I actually have no sympathy for those old four-generation dealerships. The owners have the best houses in town in the best neighborhoods having lived on extravagant markups for decades.
you sound like a marxist. ever hear of the free market???
good grief.
If those folks were overcharging as abusively as you seem to think they were, wouldn’t people have traveled to other dealerships to get a better deal?
Allowing for the fact you may have had a dealership in your community that was bad, I certainly don’t mind you addressing that fact, but you used a blanket statement that lends itself to sound more like class envy than anything else.
The plant and ancillary staff has to be kept running. It costs a lot to keep any business open. So what if the guy in your town has the best home in town. Someone will. Big deal.
You need to find something that you are good at, make money doing it. Then have the government come in and shut you down.
“I actually have no sympathy for those old four-generation dealerships. The owners have the best houses in town in the best neighborhoods having lived on extravagant markups for decades.”
Sheesh! That’s a pretty LibTard sentiment. Those families have their money on the line. They have ‘skin in the game’, and should damn well reap the harvest of what they’ve sown. Had your family made the same investment four generations back, you’d be singing a different tune.
I don’t understand the mindset that vilifies success, and the rewards it brings.
It used to be the American way...until the 0bamunists arrived.
Call it quits. That cannot be defended.
But the supposed reason that the dealers are being closed is that they create so much price competition that the other dealers can't make any money!
I think your assessment of the situation is closer to reality than the government's.
As a manufacturer there is no logical reason to close independent retail outlets that sell your product.