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Yea but this works, what, once? And now the manufacturer has to deal with the things the dealer was doing like customer service, hiring sales staff, training te
by ericmay 5y ago
Yea but this works, what, once? And now the manufacturer has to deal with the things the dealer was doing like customer service, hiring sales staff, training technicians, etc.
“Oh don’t open a Chevy dealership, in 6 months they’ll come in and undercut you”. And then there it is. Either you don’t open a dealership (fine) or the manufacturer builds a reputation for not undercutting dealers (also fine).
IMO the law was protecting special interests from the start. This is an example of poorly regulating capitalism.
- PostThisTooFast 5y agoYes, I would think this as well. If your company is known for dicking over your dealers, then no one will open up a dealership for you. Then again, Apple dicks its partners over and hasn't suffered much.
- HelixEndeavor 5y agoNot really comparable in situation nor scale. There are Apple stores but they don't really compete with the big box stores that sell Apple products. Though I would be interested in seeing data on where most Apple products are purchased from.
- megablast 5y agoNo. They wait a few years, dealerships are everywhere, then move in and take the most profitable regions.
- HelixEndeavor 5y agoWhen did they do this?
- maxerickson 5y agoDealers have franchise contracts with the manufacturers that provide some short term protection, I'm pretty sure the story of the laws is that once dealers were organized enough to lobby they asked governments to make laws protecting their businesses from their suppliers, not that governments saw the burning need for dealers and decided to protect them from this one narrow case.