EstampeInc.com provides online ordering for auto dealer supplies nationwide.
Auto Dealer Supplies
Estampe Auto Dealer Supplies is an advanced and extensive website serving the dealer supply marketplace. Established in 1995, Estampe Auto Dealer Supplies continues to build and expand on its complete and competitively priced line of high quality auto dealer supplies, auto dealer forms, advertising supplies for car dealers and repair order jackets. Estampe also provides dealer supplies and business forms for auto body shops, auctions, repair shops, service stations, RV, truck, tire, motorsport and motorcycle dealerships.
Through solid business management and many years of experience specific to dealerships and auto repair companies, Estampe Auto Dealer Supplies is well known in the automotive service industry. Hundreds of customers rely on their full and complete line of products that includes:
- Automotive Service Products used in auto body shops, repair shops, service stations - car, truck, tire, motorcycle, motorsport and RV dealerships
- Dealership Supplies such as widely used stock Automotive Business Forms
- Automobile Sales Supplies, Car Window Stickers, Slogans, Pricers and Promotional Products
- Auto Auction Supplies and Used Car Dealership Sales Lot Supplies
- Automotive Key Tags for Service and Sales
- File Folders and Color-Coded Paper Document Management Filing, Shelving and Storage Systems
- Oil Change Stickers and Printers
Mission Statement
"We're committed to the auto dealer supply marketplace, and the implementation of creative solutions that delight our customers and partners in an environment of trust and high ethical standards. We're dedicated to being a leader in the automotive supply industry. We'll continue evolving and expanding our business opportunities in the auto supply marketplace to ensure our customers and partners superior service, product and competitive pricing."
Malcom Uffelman
Owner Estampe Auto Dealer Supplies
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Car Dealer Supply
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Estampe Auto Dealer Supplies provides local, on-site service to the Washington DC Metro area and parts of Virginia, Maryland and West Virginia. In their local service area (parts of VA,WVA,MD and DC), Estampe brings dealerships personalized service such as on-site automotive business forms inventories, auto dealer supply deliveries and assistance with designing custom orders. Estampe also ships nationwide from its car dealer supply warehouse through EstampeInc.com. Because EstampeInc.com uses the most advanced credit card security technology available, car dealers can order online with confidence from Estampe's car dealer supply warehouse. Estampe Auto Dealer continues to improve and expand their products offered online. A sample of their products are displayed below. |
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Address and Contact Information
Mailing and Billing P.O. Box 231870, Centreville, Virginia (VA) 20120
Office and Shipping 5571 Cedar Break Drive, Centreville, Virginia (VA) 20120
Toll Free: 1-866-348-6414
Local: 703-266-2988
Email:
Address and Contact Information
Mailing and Billing
- P.O. Box 231870
- Centreville, Virginia (VA) 20120
Office and Shipping
- 5571 Cedar Break Drive
- Centreville, Virginia (VA) 20120
- Toll Free: 1-866-348-6414
- Local: 703-266-2988
- Email:
Profiles and External Articles
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- Knol profile of Estampe Auto Dealer Supplies
- Article on Buyer's Order - Auto Bill of Sale Checklist
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Color-Coded Filing SystemsColor-coded filing systems are perfect for the records management requirements of any new or used automotive dealership. This system offers many advantages, which is why it is so widely used in the automotive industry. A Color-coded filing system (like the kind you always see in doctor's offices) is what is referred to as a "high density" filing system. This system uses pocket folders which are filed by color group, so if a pocket folder is filed incorrectly, it's obvious and the mistake can be quickly corrected. This filing system method uses color coded filing labels which allows for the ability to quickly file and retrieve documents. Color labeling systems also significantly reduce the likelihood of losing a customer file. Setting up a filing system for your dealership's paper document management using a color coding labels solution for your automotive sales and service records will unquestionably reduce your dealership's paper storage needs. The vertical file cabinets provide for high density storage, making it possible to store more pocket folders in a smaller space and save valuable floor space in your dealership for other uses besides your filing system. A records management system using a color-coded labels, folders and vertical file cabinets will improve workflow of your dealership and increase productivity. In automotive dealerships, warranty management is a major priority. Service department paperwork such as warranty records, repair records, invoices and technician’s notes which are stored in pocket folders must be retained for seven years. An efficient filing system for automotive sales is also critical. Deal jackets include the contract, credit application, DMV paperwork and other paperwork and must be kept for ten years by law. Your dealership's records management system must meet these requirements. Color coded filing system can also be made secure to comply with important privacy laws such as Gramm-Bliley-Leach. With these color file pocket folders, color coding labels and vertical - high density filing cabinets your service and office color coded filing systems will work perfectly and save your car dealership money. As Is Buyers Guide FormAs Is Buyers Guide Form auto window stickers are great for communicating to your customers whether the vehicle comes with a warranty, sold with implied warranties only, or "as is" with no warranty at all. If there's a warranty, the As Is Buyers Guide Window Sticker Form protects your car dealership by clearly stating to