Two Nissan dealers in Arizona (USA), who offered their cars to customers at reasonable prices, and then forced them to purchase additional equipment and services (nitrogen filling, tinting, paint protection, etc.) were punished.
One was fined $50,000 and ordered to pay an additional $305,000 in compensation for non-monetary damages to buyers, while the second must pay $25,000 + 100,000, respectively. What do we have?
Expert opinion
Maxim Kadakovyeditor-in-chief of the magazine “Behind the wheel”:
– And we still have everything – cheats, extra equipment, extra services – and prizes are above the ceiling. But now that the ruble exchange rate is almost back to pre-sanction levels, why aren’t car prices falling? So here it is, just like with petrol: oil gets cheaper, oil rises in price and petrol stays the same at best. And worst case scenario, the price will go up.
Why is there no connection? The connection is formed only when 2 conditions are met: the first is the stability of the exchange rate, because it jumps up and down and no one can tell what it will look like in a month. And as 80 rubles. per dollar will last at least 4 months in a row, then it will be possible to talk about dependence, and even then it will not be instant.
Because the second condition must be met – the presence of cars. And since they’re not there, prices for the rest of the cars can easily be determined “from the ceiling” – plus or minus a million. Although it is also pointless to stick absolutely inadequate price tags. Well, for example, who will buy Vesta for 5 million or Camry for 15 million rubles? Therefore, in the coming months, the market will try to find the price at which buyers can still buy a car. The first successes are already there – recently Chery increased prices for the entire model range by 50% and sales increased. And then they began to offer discounts from 130 thousand to 170 thousand rubles. Because the manufacturer realized that he was going too far with prices, and so tried to win back.
So, my friends, bargain, stick to your point of view, only this can affect the situation in some way.
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