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• Parabola@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Dealerships are the biggest scalpers.

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  • Telodzrum@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Dealerships suck and everyone except the dealers themselves will be over the moon once they’re gone, manufacturers most of all.

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  • Joker@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Not really. I don’t particularly like them, but they don’t contribute much to the cost of cars. They barely make anything selling the car. That’s why they are always pushing extended warranties, accessories and trying to get you back in for service. Most of these guys are just hustling and getting as bad a deal as the rest of us.

    The dealers are under huge pressure from the manufacturers to move cars. They are given sales targets they have to hit or they don’t get paid. That’s why they end up selling a car for like $500 profit or even break even. There’s a good episode of This American Life called “Cars”.

    Of course, none of this applies to high-demand cars that sell themselves. They will mark those up like crazy to survive because the manufacturer doesn’t pay a bonus for those and barely gives them any inventory.

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    • TheOakTree@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      …forreal? You do realize dealership markups in the past few years have jumped as high as 40%?

      markups.org

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    • Malfeasant@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      They barely make anything selling the car.

      If you’re as much of a snake as they are, maybe. For the rest of us, not so much.

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• kadu@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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  • helenslunch@feddit.nl ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    There’s nothing to stop anyone from buying a single unit and scalping it

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    • zalgotext@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      There’s nothing to stop anyone from buying a single unit and scalping it

      Except, you know, the economic principles of supply and demand

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      • helenslunch@feddit.nl ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Except, you know, supply and demand are flipped on their fucking heads. That’s why this clause exists in the first place?

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