BB Does it again, shooting themselves in the foot

[Tom Warner]

Ernie it appears now that my previous information was correct, and
Bleakley is no longer a BB dealer. Bluebird is going to try what
Newell tried and nearly forced them to go bankrupt by selling factory
direct. You cant do thqat in todays very competitive environment.
Factory direct just doesnt work for high end motorhomes!!! This is
just one more indication that BB management hasn't a clue on how to
run the company. John Bleakley was a superb dealer and apparently saw
the handwriting on the wall. Why any dealer would tolerate the
company selling direct to the customer is just crazy????? The
factories biggest failure was to not have a good dealer network, and
to lay off their oldest employees to reduce their overhead.

If the other Bluebird school bus distributers is as good as mine is
here in NY, then there are virtually hundreds of places to repair
BB.......if the factory only took advantage of it. Sorry Ernie but
this is a sad day for all of us. Its only a matter of time now until
BB stops manufacturing motorhome. In fact they are losing sales all
over the US in school bus contracts also. Both Thomas and
International are kicking their tails now. Once again BB rearranged
the way they respond to request for quotes and they are no longer
competitive. I am truly sorry Ernie but I forsaw this 5 years ago
when I toured the factory and talked to many employees, then reported
what I saw on the old BB forum only to get attacked by people, for
running down a good company. Strange that reporting what you see and
your opinion as a result of that is misconstrued as running down a product.
Tom Warner
Vernon Center,NY
1985 PT 40







At 02:21 PM 5/8/2006, you wrote:
>I heard Bleakley is not a dealer anymore? Ernie-83pt40 in texas
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