No Dealers Direct Sales Model Improved with a Little Teamwork.

[vrgruver]

Scout is a company. To be successful, they are going to need to sell vehicles. Lots of them.
From the other posts in this forum, people are very happy with the direct sales model and removing the ever painful dealer experience and its costs. I propose we help improve this model. How about some free advertising?
1. Word of mouth. If everyone who reserved a Scout got a friend to reserve one, that would double initial sales. (I already have two others signed up
2. Post your truck image on social media. I still run into car people who don't know about Scout. They quickly seem excited, so an image and a link may be all it takes.
These two easy methods will help Scout get a foothold and enable them to gage the future better. This will help insure there investment decisions and in turn assist in allowing them to provide our Scouts as close to the proposed price with as few amenities cut from the design.

I do not work for Scout, but I do believe in it and want to see their success.

 

[Dive Bar Casanova]

Communication with Tesla online has been Orwellian at times so patience and perseverance works.

California Dept of corrections allowed some female inmates to man customer service phones for various companies to earn a few dollars.

Obvious that’s who I talked to a few times.
Lowe’s too.
Political non-answer answers. "Take it or leave it and move along now."

Not as good as the third world police state customer service reps.

Hold that thought.

 

[Dive Bar Casanova]

Scout is a company. To be successful, they are going to need to sell vehicles. Lots of them.
From the other posts in this forum, people are very happy with the direct sales model and removing the ever painful dealer experience and its costs. I propose we help improve this model. How about some free advertising?
1. Word of mouth. If everyone who reserved a Scout got a friend to reserve one, that would double initial sales. (I already have two others signed up
2. Post your truck image on social media. I still run into car people who don't know about Scout. They quickly seem excited, so an image and a link may be all it takes.
These two easy methods will help Scout get a foothold and enable them to gage the future better. This will help insure there investment decisions and in turn assist in allowing them to provide our Scouts as close to the proposed price with as few amenities cut from the design.

I do not work for Scout, but I do believe in it and want to see their success.

Musk has suddenly got in favor with the HUGE Motorsport forum crowd that was solid against EVs.

All of a sudden no longer calling EVs derogatory gay or impractical ridiculous they are talking up the 0 - 60 times and towing capabilities.

The Harvester gas/EV is a BFD and presenting a good image and potential future that may fit their interests.
Posting pix of the version my wife wants gets sensational response from the hardest of the hard head haters.

 

[Scout SSI Extender]

Scout is a company. To be successful, they are going to need to sell vehicles. Lots of them.
From the other posts in this forum, people are very happy with the direct sales model and removing the ever painful dealer experience and its costs. I propose we help improve this model. How about some free advertising?
1. Word of mouth. If everyone who reserved a Scout got a friend to reserve one, that would double initial sales. (I already have two others signed up
2. Post your truck image on social media. I still run into car people who don't know about Scout. They quickly seem excited, so an image and a link may be all it takes.
These two easy methods will help Scout get a foothold and enable them to gage the future better. This will help insure there investment decisions and in turn assist in allowing them to provide our Scouts as close to the proposed price with as few amenities cut from the design.

I do not work for Scout, but I do believe in it and want to see their success.

Direct to Consumer is good for the consumer at the time of sales, but a repair network needed.

There are very successful RV companies that do direct to consumer, but the majority of their parts are common among all RV brands. This will not be the case with Scout Motors.

 

[vrgruver]

They have already stated they would start with mobile repair network and grow it into a brick and mortar repair network. I think we are good there. I suspect early repairs may need more time as they ramp up, but hopefully we won't need many

 

[Scout SSI Extender]

As someone that builds high-end off road campers and utv trailers, I completely agree with the direct to consumer model.

There are situations where dealers make more than the manufacture. If the dealer has more than 1 brand they don't have to be loyal to your brand, they just move the customer along to the next thing that catches their eye instead of having skills.

 

[Scout SSI Extender]

 

[Scout SSI Extender]

I think Scout will like the name on this one...finished last August. 305 = how long the trailer is in inches.

 

[Dive Bar Casanova]

Friend recently sold his BMW dealership.
Says direct sales are the way to go.

