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A comment on Tesla's fight with America's car dealers. Parent comment

Re:Tesla's fight with America's car dealers by Contero on Monday May 20, 2013 @06:55PM (#5740710)
I think the idea is that if the manufacturer was the only one selling, that they could inflate their prices higher than what the middleman overhead would be since they're the only one offering that product.

Why he thinks competition between brands isn't enough to counteract this I have no idea.

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Re:Tesla's fight with America's car dealers by darkarmani on Tuesday May 21, 2013 @10:42AM (#5743916)
> I think the idea is that if the manufacturer was the only one selling

But aren't they the only ones selling tesla cars to the dealers anyway? Couldn't they just inflate their prices to the dealers?

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Re:Tesla's fight with America's car dealers by revelation on Monday May 20, 2013 @07:50PM (#5740990)
Exactly. Price differences for the very same product is not competition, its market inefficiency.
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