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Just the facts
I was listening to some representative from auto dealer association the other day and they are scared to death of the direct sales model - not because Tesla is cutting into business, but because they are afraid the legacy auto companies will start doing it. What drives me crazy is the notion that auto dealers are responsible for lower prices when every car I have ever bought the dealer tried to charge me as much as possible and the only way I can get a lower price is to haggle for 6 or 7 hours - and still not know if I got ripped off. The bottom line is that the more middlemen there are the higher the price goes because everyone along chain needs to earn a profit. The manufacturer has to earn profit, the railroad operator has to earn a profit, the trucking company has to earn a profit, the auto dealer has to earn a profit, the salesman has to earn a profit - and I, the end consumer, have to pay all of them.
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