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I see two futures here. Future 1: I'm working for a company and I buy the heated seats upgrade. Eight months later I'm looking at moving to another company a

I see two futures here. Future 1: I'm working for a company and I buy the heated seats upgrade. Eight months later I'm looking at moving to another company and I'll lose that value. Maybe that affects my decision. So I'm paying for my own employer-lock-in loyalty perks? Am I a moron? No, so I negotiate away part of my salary, or my healthcare, to have the nicer car. Future 2: You get heated seats on certain luxury car brands as long as you have an American Express platinum. Just like airport lounge access. I'd bet on Future 2. They're both dystopian.

gambiting 5y ago
I mean, it will be like everything else - companies which really want to spoil their employees and who buy BMWs as fleet cars, will order them with every subscription option covered and just eat the cost. So the CEO doesn't have to worry about his 7-series not having heated seats. But I can also totally see situations where if the choice is between say....a Ford Mondeo or a BMW 3-series, the company can go "you can get the BMW, but we're not paying anything for options - if you want them, that's on you". >>Eight months later I'm looking at moving to another company and I'll lose that value. Maybe that affects my decision. If it's a subscription, then that value is lost anyway. You can probably get a partial refund for the unused months before you return the car.
- StrictDabbler 5y ago
  Agreed about C-level execs, of course. Another poster said it's a $300 one-time payment. So you're losing that when you leave. Figure on a bunch of options and it's a lot of money. I'd want it tied to me, not the vehicle. I paid for heated seats on my last BMW. You're charging me again? For DLC? If I could pay for heated seats forever I could see it. It's just software, you're putting the same seats in every car, now we have a value. So of course that will never happen.

gambiting 5y ago

I mean, it will be like everything else - companies which really want to spoil their employees and who buy BMWs as fleet cars, will order them with every subscription option covered and just eat the cost. So the CEO doesn't have to worry about his 7-series not having heated seats. But I can also totally see situations where if the choice is between say....a Ford Mondeo or a BMW 3-series, the company can go "you can get the BMW, but we're not paying anything for options - if you want them, that's on you". >>Eight months later I'm looking at moving to another company and I'll lose that value. Maybe that affects my decision. If it's a subscription, then that value is lost anyway. You can probably get a partial refund for the unused months before you return the car.

StrictDabbler 5y ago
Agreed about C-level execs, of course. Another poster said it's a $300 one-time payment. So you're losing that when you leave. Figure on a bunch of options and it's a lot of money. I'd want it tied to me, not the vehicle. I paid for heated seats on my last BMW. You're charging me again? For DLC? If I could pay for heated seats forever I could see it. It's just software, you're putting the same seats in every car, now we have a value. So of course that will never happen.