Cash for Clunkers

[kleigh]

Cars.gov site down again.

Cars.gov site down again. We have 250 to register, planning on working all weekend, but the damn site is down again.. since 2:40pm

 

[kporterfield]

any word on extending the deadline because the cars.gov website is down and has been down the whole day??

 

[Alex Snyder]

Someone just posted on the DealerRefresh blog that the deadline has been extended till noon on Tuesday.

 

[kleigh]

The Site Designers Should Be embarrassed!

We are thankful for the rebate, and for the support the American People have given our industry. So I am hesitant to be complaining. We love the program, because it has helped us sell cars. We can put up with the paperwork, the engine blowing, the junk yard transportation, the upset customers that don’t qualify for he silliest of reasons, and even the loss sleep because of the millions not paid. With that said, couldn’t you have spent an extra 100,000 or so for some professionals to build your site. Oracle should be ashamed of themselves. 100,000 simultaneous sessions is child’s play for a smart DB/site designer.
We keep getting false alarms, "the site is up" the team scrambles to log in and in the 8 minutes it takes to get a deal loaded the site is down again... If I was the president I would be embarrassed for his team...

 

[kleigh]

All in... thank God, that part is over.

 

[Shereef]

Some of my clients are owed 800k+. I hope they get their act together and get all of the dealers paid, or this program could actually put some dealers out of business with cash flow issues.