your customers which systems are covered, how long coverage will last, and what percent of repair costs your car dealership will pay. The back has a signature area for the buyer to acknowledge receipt of the FTC Used Car Buyers Guide, and your dealership retains a copy of the buyers guide window sticker in the deal jacket. The As Is Buyers Guide Window Sticker Form is one of those essential car window stickers . Night Drop EnvelopesNight Drop Envelopes are a very important tool in the automotive service and repair industry. Night drop envelopes include mechanic's lien information and labor authorization. Requiring your customers signature for the labor authorization and accepting the mechanic's lien insures a complete understanding between you and your customer. Night drop envelopes gather information that includes an estimate, who the estimate was confirmed to, time the service customer will call for their car, and whether the customer wants their old parts returned, labor rates, diagnostic fees and more. Night Drop Envelopes are great for increasing service sales through “suggestive selling" because each is printed with a checklist menu of the most often needed service repairs. This checklist menu on the drop-off envelope reminds and encourages the customer to consider requesting additional maintenance and repairs that may have otherwise not occurred to them. Constant Reminders: Oil Change StickersOil change stickers are a symptom of our day and time. The mechanic doesn't look at them, we do. It wasn't so long ago that service stations kept the rest rooms clean, checked the oil, looked at the tires, and washed windshields for us. Today most of them don't even put water out in what used to be home for the windshield scrubber. Consequently, many motorists now carry their own squirt bottle and paper towels. More than ever these days we are forced to take responsibility for our own welfare. As a symbol that little oil change decal is always there, every time we get behind the wheel. And it greets us with an important question: “Hey is it time for service yet?” Den Mother, Soccer Mom, or just plain old Professional Grocery Shopper – quite often our vehicles are the most important supporting cast members of our lives. Without dependable transportation, most of the good we now do would be impossible. The best way to keep our transportation dependable is with regular service – if nothing else it will let the old buggy know she is appreciated. Oil stickers can also be a record unit that you had the car serviced regularly. Those reminders on the windshield are made of plastic and use the static-cling principle to hold them in place, which means there is no need to destroy them in order to remove them. Instead of throwing them away, ask your service partners to let you have them. Put them together in a small envelope or pouch so you can show them as proof of care, when you do put the car up for sale. Having these records close to hand can also trigger your memory at tax time to the point when significant events happened. “Now, WHY did I have two oil changes that month? Oh yes. That was when I took the Scouts to Yellowstone National Park.” We don't think of the sticker as a piece of advertising. We see it as a favor to help remind US when it is time to have our oil gets changed. Yet it is a gentle, constant reminder of who we trust to service our car. As a pure form of advertising the little oil change sticker performs better than all the advertising you see on television, and billboards don't even come close. We are already sold on the need for service and with the jiggling reminder of this little sticker to prompt us we can make sure we do schedule that service into our mesh of time constraints. Therefore, it pays the service company to press them on for free, and it pays us to give our attention to the device. So, maybe the world is changing, but we can keep our standards higher than ever, thanks to the modest little oil change sticker. It really is important. Car Dealer Supply ChecklistNew and used car dealerships are complex businesses. Dealerships typically have separate departments for finance, automotive service, parts and of course accounting and sales. Each of these departments is effectively a different enterprise, making the management of a auto dealership very challenging. It’s been said that an automotive dealership is actually 3 or 4 different businesses all under one roof. As a result, car dealerships must maintain very accurate accounting and inventory records, plus carefully comply with strict local and federal laws. This requires automotive dealerships to have well organized work-flow and record keeping systems. To accomplish this, many specialized business forms and auto dealer management supplies have evolved which are specifically designed for use by new and used car dealerships. Below is a lengthy checklist of auto dealer forms and supplies commonly used by car dealers. You can use it as a guide when opening a new dealership or to compare against the automotive business forms and supplies your dealership is currently using for possible improvements or omissions. This list of auto dealer supplies is categorized by department. For a version that's easy to print or email click Auto Dealer Supply Checklist. AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE DEPARTMENT
CAR DEALER OFFICE FORMS
AUTO PARTS DEPARTMENT
NEW AND USED CAR SALES DEPARTMENT
