Comments on: Oregon car dealers to government: Please ban us from selling on Sunday!

By: RetFireman

RetFireman — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 04:02:08 +0000

Ummm…is there some sort of laws on the books that requires car dealerships to be open on Sundays???

Are they completely unable to think for themselves and control their actions on their own, deciding all by their little selves to just no be open on Sundays without having to impose an actual law banning it???

Am I the only one who is missing out on the reasoning behind this? Has this country really become a place where noone is able to do anything without the Government regulating and mandating it?

Cheeeerist but are carsalesmen really this lame and inept?

By: nlebou

nlebou — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 22:55:05 +0000

Car dealerships are closed on Sundays here, but they stay open really late on weekdays.

By: Henry

Henry — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:21:18 +0000

On December 9th, 2008 at 9:35 am, chapoutier said:

“Because it is no one’s business when or what I choose to buy.”

Would this apply to firearms as well?

By: gandolphxx

gandolphxx — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:55:13 +0000

Great idea, close for half the time your buyers have to do business – sort of like an ice cream store closing if the temperature exceeds 90 degrees.

By: rightisright

rightisright — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:35:22 +0000

That’s one way to beat the competition… have the government stop ‘em from beating your pants off with laws. I moved here to Orygun 10 years ago from Utah, WoW, what a culture shock. These politicians remind me of NASCAR drivers, they only go left.

By: hawkeye54

hawkeye54 — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:14:07 +0000

On December 9th, 2008 at 10:13 am, Jeddite said:
What we need is a state to [attempt to] regulate buying and selling on the interwebbernetmachine on Sundays.

Hey, don’t give them any ideas

By: ohioTom

ohioTom — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:51:51 +0000

What will they do about eBay and other online dealers. To hell with the car lots. Go online.

By: Juliethejarhead

Juliethejarhead — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:47:47 +0000

Chick-fil-A

Thanks … now I’m hungry.

By: xblade

xblade — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:28:06 +0000

if they really want to close down on Sundays to lower costs, the most efficient way is probably through the government.

Yes, because government is well-known for its efficiency.

The most efficient way is for the boss to tell everyone on Monday that from now on, we’re closed on Sunday. If they lose even more money(and they won’t), they can choose to open on Sundays again whenever they want, without having to run to government to undo the rule.

We’re not talking about buying gas, or a new shirt. If someone wants to buy a Toyota, they aren’t going to cross the street and buy a Ford because the Toyota dealer was closed on Sunday.

By: rignerd

rignerd — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:39:10 +0000

My local dealer here in the free state of Texas closes his doors on Sunday, but another down the road closes his on Saturday and is open on Sunday.

Must be a conspiracy!

Bush lied cars died!

Mormons made me do it!

By: lottadawg

lottadawg — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:15:16 +0000

OK, Liberals. Read this and print it if you need to.
When you leave your dealership on Saturday make sure you lock the door. Do not go back until Monday morning.

Now say this at your next dealer association meeting together: ( FOUR LEGS GOOD. TWO LEGS BAAAD,

By: Jeddite

Jeddite — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:13:14 +0000

What we need is a state to [attempt to] regulate buying and selling on the interwebbernetmachine on Sundays.

By: mchristian

mchristian — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:01:54 +0000

Stop me before I sell again.

By: WarEagle82

WarEagle82 — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:00:21 +0000

This is insanely stupid. What if the law gets passed and then sales pick up? Will these morons running these dealerships then have to go back to the legislature and beg them to repeal the law? What concessions might the legislature demand?

If you don’t want to pay the costs to sell cars on Sunday then close your shop. If nobody is buying your cars anyway, then it really doesn’t matter what day of the week you DON’T sell that car! But to ask the government to step in with a law is stupid.

American business is doomed if these morons are the best we have.

By: General Buck Turgidson

General Buck Turgidson — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 14:55:15 +0000

P.S. NJ Blue Laws be darned. How is it that in NJ…gay marriage = fine by us, but buying a sweater at macy’s = unholy sin of the ages?