Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Interesting article on a previous topic

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I think that this is the crux of the matter. The larger dealers are  
well-leveraged to cause something such as this to happen. After all, if you 
have  
one retailer that sells 1000 units/mo (from the company though not 
necessarily  through a single brand) through multiple shops in varied locations 
competing  with small single unit dealerships that move 100 or fewer units, 
perhaps of a  single brand only, per month.
 
Fewer retailers mean less competition for the survivors, less necessity for 
 negotiation with the customer, and higher prices as demand continues 
stagnant  (nothing in it overall for the manufacturer) but supply sources are 
reduced (the  large dealers gain the sales that might have been negotiated with 
the smaller  brand, single unit dealerships).
 
Once again, government interference adversely affects, by disenfranchising  
of some of the available dealerships, the economically sound, but not  
exceptionally wealthy section of the populace.
 
If you like the sales/supply limited Ferrari marketing structure in this  
company you should love the new GM & Chrysler. The big difference being that  
Ferrari marketing eliminated competition in it marketing plan while our  
government intervened to the disadvantage of the population in general for the 
 benefit of a few large automobile marketers.
 
Dr. Steve
 
 
In a message dated 5/26/2009 2:10:37 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
ferrari-request [at] ferrarilist.com writes:

My  impression is that a few large GM dealers have convinced the 
Government  Motors Board to get rid of competing small dealers so that 
the big city  guys can be more profitable  

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