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@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 2 years ago

What's a scam that's so normalized that we don't even realize it's a scam anymore?

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What's a scam that's so normalized that we don't even realize it's a scam anymore?

@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 2 years ago
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  • Stoneykins [any]
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    Car dealerships. They are awful on purpose. In many places car manufacturers are not legally allowed to sell their cars directly to customers, in order to create what is essentially legally mandated car dealerships, which all suck.

    • @[email protected]
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      My younger coworker was just super stoaked that he only paid $3000 over MSRP for his new car. They gave him a year of oil changes and undercoat for free though!

      • Stoneykins [any]
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        Yeesh.

        Man, I am so tired of feeling broke all the time… But I’d still rather get a used car than do that.

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      Cars in general are a scam

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      In many places car manufacturers are not legally allowed to sell their cars directly to customers

      I want to hear the excuse they made for this

      • Redcat [he/him]
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        to protect JOBS probably

      • alcoholicorn [comrade/them, doe/deer]
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        Car dealership owners are a pretty big lobby, at least 20% of them are making 1.5m/y and tend to be very involved in local politics.

        https://eml.berkeley.edu/~yagan/Capitalists.pdf

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