Dealerships are local jobs programs in some sense and they got State laws enacted to secure their positions. Tesla went up against them and won I guess.
My guess is the Amazon program will be similar to the Costco program.
Lost them a sale from me, as that was a big point in their favor. Without it I ended up somewhere else.
Not only do dealerships provide local jobs but generally their owners tend to be well to do and donate prolifically to local elections, where dollars are normally otherwise scarce because of their lower participation rates.
Which is a terrible reason to keep predatory businesses around.
> but generally their owners tend to be well to do
You can always make a lot of money when you're ripping off the public
> and donate prolifically to local elections
"Bribes local politicians". Car dealerships seem like some kind of mob racket. They are a third party that managed to insert themselves in the middle of transactions that shouldn't involve them, they extract a ton of money from the public while providing no value, and then bribe lawmakers to make sure they can keep the rigged game going.
The sooner we can get rid of them the better.
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