AbleGuy
Officious Intermeddler
It looks like Ford is testing out a new technique to protect the market for and prices of its hot, new EV Lightning by now attempting (successfully in some locales so far) to restrict buyers from reselling (a.k.a., flipping) their new Lightning pickups!
This seems to be a entirely new wrinkle on a corporation controlling your rights as the owner of its product After you “own” it. Wow! This is pretty crazy. The current restriction of disallowing resales within one year of your original purchase may initially seem somewhat reasonable (as it will stymie flippers), but if a new owner has lifestyle or economic changes that make them need to resell, or if they decide they don’t like the truck, they cannot sell it? Read on below…
So, what do you guys think?
Will this strategy create a growing trend with other product producers/sellers to also completely redefine and erode the definition of your rights of personal ownership? I understand what Ford is trying to do, but still…
This seems to be a entirely new wrinkle on a corporation controlling your rights as the owner of its product After you “own” it. Wow! This is pretty crazy. The current restriction of disallowing resales within one year of your original purchase may initially seem somewhat reasonable (as it will stymie flippers), but if a new owner has lifestyle or economic changes that make them need to resell, or if they decide they don’t like the truck, they cannot sell it? Read on below…
So, what do you guys think?
Will this strategy create a growing trend with other product producers/sellers to also completely redefine and erode the definition of your rights of personal ownership? I understand what Ford is trying to do, but still…
Ford F-150 Lightning buyers face a no-resale agreement - Autoblog
Another day, another story of dealers looking for ways to gouge as much money as possible out of Ford F-150 Lightning customers. Markups and price change sh
www.autoblog.com
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