When biz reins aren't forthcoming... Sold dealership's former owner found letting go not easy

摘要

For more than 30 years, Thomas J. Auger worked side by side with his father at VIP Discount Auto Center in Lewiston, Maine, assuming that eventually he would take over the business. But that changed when the Augers received an ofter they couldn't refuse from John Quirk, owner of Quirk Tire & Service Corp., and sold their 49-store dealership to him.Mr. Auger then expected to stay on with VIP as vice president of merchandising, but left in January. He realized that letting go of something he had known all his life wasn't as easy as he first thought.