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First dealership reselling an R2 is listed

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Well at least this one has 400 miles or so on it so someone actually drove it a bit and maybe didn't like it. The other one had like only 50 miles so was a clear flip.
 

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New and rare earns a premium. Has always been true. I had a Fiat 500 Prima. When I traded it in to a dealer they gave me $1000 more than I paid for it new.
 
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Well at least this one has 400 miles or so on it so someone actually drove it a bit and maybe didn't like it. The other one had like only 50 miles so was a clear flip.
According to the dealership's YouTube video on it... seems like an employee or owner took it home and tested it out. Probably was designed to be a flip.
 

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Imagine being so impatient you pay a $20K premium for something that will already have 2 owners in its first 400 miles.
 

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Imagine being so impatient you pay a $20K premium for something that will already have 2 owners in its first 400 miles.
Chump change to one of these random social media 'influencer' types. They'll make that back in a month from their content.

I appreciate one is at a dealer now - they take good photos so we can actually see up close how these look (sorry Rivian but the marketing photos on Rivian.com suck)
 

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These’s a lot of pejorative comments about “flippers,” but I think it’s just capitalism. Between taxes, cost of money, advertising, etc., I think it will be hard to make much money on this. But who knows what someone will pay? I remember people paying $25k for the Mazda Miata when first introduced with list prices at lest $5 k below that.
 

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Wow that's really close to where I live... not interested at that price though.
 

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Not all capitalism is worthy of praise. Flippers, like ticket scalpers, add nothing of value. They earn whatever pejoratives that are hurled their way. They are not as bad as price gouges after a natural disaster, but only barely.
 
 








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