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Re:Ford to Impose Non-Negotiable Pricing on EV Sales as Part... by tablespoon on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @12:34PM (#30602791)
> You're basically asking: Does the dealer's negotiation reduce prices to consumers more than their cuts increase it. I don't think so, at least not for Tesla.

What do you mean "at least not for Tesla." Don't they famously lack dealers, so there's no point of comparison for them?

> as middleman will happily arbitrage prices upwards (see GPU scalpers)

That's certainly true for some middlemen, but I don't think that can be generalized into a rule. Naively, some people think that everyone in a market should act like price gougers, but that's obviously not true, and I don't think the the reason is that there's something special about being the original manufacturer.

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Re:Ford to Impose Non-Negotiable Pricing on EV Sales as Part... by esyir on Wednesday March 09, 2022 @07:13AM (#30613612)
My mental image of Tesla was that it was supply constrained. This argument probably doesn't apply if this has changed. However, if the assumptions hold, then traditionally middlemen arbitrage prices upwards in times of scarcity.

Or perhaps I'm just bitter about the GPU shortages, who knows.

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