Car dealers are among the many businesses trying to do business during the coronavirus pandemic.
Business during the coronavirus pandemic.
W-t-v-a's alisa anderson is live in tupelo to show us how one local dealership is dealing with the pandemic.
This is the first month barnes crossing hyundai mazda is back to full staff and regular hours.
I saw a few people shopping for cars and getting their cars serviced.
One shopper i spoke told me that buying a car in the middle of pandemic is a new experience .
Sot: dzyre gildon shopper "i'm getting anxiety about being close to people and the precautions i have to take."
Dzyre gildon was hesitant to come out and shop for a car at barnes crossing hyundai mazda in tupelo.
Sot: dzyre gildon shopper "right now we don't know were this pandemic is going.
If things are going to get completely shut down.
So, before that happens i took the precaution to go ahead and trade my car in."
A few customers were out buying cars.
But dealership general manager will cody said the pandemic is changing the way some customers shop.
Sot: will cody general manager, barnes crossing hyundai mazda "it"s definitely a different mindset.
Customer's that would normally plan on spending the weekend shopping for a car at the dealership and test driving and meeting a ton of different people at a ton of different lots.
They are doing the majority of their shopping online.
It's also changed the way the dealership does business.
There can only be 10 customers in the showroom at one time.
Cody said as for test drives, the employees sanitize the car, and many people do that without sales associates.
Gildon said the precautions give her some peace of mind.
Sot: dzyre gildon shopper "the tables are separated and who you are close with it's only one or two people that you are actually face to face with."
Cody said they've been pretty busy.
This month sales are back to normal.
In the first week of may more than 100 people brought cars.
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