Car Dealership Appointment Systems Fail to Reduce Wait Times
Customers who complete online pre-approval and scheduling still wait hours at dealerships because appointment systems do not coordinate with in-store staff workloads. Promised service completion and vehicle checks are skipped, and post-purchase issues like defective brakes and refund check errors create cascading problems with no reachable resolution channel.
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