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New York City Council Votes to End Broker Fees Squeezing Renters

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258 points JumpCrisscross | 2 comments | 13 Nov 24 21:38 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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zjp ◴[14 Nov 24 00:00 UTC] No.42131619[source]▶
Based. Why the fuck do you deserve $10,000 for unlocking the door to an apartment I found myself?
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nxm ◴[14 Nov 24 01:02 UTC] No.42132034[source]▶
Same thing could said of real estate agents
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zjp ◴[14 Nov 24 01:23 UTC] No.42132174[source]▶
While we’re on the subject of rent seeking industries we should crush: car dealerships.
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gamblor956 ◴[14 Nov 24 03:10 UTC] No.42132761[source]▶
Car dealerships provide inventory control and local storage. For decades this was a very valuable service for both the automakers and car buyers.

They're less necessary now... as long as you're willing to wait a few weeks for your be car to arrive. Most people aren't, or can't.

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teractiveodular ◴[14 Nov 24 03:57 UTC] No.42133038[source]▶
You can have your cake and eat it: Tesla sells cars online, both new built/shipped to spec and unclaimed/used inventory available immediately.

https://www.tesla.com/inventory/used/my?arrangeby=plh

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UltraSane[dead post] ◴[14 Nov 24 04:21 UTC] No.42133147{3}[source]▶
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janalsncm ◴[14 Nov 24 06:12 UTC] No.42133537{4}[source]▶
> The Tesla CEO is busy undermining democracy in the US by lying thousands of times on Twitter.

That is a non sequitur. Streamlined car-buying has nothing to do with Twitter.

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UltraSane ◴[14 Nov 24 10:45 UTC] No.42134925{5}[source]▶
Twitter is owned by the CEO of Tesla who has gone insane and has turned Twitter into his own little yellow-journalism platform that he has flooded with liars and used to amplify lies.
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1. janalsncm ◴[14 Nov 24 21:38 UTC] No.42141504{6}[source]▶
I understand that EM is the link between Twitter and Tesla. However, the topic of this thread is middlemen which are no longer necessary. No matter what EM does with Twitter, it has no bearing on the merits of direct-to-consumer car sales, of which Tesla is only one example.
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2. UltraSane ◴[15 Nov 24 02:50 UTC] No.42143561[source]▶
Car dealerships were never really necessary. States just made it illegal to sell cars directly to consumers. It was always corruption.