I hafta agree with Doug here. Remember the Yugo? You could get a new one
for what...$5000? But they didn't sell because they were...well, you know.
So they went out of business and you could still find new ones for years
later, as low as $500. That's supply and demand.
Shame on anyone who pays all the dealer extras at absorbitant costs.
Certainly no one who knows anything about cars would. But the general car
buying public doesn't have a clue! So the dealers can get away with it.
If I had $30K, I'd buy a big Healy!
Allen Hefner
'77 Midget
'92 Mitsubishi Expo LRV Sport
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In a message dated 9/21/99 1:46:46 AM Eastern Daylight Time, dougi@home.com
writes:
<< George, why are you so reluctant to accept the simple fact that supply and
demand is in effect here, and why shouldn't people who are willing and able
to pay higher prices be able to do just that? Consider a few things: the new
Honda is not a necessity, but a voluntary purchase, a toy, an ego booster,
or perhaps even a substitute for whatever the buyer is lacking in his/her
life or in his/her character. Obviously, if they sell well initially, Honda
will produce lots of these cars in the future, and buyers do have the option
of waiting until the increased supply forces prices down. But then, they
wouldn't be the first on their block to have one, would they. So, if they
want to be first, let 'em pay, it's their right. Isn't that what freedom is
all about? The main fact here is that they have the choice, don't they? >>
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