 

[Dive Bar Casanova]

They have already stated they would start with mobile repair network and grow it into a brick and mortar repair network. I think we are good there. I suspect early repairs may need more time as they ramp up, but hopefully we won't need many

As a possible comparison few neighbors have used Teslas Mobil repair and it's been good.
One to change out the ridiculous yoke steering "wheel", the other was some sorta defective brake sensor that put the car in the walk mode at 70 MPH.
Happy Customers none-the-less.

Many, many Tesla owners in our neighborhood had to replace the glass roof. That is done at Tesla last we heard. Common issue.

There is a separate glass roof warranty Tesla had offered, (may still, damfino) otherwise the cost is flirting with $3000 if out of any warranty.
Jumpin' Yimminy we do not want a glass roof.

 

[JesseS]

As a possible comparison few neighbors have used Teslas Mobil repair and it's been good.
One to change out the ridiculous yoke steering "wheel", the other was some sorta defective brake sensor that put the car in the walk mode at 70 MPH.
Happy Customers none-the-less.

Many, many Tesla owners in our neighborhood had to replace the glass roof. That is done at Tesla last we heard. Common issue.

There is a separate glass roof warranty Tesla had offered, (may still, damfino) otherwise the cost is flirting with $3000 if out of any warranty.
Jumpin' Yimminy we do not want a glass roof.

I agree, white metal roof for me, I plan on having 'stuff' up there in any case

 

[Porque No]

Scout is a company. To be successful, they are going to need to sell vehicles. Lots of them.
From the other posts in this forum, people are very happy with the direct sales model and removing the ever painful dealer experience and its costs. I propose we help improve this model. How about some free advertising?
1. Word of mouth. If everyone who reserved a Scout got a friend to reserve one, that would double initial sales. (I already have two others signed up
2. Post your truck image on social media. I still run into car people who don't know about Scout. They quickly seem excited, so an image and a link may be all it takes.
These two easy methods will help Scout get a foothold and enable them to gage the future better. This will help insure there investment decisions and in turn assist in allowing them to provide our Scouts as close to the proposed price with as few amenities cut from the design.

I do not work for Scout, but I do believe in it and want to see their success.

Just hope there is not the same debacle as when Ford rolled out the 6G Bronco. Many reservation holders waited 2 years before they got their rig. I know it‘s not the same sales model and Bronco rollout was coming off of the pandemic, but from what I read, Scout has many reservations already. Kinda makes me wonder what the annual production projections are at their new plan compared to current reservation holders..

 

[Mousehunter]

Reservations are great, but a small refundable reservation this far out is mostly just motivational support. The production intent demonstrators have been great. Work done on the plant so far looks very promising. Ultimately it is kind of early for a heavy word of mouth advertising campaign. The real advertising campaign will need to start once prototypes are on the road and reviews are being made (they will be very critical), and the word of mouth campaign will happen as vehicles get in the hands of early adopters and visible in communities.

I hope to be an early adopter and and with that an unofficial brand ambassador. I think if Scout delivers a quality product, a lot of sales will take off just from people seeing them on the road and being behind the wheel.

 

[PMurphy]

Just hope there is not the same debacle as when Ford rolled out the 6G Bronco…

As a “former” Bronco reservation holder I agree with your concern. The main difference is (and reason for my support of Scout) is there is no dealer allocation scheme. Dealer allocations bled initially slow Bronco production away from reservation holders. Scout reservations holders will have to deal with availability issues for certain packages/options/ features during roll out BUT a place in line should mean something.

PS: after 14 months I refused delivery of my Bronco due to damage during shipping and unexplained pre delivery mileage (post production factory testing, joy riding? No answers provided). Can get one now at nice discount but that moment has passed.

 

[Dive Bar Casanova]

When I got out of the Marines my dream was to buy a new Jeep.

I saved my meager paychecks for years and still today remember what the ink on the brochure smelled like.

I saw it once in a certain color and that was the color I wanted.
Best to see the color ya want on the vehicle.

Started canvassing Jeep dealers and was treated horribly. No reason to. I knew what they cost and what I wanted.

From that time forward never cared for dealers.
I look forward to eliminating them from the transaction.