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To: Alvin Diogenes

Of course you are wrong https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds/laws-in-all-50-states-benefit-car-dealerships-at-the-expense-of-consumers


17 posted on 06/17/2023 12:24:41 PM PDT by devere
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To: devere

Thanks for that article. It says that all states have dumb laws that protect car dealerships in some way (but not always complete prohibition of direct-to-consumer sales).

Looking into this some more, it appears that the situation is complicated. About half the states allow direct-to-consumer sales of electric cars. (It’s the existing dealers of gasoline-powered cars that lobby politicians for protection, of course.) Source: https://www.mackinac.org/archives/2021/The%20Case%20for%20Direct%20Sales%20—%20March%202021%20Update.pdf

The whole thing is ridiculous. Of course you should be able to buy a car directly from a manufacturer, and the manufacturer should be able to sell a car to you.


36 posted on 06/17/2023 2:25:44 PM PDT by Alvin Diogenes
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