OEM's mad at you and they do not want to do business with you
• How to make RCI (certified companies) pissed
• Become the laughing stock of the industry

If you were not able to guess this, the company is Reynolds & Reynolds owned and operated by Bob Brockman. You must be saying the company is huge and must be successful. This blogger does not know what he is talking about.

The great pitfall.
I love it when people refer to a company that is too big to fail. No way we have tons of revenue and we are great, etc etc. Drink more kool-aid, because no matter how big you are if you treat people like shit, they will not be around. Examples are putting updates at dealerships, to "secure" their system when in fact all it does is cause the dealer lots of issues. Things like locking users or removing features, etc. Reynolds is a shrinking company and losing dealers by the day. I know a lot of people reading this are saying BS, but mark my words. Dealers are leaving the crappy practices of Reynolds by the day. When contracts come up they are looking for other options.

It is quite a scene to watch. A 2bn, company imploding.10 years or less and Reynolds will be smaller than Dealertrack and Auto/Mate. Both companies are adding dealerships at a high rate. Like I said you can not treat badly, before they start looking for other options