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There is nothing weird about a car in the luxury space dropping its prices 20% overnight? Are there other examples of cars (in the same price range, volume leve

There is nothing weird about a car in the luxury space dropping its prices 20% overnight? Are there other examples of cars (in the same price range, volume levels) doing this? Is it that common? Are you implying all price fluctuations are uninteresting because they are all a matter of matching supply with demand?

ajross 4y ago
Luxury car prices jump around like crazy. Go call five dealers and get quotes on the same BMW. Turn on your TV in the holiday season and try to dodge all the "Lexus Holiday Sales Event" ads. Yeah, this absolutely happens all the time. It just doesn't reinforce your priors when someone gets a deal on a Porsche.
- holy_eggplants 4y ago
  I'm looking examples where a car manufacturer dropped their prices overnight by 20%. Do you have example of those? I'm not even assuming to know the answer (might not be enough info; although i know many car manufacturers do sell direct to consumer, although it's not as common). I differentiate this between the dealership model since there is an additional middleman (and they have different cost structures; how they hold/buy inventory on lot, etc etc). So, the more direct comparison would be the price that dealerships pay overnight drop 20%. Either way, I don't think you will be convinced that this price drop is interesting since it's all just matching supply and demand. edit: grammar -- distracted so i think i wrote sentences in the wrong tense.
  - ajross 4y ago
    > I'm looking examples where a car manufacturer dropped their prices overnight by 20%. Do you have example of those? Every week? That's a ridiculous question, and you know it. Luxury car brands never sell for MSRP. Everything is always "discounted", and by a different amount for every sale. You genuinely think those price changes are not due to market factors? The only reason you're even able to assert this point is that Tesla, almost alone among major manufacturers, sells directly to customers for a fixed sticker price.

ajross 4y ago

Luxury car prices jump around like crazy. Go call five dealers and get quotes on the same BMW. Turn on your TV in the holiday season and try to dodge all the "Lexus Holiday Sales Event" ads. Yeah, this absolutely happens all the time. It just doesn't reinforce your priors when someone gets a deal on a Porsche.

holy_eggplants 4y ago
I'm looking examples where a car manufacturer dropped their prices overnight by 20%. Do you have example of those? I'm not even assuming to know the answer (might not be enough info; although i know many car manufacturers do sell direct to consumer, although it's not as common). I differentiate this between the dealership model since there is an additional middleman (and they have different cost structures; how they hold/buy inventory on lot, etc etc). So, the more direct comparison would be the price that dealerships pay overnight drop 20%. Either way, I don't think you will be convinced that this price drop is interesting since it's all just matching supply and demand. edit: grammar -- distracted so i think i wrote sentences in the wrong tense.
- ajross 4y ago
  > I'm looking examples where a car manufacturer dropped their prices overnight by 20%. Do you have example of those? Every week? That's a ridiculous question, and you know it. Luxury car brands never sell for MSRP. Everything is always "discounted", and by a different amount for every sale. You genuinely think those price changes are not due to market factors? The only reason you're even able to assert this point is that Tesla, almost alone among major manufacturers, sells directly to customers for a fixed sticker price.