Reply to "Another Ricoh Direct Give Away"

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Why doesn't Ford, Chrysler, and GM own car dealerships, did they have a better business model, no they saw the writing on the wall and new that this type of distribution would lead to a comodity driven market and with hefty unions in place, the car manufacturers would have been out of business 10 years ago with that type of business model.

Specifically because protectionist laws setup in (I believe) the thirties prohibit auto manufacturers from operating directly in most states.

Or they would have done it.

I don't think they seriously feared that no one would buy cars ("car manufacturers would have been out of business") if they'd had a direct model!

4/16/098:43 AM

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