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> The bigger problem is dealerships FTFY

• brightball 5y ago
  Aka - Sales Unions
  • adventured 5y ago
    The dealerships are more like a cartel because they're focused on keeping the cost of the product artificially inflated enough that they can scam their margin from inbetween the customer and the producer. Unions focus on keeping wages higher than they otherwise would be. For example health insurance companies in the US fall into the same cartel category as automobile dealerships. They scam their margin / mark-up sitting - often with regulatory protection - inbetween the patient and the care provider (hospital etc) or producer (pharma company, device maker etc).
    • brightball 5y ago
      Dealership groups push for the regulations that force producers to use them. Tesla has had to fight hard to avoid the dealership model because of it.
      • darknavi 5y ago
        They still can't legally sell a car direct to consumer in Texas (their headquarters state).