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Re:The deception of “buying” digital movies by oxfeed65261 on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @02:31PM (#33084693)
Lemon laws only apply to cars sold with warranties. Wealthier people are more likely to buy new cars, or used cars with warranties. Poor people are relatively much more likely to buy cheaper used cars without warranties. Rich people also buy more cars over their lives, increasing their chances of coming across a lemon. Therefore, lemon laws are relatively more beneficial for wealthier people.
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Re:The deception of “buying” digital movies by phpthrowaway99 on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @02:40PM (#33084795)
I get what you're saying, but if a construction worker buys a new Ford F150 that is constantly breaking, that is a much bigger problem to him than if a wealthy person buys a Range Rover as a 3rd vehicle for Tahoe runs and that vehicle has some recurring check engine lights.

Unless we're calling construction workers buying F150s with 72 month loans wealthy these days.

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Re:The deception of “buying” digital movies by jacobr1 on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @03:15PM (#33085314)
No, I think the OP is suggesting that the more likely scenario is some professional-class "weekend-warrior" type bought the F150s with the 72m loan, which later on was resold to the working-class construction worker on the secondary market.
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Re:The deception of “buying” digital movies by phpthrowaway99 on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @03:29PM (#33085501)
I suppose. Even lemon laws are funny if you follow them to their conclusion, so maybe OP is right.

Once a vehicle gets lemon lawed, it gets sent to auction where it is disclosed to dealers, and then it's just sold again to the public as a used car without the ability to be lemon lawed at that point.

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Re:The deception of “buying” digital movies by Retric on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @04:41PM (#33086484)
Sold yes, but also marked as a lemon. https://www.lemonlawlawyerscalifornia.com/2022/08/how-to-kno...

There is nothing wrong with buying a lemon car at a sufficient discount.

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Re:The deception of “buying” digital movies by jacobr1 on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @03:37PM (#33085595)
There are some laws around maintaining the history the car. Sales must be recorded, certain accidents. I think certain types of flood damage. Getting a carfax is a must if you are buying a used car.
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Re:The deception of “buying” digital movies by fragmede on Friday October 07, 2022 @05:53PM (#33127331)
I mean, yeah I would call someone in a brand new $75k vehicle wealthy, even if they did take financing to afford it. Especially if they took dealer financing. Who buys new and who can qualify for a loan like that these days? But if you’re talking a $15k used model and taking financing on that, that’s a different story.
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Re:The deception of “buying” digital movies by Retric on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @04:39PM (#33086463)
Every car initially comes under warranty and if a used car was returned under lemon law you can find out before buying it. https://www.lemonlawlawyerscalifornia.com/2022/08/how-to-kno...

Thus lemon law benefits every single consumer whether buying a new or used car.

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