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Mar 31, 2003, 05:40 PM
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Originally posted by Isocom79
P.S. No one is complaing about the $5k+ markup on Dodge Rams with HEMI V8s...now why is that?
P.S. No one is complaing about the $5k+ markup on Dodge Rams with HEMI V8s...now why is that?
Apr 2, 2003, 03:56 PM
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Here's an email I just sent to AutoWeek:
to: mfloyd@crain.com
Dear Mike,
[...] When I went to a local dealer here in Southern California, the salesman mentioned a "stupid boycott" going on when he was trying to justify the markup, telling me how Mercedes S600's are marked-up and no one complains. Well, a 8% mark-up isn't much to complain about vs.. say a 50% and as bad as a 100% mark-up (Santa Monica Mitsu $28,000!!) at CA Mitsu dealers.
[...]
Here's an email I just sent to AutoWeek:
to: mfloyd@crain.com
Dear Mike,
[...] When I went to a local dealer here in Southern California, the salesman mentioned a "stupid boycott" going on when he was trying to justify the markup, telling me how Mercedes S600's are marked-up and no one complains. Well, a 8% mark-up isn't much to complain about vs.. say a 50% and as bad as a 100% mark-up (Santa Monica Mitsu $28,000!!) at CA Mitsu dealers.
[...]
Apr 3, 2003, 12:44 PM
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Originally posted by Claudius
Recent world economy has proven that capitalism is the only system that works, and no one here doubts that.
However, there is a difference between offer and demand and rip-off: marking a rare car up 10% is not the same thing as 30 or even 50% or in some extreme cases almost 100%!
Recent world economy has proven that capitalism is the only system that works, and no one here doubts that.
However, there is a difference between offer and demand and rip-off: marking a rare car up 10% is not the same thing as 30 or even 50% or in some extreme cases almost 100%!
Apr 3, 2003, 12:48 PM
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Originally posted by Isocom79
Funny how people complain about markup on the EVO when anything and everything is marked up....
Funny how people complain about markup on the EVO when anything and everything is marked up....
You can't compare a 50% markup on a McDonald's french fry to a 50%+ markup on a $30,000 car. One is pennies. The other is $10k-$15k+.
HUGE difference.
As Claudius already wrote, there's a your "regular" markup over MSRP... and then there's (potential) total rape of the customer with a ridiculous markup.
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