South Carolina Scouts! Your voice is heard: Direct sales bill gets a hearing on Wednesday!
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I have purchased all my new vehicles from dealers. In 86 my family had recently had a bad local dealer experience, so we went to the salesman we had previously used at a regional dealership and had a great experience. In 1994, I tried to use a different dealer, and they were scum both at the sales and service - which led me to never purchasing a Dodge again. In 2000ish, after being stranded on the side of the road virtually countless times (ok, 1-2 dozen), with NO help from a dealer in fixing the underlying problems - I tried a 3rd dealer. No specific problems, but the vehicle was also a lemon. 2004 tried to purchase a Nissan - dealer was scum and I vowed never to risk owning a Nissan and walked out at closing. Went back to the dealer network that had treated me good - and they tried shit at closing and I asked for my keys to walk out as well. They fixed it - I had that vehicle for 16 years. Next vehicle was a VW - good experience with the dealers. Then in 2017 went to several dealers to find a Ford - sales were great. Service was non-existant. Found a different Ford dealer and they have been good for me since.
Just a long winded way of saying - I have had more bad experiences with dealers than good ones, and the progression has generally been to the worse. While shopping for the 3/4 ton truck - I tried to consider both Dodge and Chevy. Neither even wanted to talk to me. I had my kids with me and they thought it was a waste of time. I also struck out at 2 of the 3 Ford dealers I went to. One would not let me have a test drive without a down payment - the other simply would not listen to a word I told them. I was pretty strait forward - I have 5 minutes, what is the price. I left without knowing the price and probably will never come back. (Honestly, timing was wrong on that - it was shopping before I just got the VW, but I have never been back to that Ford dealer
Just a long winded way of saying - I have had more bad experiences with dealers than good ones, and the progression has generally been to the worse. While shopping for the 3/4 ton truck - I tried to consider both Dodge and Chevy. Neither even wanted to talk to me. I had my kids with me and they thought it was a waste of time. I also struck out at 2 of the 3 Ford dealers I went to. One would not let me have a test drive without a down payment - the other simply would not listen to a word I told them. I was pretty strait forward - I have 5 minutes, what is the price. I left without knowing the price and probably will never come back. (Honestly, timing was wrong on that - it was shopping before I just got the VW, but I have never been back to that Ford dealer
Tesla to maintain exclusive hold on direct EV sales to WA consumers
Tesla will remain the only electric vehicle manufacturer allowed to sell directly to customers in Washington. That’s because legislation that would have put firms like Rivian and Lucid on equal footing with the electric carmaker failed to advance out of a House committee on Friday, the deadline...
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Tesla will remain the only electric vehicle manufacturer allowed to sell directly to customers in Washington.
That’s because legislation that would have put firms like Rivian and Lucid on equal footing with the electric carmaker failed to advance out of a House committee on Friday, the deadline for non-fiscal bills to be voted out of policy committees.
House Bill 1721, ran out of juice in the House Consumer Protection & Business Committee where Rep. Amy Walen, D-Kirkland, the chair, said it lacked caucus support.
Can we bring it to the US Supreme Court? It seems like that would make the biggest statement. Obviously we can’t put the Scouts out on Capitol Hill, they might get stolen but maybe get secret service to watch it. Lowkey would be a tough picture. Men in black suits around to beasts.
US supreme courts might pass it if it was brought up since we do have laws about an unfair marketplace. If Microsoft, and Apple(just a few examples I thought of) can sell DTC then why can’t Scout. It’s the same concept just cars. And Dealerships are being the unfair marketplace, jacked up prices, middle men that get commission percentages on top, the list can go on.
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