[al baby]

You people crack me up they are making it up by volume

[Republican Wildcat]

Where are you getting that from the content of the article? They are losing money big time.

[bigbob]

Eggsackly, my FRiend! These rubes just don’t understand Obamanomics. Why, just look at some great companies from the past - like Webvan, Pets.com, or eToys! They proved it doesn’t matter if you make any money so long as you make it up in volume...and look at how great the economy was then, Bill Clinton just bragged about it the other night!

[FreedomOfExpression]

You people crack me up they are making it up by volume

Lol!

[Billthedrill]

...they are making it up by volume...

Yep. They're losing $49K on one car, but multiply that by 100,000 and you get...PROFIT!

[BipolarBob]

Bankrupting America one subsidy at a time.

[cynwoody]

You people crack me up they are making it up by volume

You don't "make it up by volume" when you lose per unit sold. When you lose per unit, you dig the whole deeper with each unit! God damn Gubmint Motors! Its corporate soul is stolen property!

"Make it up by volume" implies you invested a ton in the means of production, and now you hope to make it all back and then some a helluva lot by making a modest sum on each unit sold. Think Steve Jobs.

[aruanan]

You people crack me up they are making it up by volume

Al, baby, aren't you embarrassed over saying something this stupid?

If there is a net loss per unit , you can never make it up by volume. For instance, if something costs $10,000 and it's sold for $10,001, the dollar over isn't going to be "making it up by volume" after 10,000 units are sold. If the unit costs $10,000 and it sells for $10,001 dollars, the costs are made up immediately by the first $10,000 of the selling price. The $1, being a receipt in excess of cost, is profit. Costs are never made up on volume. They are only made up only by the individual sale. If the company can sell it for less than the cost per unit and still make a profit, it's because the company is giving up profit on something else that it sells.