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Plus, customers may like it better since the current method is usually despised...
Anyone who's ever bought a car knows firsthand how unpleasant it is to deal with traditional car dealers. The price of every vehicle is fully negotiable but the negotiating room is opaque.[1] Key car features and options are bundled in arbitrary packages and priced in ways that make pricing even more opaque. Car salesmen (they're typically men) almost always have a fake smile on their face and come across as smooth-t…
So my running list of things that are obviously outdated and fruitlessly resisting their death throes now includes: - Auto dealerships - Music labels - Government secrecy
Would be interesting discussion on what industries denizens of HN think will fall in this manner.
I'm confused. Is this article saying that in the US it's illegal for a maker of the product to sell the product to whomever he wants? How is that helping anyone but the dealerships?
It's not.
I'm confused. Is this article saying that in the US it's illegal for a maker of the product to sell the product to whomever he wants? How is that helping anyone but the dealerships?
Anyone who's ever bought a car knows firsthand how unpleasant it is to deal with traditional car dealers. The price of every vehicle is fully negotiable but the negotiating room is opaque.[1] Key car features and options are bundled in arbitrary packages and priced in ways that make pricing even more opaque. Car salesmen (they're typically men) almost always have a fake smile on their face and come across as smooth-t…
Plus the sad fact is that the salesperson is the middleman of the manager, who is the middleman of the financier, who is the middleman of the dealership. There are probably more steps I'm forgetting.
Why can't cars be sold just like any other product? What makes them so special that government has to be involved, other than protecting monopolistic practices? I may never purchase a Tesla but I would argue against anyone that would want to stop this type of car sales.
All that the auto dealers are going to do with this effort is draw attention to this cool new car. Sure, they might succeed in banning them in a state or two (which is ridiculous), but in the end any publicity will benefit Tesla and hurt the dealers (disclaimer: I am not a marketing professional). EDIT: To clarify my vague statement above, I meant "banning" the Tesla display store business model, not banning Tesla al…
So if "anything that gets you to the executed contract is part of the sale", shouldn't all those independent car dealerships be paying the car manufacturers for those expensive and slick TV, magazine and internet advertisements they produce to get people to go to said dealerships to buy their cars? (Or do they already?)..
They do.
I learned this years ago from a site that walked through car purchase negotiation techniques. Sorry, I don't remember which site.
So my running list of things that are obviously outdated and fruitlessly resisting their death throes now includes: - Auto dealerships - Music labels - Government secrecy
Only 3? I figured Radioshack/Bestbuy belong in this category in the long run. Would be interesting discussion on what industries denizens of HN think will fall in this manner.