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Tesla will sue you for $50,000 if you try to resell your Cybertruck in the first year
(www.businessinsider.com)
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Ford notoriously sued John Cena for exactly that reason with his Ford GT
It really is to protect consumers from scalpers.
Dealerships are the biggest scalpers.
Not really. I don’t particularly like them, but they don’t contribute much to the cost of cars. They barely make anything selling the car. That’s why they are always pushing extended warranties, accessories and trying to get you back in for service. Most of these guys are just hustling and getting as bad a deal as the rest of us.
The dealers are under huge pressure from the manufacturers to move cars. They are given sales targets they have to hit or they don’t get paid. That’s why they end up selling a car for like $500 profit or even break even. There’s a good episode of This American Life called “Cars”.
Of course, none of this applies to high-demand cars that sell themselves. They will mark those up like crazy to survive because the manufacturer doesn’t pay a bonus for those and barely gives them any inventory.
...forreal? You do realize dealership markups in the past few years have jumped as high as 40%?
https://markups.org
If you're as much of a snake as they are, maybe. For the rest of us, not so much.
There's nothing to stop anyone from buying a single unit and scalping it
It's not "bizarre" in the slightest unless you've never heard of the concept of scalping.
Except, you know, the economic principles of supply and demand
Except, you know, supply and demand are flipped on their fucking heads. That's why this clause exists in the first place?
How
Presumably there's going to be very few Cybertrucks. Supercar manufactures, with their very low production rates, generally have some kind of wait list, Ferrari goes to extremes and won't even consider selling you most stuff if you're not already driving a more entry-level Ferrari.
It's not really about the money, though: If a Sheikh comes along and wants your car, he's just going to add double the penalty amount to his offer. It's more about getting shitbinned by the manufacturer.
Ah, yeah that's my bad. I didn't think about the manufacturer-limited supply and sort of misunderstood the point. That's for being patient with me and setting me straight.