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People put down deposits for every electric truck in development, leaving dealers in the lurch when they eventually cancel all but one (www.businessinsider.com)
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People put down deposits for every electric truck in development, leaving dealers in the lurch when they eventually cancel all but one::When an electric truck customer doesn't show up to pick up their order, dealer are left with a car that might be hard to sell to someone else.

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[โ€“] Encode1307@lemm.ee 62 points 2 years ago (7 children)

Dealer markups the last few years have pushed significant market share to fixed price sales like tesla, polestar, and rivian. I ended up with a polestar after I couldn't find a Ford Mach E, hyundai ioniq5 or VW ID4 without markup. Are we supposed to feel sorry for them when they have inventories building up?

[โ€“] L31FY@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)

And that it's their fault for gouging and thinking people won't shop around? They've done it to themselves with greed.

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