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> A car dealership has the opposite incentive: every dealer-performed warranty service is a payment from the manufacturer to the dealer. Wouldn't this be serve
by AnthonyMouse 2y ago
> A car dealership has the opposite incentive: every dealer-performed warranty service is a payment from the manufacturer to the dealer.
Wouldn't this be served just as well by having independent repair shops certified by the manufacturer to do recall and warranty repairs, without prohibiting direct sales of vehicles?
- dangus 2y agoSure! How many of those does Tesla have?
- AnthonyMouse 2y agoBut now you're arguing for right-to-repair laws or similar rather than prohibiting manufacturers from making direct sales.
- dangus 2y agoI would say that laws covering right-to-repair are almost entirely a different subject than laws governing retail competition. Being forced to buy a vehicle from the manufacturer would be exactly like being forced to buy Indiana Jones and the Great Circle only from Microsoft. But it's a lot better to be able to buy it from multiple game stores, many of which compete on price. https://www.cheapshark.com/search#q:Indiana%20Jones%20and%20the%20Great%20Circle https://www.cheapshark.com/search#q:Indiana%20Jones%20and%20... Overall I think it's totally fine that Tesla wants to sell cars direct, and any manufacturer should be able to. But they should also be obligated to sell to dealerships at a fair price (they shouldn't be able to just pretend that their own selling process has no cost associated with it).