"Dave C." > wrote in message
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> >
>> Why are they ripping you off if they refuse "to make such a small
>> profit"?
>> The owner of any business is entitled to sell his merchandise for
>> whatever
>> price he wants to. If his price is higher than his competitors, he'll
>> sell
>> less merchandise but that doesn't make him a 'ripoff artist'.
>
> WHAT competitors? It is practically a monopoly. Choose any specific
> make/model/options. Now go find one on a car lot. So far so good. Now
> find ANOTHER IDENTICAL CAR on a different car lot. I happen to live in a
> very densely populated area currently, so I have a few dealers to choose
> from, if I want to waste a lot of fuel and time to shop around. Most
> areas
> I've lived in, I'd be lucky to see two dealers with the car I'm interested
> in within a 3 hour drive. The only competition is, you can buy brand X
> for
> a ripoff price, or if you get ****ed off enough, you can buy brand Y at a
> ripoff price from one of brand X's competitors. -Dave
>
>
Dealers swap cars. If they don't have the car you want they'll swap it in
from a dealer that does. That is if there's enough profit in it for them.
They might sell it cheaper if they have the car in stock but they are still
not going to 'give it away'.