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Author of article is apparently unaware of online sales of new cars in which no dealer is involved. Which very well could have been zero as well, but it should

by natch 4y ago

Author of article is apparently unaware of online sales of new cars in which no dealer is involved. Which very well could have been zero as well, but it should have been mentioned even if to clarify they do not exist in China, if that is indeed the case.

kurthr 4y ago
How would you take delivery of a car when in lockdown? Maybe if you're a big white (Tyvek suited enforcer) you could pick it up? Why after two weeks of being locked into your apartment would you decide to buy a car you couldn't pickup, sight unseen?
- natch 4y ago
  Delivery != sale. If they are tabulating deliveries, they should use the word that matches their meaning, instead of a different word.
  - kurthr 4y ago
    Since I used both the words delivery and sale in different ways... I think that buy == sale and delivery == pick up. So when I ask, "Why after two weeks of being locked into your apartment would you decide to *buy* a car you couldn't *pick up*, sight unseen?", I do not mean that delivery didn't take place, I mean that purchase == sale == buy likely did not take place, because the buyer could neither go and look at the vehicle, nor would they be likely to electronically purchase a vehicle that they couldn't pick up while confined to their apartment. Does that make sense? Even if you're a member of the party who gets to wear a white suit and go out in public, you're unlikely to be able to take possession of a vehicle since that dealership is not open, because they can't leave their house. So it still doesn't make sense to purchase, which means there is unlikely to be a sale, electronic or no, even for those privileged to be able to pick one up.
    - natch 4y ago
      Last car I bought nine months ahead of the delivery date. On a web page. On an iPhone. Car before that, three months, same, web page/iPhone. There is a major car manufacturer with a factory in Shanghai that sells cars with this sales model. I don’t see why there would be zero sales. Zero deliveries does make sense.

by natch 4y ago

kurthr 4y ago

How would you take delivery of a car when in lockdown? Maybe if you're a big white (Tyvek suited enforcer) you could pick it up? Why after two weeks of being locked into your apartment would you decide to buy a car you couldn't pickup, sight unseen?

natch 4y ago
Delivery != sale. If they are tabulating deliveries, they should use the word that matches their meaning, instead of a different word.
- kurthr 4y ago
  Since I used both the words delivery and sale in different ways... I think that buy == sale and delivery == pick up. So when I ask, "Why after two weeks of being locked into your apartment would you decide to *buy* a car you couldn't *pick up*, sight unseen?", I do not mean that delivery didn't take place, I mean that purchase == sale == buy likely did not take place, because the buyer could neither go and look at the vehicle, nor would they be likely to electronically purchase a vehicle that they couldn't pick up while confined to their apartment. Does that make sense? Even if you're a member of the party who gets to wear a white suit and go out in public, you're unlikely to be able to take possession of a vehicle since that dealership is not open, because they can't leave their house. So it still doesn't make sense to purchase, which means there is unlikely to be a sale, electronic or no, even for those privileged to be able to pick one up.
  - natch 4y ago
    Last car I bought nine months ahead of the delivery date. On a web page. On an iPhone. Car before that, three months, same, web page/iPhone. There is a major car manufacturer with a factory in Shanghai that sells cars with this sales model. I don’t see why there would be zero sales. Zero deliveries does make sense.