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Market Scan Customers Get Free 30-Day Trial of mPencil

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. -- Market Scan Information Systems, Inc. will offer its new mPencilTM product to current customers free for 30 days. Market Scan's mPencilTM gives sales staff and customers a starting point by offering customers a multitude of payments.

by Staff
April 17, 2005
1 min to read


WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. -- Market Scan Information Systems, Inc. will offer its new mPencil(TM) product to current customers free for 30 days. Market Scan’s mPencil gives sales staff and customers a starting point by offering customers a multitude of payments.


mPencil displays payment options for multiple terms based on different amounts of customer cash. mPencil also provides side-by-side comparisons of finance and lease payments over multiple terms. mPencil calculates payments from lenders’ lease and finance data, then displays results through the familiar touch-screen interface.

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Market Scan customers will receive the product in their nightly update and can expect to utilize it on the morning of May 1. Market Scan’s customer service department will be available 24 hours a day to field any questions and provide support at (866) MKT-SCAN.


mPencil was launched on January 29th at the 2005 NADA Convention in New Orleans and may be purchased as a part of Market Scan’s Modular Dealership Suite or as a stand-alone product.

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