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Originally Posted by fbodfather
Great idea -- now all you have to do is travel to all 50 states and get each legislature to change their individual franchise laws! The franchise laws in all 50 states strictly prohibit the manufacturer from selling directly to the customer.
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Lecture over!
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Isn't that because of the contracts that GM created with the dealerships? What stops GM from destroying these contracts in bankruptcy and creating company owned dealerships?
The company owning the dealership would result in a set price (yay) with accountability from GM. None of this, "We can't do anything!"
I know it's a tall order but it's not like GM really has much to lose at this point. The current system is really, really awful.
NOTE: I know it's not ever going to happen, but it really would make sense for a company to want to control the way their customers purchase and interact with their products.