Yes, the third party leads. They were terrible. Leads rarely answered the phone IF the number was valid. They never read emails IF the address was valid. I got hung up on at least once or twice a day. I did get in contact with a few of them and sold some cars. A majority of the folks I actually got in contact with were credit challenged and just tire kicking online which cost me $23.50 a pop. I also cancelled AutoTrader. I have only gotten 3 leads from them in 7 months, one of which I sold. The only third party I am keeping is Cars.com. We signed up with them in 2010 at a discounted rate which they still honor. We only pay a few hundred bucks for all of our inventory to be listed. The cost of Nissan and AutoTrader alone will pay for the new site, where I will work on that perceived value you mentioned in my other thread.
Thanks for the reply.