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I've noticed that the shortage of chips is also strongly driven by speculators simply buying up everything in sight and trying to resell at multiples of the cos
by twarge 5y ago
I've noticed that the shortage of chips is also strongly driven by speculators simply buying up everything in sight and trying to resell at multiples of the cost.
- swarnie_ 5y agoYou think people are buying up Chips designed to go in to Toyota cars? Surely they're beyond worthless to anyone but the manufacturer and Toyota themselves?
- detaro 5y agoParent was speaking of the chip shortage in general, which goes way past cars. Car manufacturers will do what they can to isolate themselves from the open market (and buy the numbers and have the political backing to do so), but demand for non-car parts affects allocation of production capacity to their demands too. > designed to go in to Toyota cars? Chips rarely are designed for a specific car, and a car will also contain quite a few that are not strictly specific to automotive.
- Nasrudith 5y agoThat is a whole different level - consumer retail as added middlemen. Manufacturers who include multiple in one project don't buy just retail which is oriented at one-at-a-time.