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Old 14-03-2013, 01:03 PM   #29
flappist
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Default Re: New and 2nd hand car prices in Australia... Why so expensive?

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Originally Posted by Mad_Pom View Post
Surely the most obivious reason has been missed.
The price is set at what the market is willing to pay.
If we all stopped buying vehicles for 8 weeks, imagine on how much the prices would drop if no one was buying. If we keep paying the prices being asked, then the dealers and OEMs will keep askig the same price.
Just look at the difference between the Ford Kuga RRP at launch and the transaction cost you have now.
Yeh that will work.

While we are at it, wages are a bit high. Lets not pay any employees for 8 weeks and then see what sort of lower wage they will settle for.
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