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[Setec Astronomy]

Lonnie, if you poke around on AutoGeekOnline (AGO) you will find this thread Thank you Meghan where The Guz pastes a post from the Autogeek Facebook page...so I would say Autogeek/PBMG was pretty transparent about her departure. Since Autopia was a later addition to PBMG, and since Meghan has been publicly associated with Autogeek, and there has been a conscious effort to separate the Autogeek and Autopia brands and stores, I think it`s perfectly reasonable that there was no mention made of it here.

As far as the "move", we don`t really know what that`s about, it could possibly just be that they decided to centrally (within the country) locate their fulfillment center. Remember the owner of PBMG is also the US importer for Sonax and possibly already had a Texas facility associated with that. The Autopia store has been through some changes before, David B used a fulfillment center there in San Diego where he was located, then for a while it was in Bradenton FL at the Premium Finish Care site. I guess it was there until Max bought Detail City and changed it to Autopia Forums, I think that`s when the ACC store got moved to PBMG, back when Autopia.org belonged to 3D. BTW, apparently Tunch sold 3D, if I understood that correctly. Whole lotta changes going on.

[wannafbody]

I think I read that Bob owned the property in FL. There might have been a lease agreement for X number of years on that property. They might be moving if the lease agreement was over and Bob wants to move his other businesses back into those buildings. Or they might be moving to consolidate and lower operating costs.

[Setec Astronomy]

I think I read that Bob owned the property in FL. There might have been a lease agreement for X number of years on that property. They might be moving if the lease agreement was over and Bob wants to move his other businesses back into those buildings. Or they might be moving to consolidate and lower operating costs.

Bob/Max already moved back into the Autogeek building, Autogeek moved to a different location in FL a year and a half ago.

[RicocheT]

Wow, didn’t think this thread would get this much discussion.. interesting learning things about places I’ve ordered from since I was younger. Obviously I don’t post a lot but have learned a lot from this forums before I found AG. Now I bounce around.
I mainly ordered from Autopia because it shipped from Florida and I had it within two days.. that’s why was bugging me this time, not that I minded waiting but for how long?
in Any case, i finally did get a response to my message online last week. But only with the tracking number, which was done the same day I got a response. So ordered the 28 of march, and tracking shows I should have it April 12. So a little over a week to ship and obviously they don’t have control on how long it takes to get here.

anyhow, hopefully they’ll get it straightened out again. I’m sure it’s not easy getting and keeping employees now a days

[Lonnie]

MAYBE the move is to an area/location that has less expensive business and property insurance due to hurricanes.
Not that Texas is immune to inclimate weather or hurricanes, BUT I have heard since Hurricane Ian impacted Florida last year, property insurance has gone up and federally-backed flood insurance is cost-prohibitive to the point of being un-affordable for many home owners and business who are located there. Just guessing though on this reason...

RicocheT:
Glad to see that you decided to order from the Autopia Store. I hope they fulfill your order. Keep us informed what transpires.

[Bill D]

My insurance went up 75% !