gregtay
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- First Name
- Greg
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- May 24, 2023
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- Location
- Redmond, WA -> Scottsdale AZ
- Vehicles
- '23 R1S LS/OC, '21 Escalade, '13 RS5 Cab
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I am curious to see what happens when all the current pre-price hike preorders are delivered. The number of people taking delivery, taking the $7500 and selling for $20k more than they paid and pocketing $~$20-30k) has to be killing Rivian's future order banks. How can Rivian keep the order books full if the "flipper/used" market is stuffed with R1S? My point is.. if someone wanted an R1S today (and didn't already have an order)... they would simply go buy a "used" one for $90-$98k and park it in their driveway Why wait? Rivian lost that sale. There is not much reason for someone to get on the wait list today because the "used" market has tons of supply without the wait. To make things even more challanging... I expect the "used" market prices will continue down a bit. So if in six months you can buy a "used" R1S for $85k (that seller is still making good $$$), why would I sign up to buy from Rivian at $95k? Is Rivian going to have a very difficult time selling a new $95k R1S? Maybe the lower spec/priced models help them get out of this mess?
My local Fiat/Dodge dealer has basically turned into a used Rivian dealer with at times 6-7 R1S and another 5 R1Ts sitting on their lot... and they last about 2 days. We stopped by to test drive one (closer than the SC) and they basically have a Rivian sales specialist that knew all the ins and outs of the car (seriously felt like he has worked over at the SC before coming to this dealer).
My local Fiat/Dodge dealer has basically turned into a used Rivian dealer with at times 6-7 R1S and another 5 R1Ts sitting on their lot... and they last about 2 days. We stopped by to test drive one (closer than the SC) and they basically have a Rivian sales specialist that knew all the ins and outs of the car (seriously felt like he has worked over at the SC before coming to this dealer).
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