[Curt Renz]

Mississippi has passed a law forbiding direct sales of cars by automakers. Florida is considering doing the same.
Below is the gleeful tweet from the Mississippi governor.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1635767610561249282

 

[AStuf]

Mississippi has passed a law forbiding direct sales of cars by automakers. Florida is considering doing the same.
Below is the gleeful tweet from the Mississippi governor.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1635767610561249282

They are so determined to protect the horse and buggy dealers.

 

[Klaus-rf]

Still trying to keep Mississippi from leaving the 1800's. You know - when times were good and 'those folks' knew their place(s). Can't let none of that new-fangled stuff in our state.

 

[Klaus-rf]

How does MS treat services like VROOM, Carvana, etc.?? They're not a dealerships.

 

[garsh]

How does MS treat services like VROOM, Carvana, etc.?? They're not a dealerships.

I think this law only covers selling new cars.

 

[Curt Renz]

Did Elon try to intervene in this Mississippi legislative debate, or was he too busy with Twitter?

 

[djalan2000]

How does MS treat services like VROOM, Carvana, etc.?? They're not a dealerships.

Yeah, but they only sell USED cars, not new ones and a USED car dealer doesn't have to have a 'franchise' - franchises are for RICH car dealers (that's why most of them own several at the same time) and make TONS of money on 'extras' they talk you into AFTER you 'buy' a car'...

Tesla doesn't HAVE any 'dealerships'... They only have SHOWROOMS! You still have to buy the cars online, even if it's AT the showroom (at least the one I bought from in Jan.).

This has many advantages, the first one being PRICE!! Can you imagine what the price of a new CyberTruck (selling for, say $75k) would be at a dealership that just got one or two of them in? They would add the infamous DEALER MARKUP of about $25,000 to it!! Yeah, gotta love that 'dealer markup' which basically means "HUGE EXTRA PROFITS"...

Well, they will just end up putting in more 'Service' stores then I guess... Service locations that will have nice computers that go directly to Tesla's website - you know, for the waiting clients or weary travelers who happen by... But no cash registers, no salesmen, no paperwork even... hmmm... just like they are now...

 

[Klaus-rf]

... franchises are for RICH car dealers (that's why most of them own several at the same time) and make TONS of money on 'extras' they talk you into AFTER you 'buy' a car'...

...

This has many advantages, the first one being PRICE!! Can you imagine what the price of a new CyberTruck (selling for, say $75k) would be at a dealership that just got one or two of them in? They would add the infamous DEALER MARKUP of about $25,000 to it!! Yeah, gotta love that 'dealer markup' which basically means "HUGE EXTRA PROFITS"...

Those markups are how the RICH dealership owners make most of their money. And they need that money so they can make tax-deductible, charitable $100K "donations" to their favorite govenor that helps them keep their bidness yuuugely profitable. For the common good, just how god intended.

 

[Feathermerchant]

Texas has a similar law. But I have 2 Teslas. So no big deal.

 

[francoisp]

"Small government" philosophy only apply when it benefits people. "Don't thread on me" unless my company's business model is in jeopardy or my bank is going under.

 

[Klaus-rf]

"Small government" philosophy only apply when it benefits people. "Don't thread on me" unless my company's business model is in jeopardy or my bank is going under.

I have a t-shirt with that infamous "Don't Tread on Me" snake on it wearing a blue face mask. The legend has been changed to "Don't Breathe on Me!".

 

[Kupe]

Dealerships, in general, provide little in the way of unique services. Instead, they inflate the price of vehicles and sell additional, questionably useful products to captive customers who just want to get out of the dealership in the shortest time. All this just to leech off of products built by others.

I'm not saying dealerships should be banned (although I wouldn't miss them), but I am saying that making dealerships mandatory via state legislature is just another form of overbearing big government.

 

[Klaus-rf]

I'm not saying dealerships should be banned (although I wouldn't miss them), but I am saying that making dealerships mandatory via state legislature is just another form of overbearing big government.

Ironically usually imposed by those "Small Government" people.

 

[francoisp]

Ironically usually imposed by those "Small Government" people.

By now we should know that "small government" really is a substitute for a "government that does my bidding, not yours".

 

[Dfwatt]

 

[Dr Bob]

Mississippi, Florida and Texas - Bastions of Freedom.
Car dealers are here to 'protect' the public.
Ban books, not guns.
Parental rights and freedom only when it suits us.
LGBTQ concerns are the most important issue, may be contagious.
Climate change is fake news.
Faux news tells it like it is, right?

 

[Sparkland]

It's all about the lobbyists who fight on behalf of the dealerships and make contributions to influence lawmakers. No one cares one iota about the consumer except when they are extracting more profits from them during a car deal.

 

[Bschmal]

Mississippi has passed a law forbiding direct sales of cars by automakers. Florida is considering doing the same.
Below is the gleeful tweet from the Mississippi governor.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1635767610561249282

Well gosh Texas has had this law a long time bc state govt is owned by the gas car and middle men dealership lobbies. Not to worry. We have great Tesla service centers and many many Teslas. Plenty of workarounds for what is a profoundly backward and stupid law. I mean Tesla is even based in Texas lol.

 

[Klaus-rf]

Mississippi, Florida and Texas - Bastions of Freedumb.
Car dealers are here to 'protect' the public.
Ban books, not guns. Except the new bible.
Parental rights and freedom only when it suits us.
LGBTQ concerns are the most important issue, may be contagious.
Climate change is fake news.
Faux news tells it like it is, right? And if it isn't, they tell it anyway!

FIFY.