Oil Change StickersOn his thirtieth birthday Joe was proud of himself. He was the owner of the biggest little business in town. Every week the same ad ran in the local paper: Get your oil changed by a friend. Joe changed the oil and greased the chassis for lots of friends. That afternoon his best friend, Bill, walked in Bill's face was grim, determined. “Joe, I thought I was your best friend, but we can't be friends any more. I had to come to let you know why.” There was something devastating in the way those words came out. Joe sat down and watched as his friend Bill brought out a stack of those little stickers that went on car doors back then and go on windshields now, the kind that help you see when it is time to change your oil. Bill had a stack of them, one a week, going back for more than three years. Bill had been a friend for a long time. “I depended on you. You knew that I drive constantly, mostly on lonely mountain roads. I trusted you to take care of me. The front U-Joint went out on my car yesterday and the garage called me down to look at it this morning. That U-Joint was as dry inside as a case of gun powder. It had not been greased in a long time. Every week you gave me the old sticker and put on a new one that told me that told me that YOU, not one of your hired hands, had changed my car's oil and greased its chassis. Your signature was on the line and I trusted you.” Bill took the latest oil change sticker out and ripped it to pieces. Then he picked up the rest of the stickers and walked out. Joe remembered that zerk on Bill's car. It had been so hard to get to, and after a while he hadn't even tried. Joe got out his keys and shut the little shop down, never to open again. Joe went driving on a lonely mountain road and at midnight he found himself looking down through the trees of a shaggy bluff. Joe sighed miserably. “People think friends are the most important possessions on earth. Integrity is much more important than friends. Self respect is a thousand times more important than integrity.” Joe got out and walked home. He never went back for the car. These days there isn't even one zerk to grease on most cars and it is always easy to get to. People don't even think about the chassis getting greased when they take their vehicle in for service. “Integrity in greasing isn't important any more,” some people say. They never look at their oil stickers. Estampe Auto Dealer Supplies has sold thousands of oil change stickers. The company believes that when it comes to servicing your car, integrity is more important than ever because the things that still need professional attention are more critical than ever. Motors still burn up if the coolant level drops too low. Cylinder walls still get scratched to shreds if the air filter gets clogged. Your car could plunge off a cliff on a sharp bend if the brake fluid falls short and air gets into the system. The professionals you choose to service your car should take care of it as if service was important enough to demand their integrity and guarantee their self respect. Professionals will check your engine coolant, inspect your air filters, verify the level of your brake fluid, and add washer fluid for free if your car needs it. Then they'll proudly place an oil change sticker on your car like it was a guarantee stamp that they HAVE done your work to professional standards and above. The most popular variety of oil stickers provided by Estampeinc.com go on the windshield now, right where you'll see it when you get in the car. It doesn't get in your way when driving, but that little reminder sticker should serve up a subliminal reminder to see if professional service is needed every time you get behind the wheel. FTC Used Car Buyer GuidesCharlie Butler bought a truck one morning and jauntily began driving it back home. He didn't even get out of town. The right front wheel came off and bounded down a steep hill. It was still gathering speed when it smashed through a privacy fence, then exploded through the home's patio window and finally came to rest in front of the television screen. By the time Charlie got there only the children were still screaming. "I'm sure the car dealer will pay for all the damage," he said. "They should have caught this problem before putting the truck up for sale." As an old commercial used to say: "Sorry Charlie." That FTC Used Car Buyers Guide that you signed before receiving the vehicle said: AS IS. " Congress intended for the FTC Used Car Buyers Guide to protect the consumer, but with a little clever wording, it actually ended up protecting the dealers. Many used car dealers only use the FTC sticker as a catch-all exculpatory clause: "No matter what happens, it ain't our fault!" AS IS means that even if all the wheels fall off before you get it off the lot, it is still your problem and not the dealer's. You should have received a copy of the guide. The back is pre-printed with the standard buyers guide for your (the customer) signature. Customers naturally feel safer when they see something in writing on that sticker besides "AS IS" even if it is only an implied warranty. Because an AS IS sticker is so common as to be almost universal, some of the wiser car dealers have found that they can make more sales, and get fewer irate customers returning, by using the FTC Used Car Buyers Guide sticker to enumerate the warranties they can offer. The most popular IMPLIED WARRANTY FTC Used Car Buyers Guide doesn't even mention AS IS as an option: Salesmen have been known to proudly tap the window on their FTC Buyers Guide Implied Warranty style sticker and proudly proclaim: "We don't have an AS IS car on this lot. Our mechanic goes over each car we get and any cars that don't pass his inspection get wholesaled out to other auto dealers in this area." That's a good sales tool, but are you really protected any better with an implied warranty sticker? In many cases, the answer is yes. Implied warranties will cover defects that were not obvious or not pointed out to you prior to the sale, like a wheel falling off. Even if the car you want has a warranty, you do still need to study the sticker to see which systems are covered, how long coverage will last, and what percent of repair costs your dealer will pay. It would also be a wise to go over a row or two and see if those warranties are different for each vehicle. When your dealer is willing to spell out the terms of a solid car warranty in writing, you can literally take it to the bank for a more reassuring loan. One final note: "Almost new," DEMO, and LOW MILEAGE cars may be a bargain, but they are not new. If the vehicle is still legally new it must have a totally different set of stickers, including the Monroney car window sticker and/or the Addendum sticker like you see on new car lot vehicles. If you don't see these stickers, you can expect a large discount in price. | |||
