re saturn puzzled by its pricing in article mar magnus acs ohio state edu jnielsen magnus acs ohio state edu john f nielsen writes in article pcgv oj armory centerline com jimf centerline com jim frost writes jnielsen magnus acs ohio state edu john f nielsen writes because i want to get the lowest price possible it s called capitalism i have news for you capitalism is the practice of maximizing profits same difference if you lower your costs you increase your profits personally i m not at all bothered by the saturn pricing scheme if i don t want to pay as much as they re selling it for i can go buy a different car from a different dealer and they get nothing that s competition for you if the dealer can be competitive charging what they do and making that kind of profit that s capitalism at it s best and more power to em i d rather have the consumer dictate what things will cost not the dealers sorry but neither dictates the cost it s a negotiation whether it s up front at a honda dealership in an all out dickering war or more removed on a larger economic scale ie if saturn can t sell at it s price the price drops or the company stops building them it remains a negotiated value controlled by market forces to think that the consumer controls price is ludicrous if the consumer controled price then cars would be free and no one would build cars regards charles within the span of the last few weeks i have heard elements of separate threads which in that they have been conjoined in time struck together to form a new chord within my hollow and echoing gourd unknown net person
