Rivian deserves some kudos

[888tom888]

Having an 18BILLION dollar war chest never hurts when you make pricing decisions.

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[junkanoo]

Giving Rivian credit for not having dealers and thus not having dealers that can markup their vehicles is a bit like giving someone credit for never cheating on their wife because they never got married. It's true but not much to talk about.

 

[lefkonj]

I really hope dealerships in general get folded into the corporate direct sales model. They really don't provide value anymore. I can shop all options, colors etc etc online. I can get pricing and such as well. I can read manuals online, watch videos direct from the manufacture on how to use things.

The dealer is there to get me the car I want nothing else.

 

[No.92]

I really hope dealerships in general get folded into the corporate direct sales model. They really don't provide value anymore. I can shop all options, colors etc etc online. I can get pricing and such as well. I can read manuals online, watch videos direct from the manufacture on how to use things.

The dealer is there to get me the car I want nothing else.

Unfortunately, dealerships have a 2nd job which is to overprice your service needs. When your ICE or their new EV offerings breakdown, there needs to be a place to bring it to get it serviced (until independent shops train and figure out how to service EVs)

 

[lefkonj]

Unfortunately, dealerships have a 2nd job which is to overprice your service needs. When your ICE or their new EV offerings breakdown, there needs to be a place to bring it to get it serviced (until independent shops train and figure out how to service EVs)

I would take a corporate run service center any day over a dealers. They would have better knowledge. Not saying my service from Audi/VW/Mini/Acura has been bad but it wouldn't be worse.

 

[FrankieJ]

Unfortunately, dealerships have a 2nd job which is to overprice your service needs. When your ICE or their new EV offerings breakdown, there needs to be a place to bring it to get it serviced (until independent shops train and figure out how to service EVs)

I know others have posted concerns about the purchase process with Rivian. I for one found no problem with it. I did all the paperwork on a Tuesday and the vehicle was delivered to my door the next day. I acknowledge that the decision to raise prices was not well thought out but at least they acknowledged their mistake and fixed it. I would be perfectly fine if every dealership in America boarded up and took their outrageous markups and $1,000 tuneups with them.

 

[No.92]

I know others have posted concerns about the purchase process with Rivian. I for one found no problem with it. I did all the paperwork on a Tuesday and the vehicle was delivered to my door the next day. I acknowledge that the decision to raise prices was not well thought out but at least they acknowledged their mistake and fixed it. I would be perfectly fine if every dealership in America boarded up and took their outrageous markups and $1,000 tuneups with them.

Agreed. When I take my Wrangler into service now, the rates are massively jacked up. Jeeps are suppose to be cheap to own

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