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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.