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Who goes to a dealership to buy a car anymore? In 1991 I bought my Miata online (I think. Maybe it was over the phone), and they delivered it to a dealer near m

• encryptluks2 4y ago
  People that can't wait 6+ months for a new car.
• guywithahat 4y ago
  Well you just bought from a dealership, and what's more is that dealership was under no real obligation to sell to you. They could have accepted the car from Mazda and sold it to someone else. The issue this article really looks into is that we invited government into auto sales for some reason who required dealerships (among other things) be mandatory and independent, so when Ford released the Bronco or Maverick and they turned out to be popular, Ford might say "this Maverick is worth 25k" and then the dealership would mark it up to 40k and there was nothing the buyer could do about it, even if you ordered from Ford. Dealerships would accept your vehicle, say you need to pay an additional 10k, and if you don't they won't let you leave with the car
  • Cupertino95014 4y ago
    Yeah, but that didn't happen. Those were normal times. These are not. Do you have some evidence that it does, nowadays? I've heard of it happening with an electric car, but those are in such insane demand that normal rules don't apply.
  • Cupertino95014 4y ago
    That might be, but you don't have to have the most popular car that year, or do you? The first year, that was happening with the Miata. The second year, things got back to normal and I paid sticker price.
• sidewndr46 4y ago
  Was this before or after Al Gore invented the internet?