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0 pointsjessriedel2y ago0 comments

> On a tangent, people always say they'd rather just buy cars online. ... within a month you'd have salespeople interacting with customers again.

If that were true, it wouldn't be necessary to outlaw direct-to-consumer sales.

https://www.justice.gov/atr/economic-effects-state-bans-dire...

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talldatethrow2y ago· 2 in thread

Well you mean buying direct from manufacturer for their asking price online.

I mean that you can buy from a dealership for asking price online.

I have done countless deals over the Internet and had a driver or a truck deliver the car to a customer. Some for asking price, some discounted.

jessriedelOP2y ago

> you mean buying direct from manufacturer for their asking price online. I mean…

Ok, but buying from their local dealership’s website is not what most people mean when they say they want to buy cars online. Likewise, when they say they buy their pens online, they don’t mean they buy them from the website of their local mom & pop stationary store.

talldatethrow2y ago

I suppose, but if the price is non negotiable like with the Tesla model, does it really matter?

Would you really prefer to buy online and it gets shipped to your house via a trucker, vs buying it on the dealer website and their local driver or the salesperson delivers it?

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