Originally Posted by wag123
Originally Posted by JTK
Originally Posted by eljefino
One toyota dealer played the game and gave me actual numbers, and they were lower than I thought I could get otherwise. Oddly, the distributor is threatening to yank their affiliation, so maybe they're "too good"?
I hadn't thought of the whole Toyota distribution network thing effecting what people pay for their Toyota products and how big of a 'deal' you can get.
I don't think that this is legal. It would be price fixing. The manufacturer or distributor can't tell dealers what price they charge customers for their vehicles. The only way they can do this is if the dealer is favoring one racial/ethnic/religious group over another, but this sort of thing would be very hard to prove.
That wasn't what I was getting at.
I was wondering if all Toyota dealerships. coast to coast are forced to source their inventory through the Toyota distribution network, or can some areas go straight through Toyota.
I would imagine those have to use distribution, have to charge more to recoup the 'middle man' costs.
Originally Posted by JTK
Originally Posted by eljefino
One toyota dealer played the game and gave me actual numbers, and they were lower than I thought I could get otherwise. Oddly, the distributor is threatening to yank their affiliation, so maybe they're "too good"?
I hadn't thought of the whole Toyota distribution network thing effecting what people pay for their Toyota products and how big of a 'deal' you can get.
I don't think that this is legal. It would be price fixing. The manufacturer or distributor can't tell dealers what price they charge customers for their vehicles. The only way they can do this is if the dealer is favoring one racial/ethnic/religious group over another, but this sort of thing would be very hard to prove.
That wasn't what I was getting at.
I was wondering if all Toyota dealerships. coast to coast are forced to source their inventory through the Toyota distribution network, or can some areas go straight through Toyota.
I would imagine those have to use distribution, have to charge more to recoup the 'middle man' costs.