Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-02-03 | Page 39 | System Applied to Sale of Used Cars

SYSTEM APPLIED TO rlEKEDCJHiS Randall-Dodd Co. Discover Separate Department Is . Best Method. 4 The entirely separate department re- ceatH" established by the KaudaU-' KaudaU-' Podd Automobile company for the handling of used oar? gives every promise prom-ise of satisfactorily solving tho used ,ar end of their business, according to : the officials of that company. This i iu-tv department has its own repair i sliep. with its own crew of experienced : mechanics, who devote their entire ' time to overhauling used cars. We decided." said one of the officials of-ficials of the Kandall-Podd company, ia discussing this new departmeut of their business yesterday, "that no business organi.'at ion could be more efficient ef-ficient than its least efficient depart-:i'ena depart-:i'ena common with practically ev- jutomobi'e dealer in the country, your used car business was1 formerly a source of worry and annoyance and financial oss. aiu' we decided' some-' some-' thins had to be done about it. W'e thought it all out and couciuded that a v.-ho'h separate department, with its own repair shop, was the logical solution, solu-tion, and we adopted this plan. "H is proving a bijr benefit to vis. and indirectly to our customers. Our system now is to give every used car we accept in trade a thorough over-haaiiLj over-haaiiLj as soon as we set it. And the ' overhauling is thorough.: . We take the ecgiae down entirely and rebuild it. supplying such new parts as are necessary neces-sary to make it reliable and dependable and good for lots of satisfactory service. ser-vice. If we didn 't have a separate repair re-pair shop in our used car department, this overhauling would have to wait until the men in the regular shops .-ould take time from our customers' i.-.bs to do it. The result would prob-:biv prob-:biv be that it would never be done. When we soil a man a used car now. we know its exact condition and he k-:(-ws what he k getting. We are r-Me to price our used cars on a scale of their actual value iu service to come lather man by the age and estimated wear. This is fairer for everybody. It "rings our used car business up to a c'r sustaining basis and the assurances wj give our customers regarding the coU'iition of a car are founded on actual lrewiedge. which is, better than an opinion, however hones: that opinion nine be." Several first-class used cars, which have bee; thoroughly overhauled and unt in sivi-'inlid condition, are now on the salest'Ioor of the Randall-Podd omtTcv 's establishment on Wesf" Fojoouth street, and in the opinion J- A. Wood these ear represent the oest used car buys to be found in the