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They have said that only Tesla can best explain the best advantages of their cars, a similar justification that Apple gave when they opened up their own retail

They have said that only Tesla can best explain the best advantages of their cars, a similar justification that Apple gave when they opened up their own retail stores. And while I can now buy Apple laptops at Best Buy, I do usually pick Apple stores and prefer that experience. I will say as a consumer, I dislike the typical car dealership user experience. Lots of back-and-forth games on pricing, getting upsold on random add-ons or financial products, having to wait around a lot while your rep checks in the back about yet more paperwork, etc. Maybe some people feel this bazaar-like experience helps them nab a good deal, but I doubt I'd be worse off paying a standard price set by the manufacturer, delivered to me by a store that's not trying to squeeze out their own margin through those add-ons.

bubblethink 5y ago
> Lots of back-and-forth games on pricing, getting upsold on random add-ons or financial products ... I doubt I'd be worse off paying a standard price set by the manufacturer While this sounds good in theory, what's to prevent the manufacturer from doing the same ? If you look at Google Fi, it probably wanted to be different from the usual carriers, but in reality they are not that much different and worse in many ways. They peddle the same overpriced phones/payment plans and try to keep you on the network, blurring the line between device cost and plan cost. They also distinguish between regular data and hotspot data. If you go back to AOSP in Nexus days, AOSP didn't have any distinction between the two.