hahaha Jamie, in a weird way you nailed it, you wrote:
"if Nature's Own started putting ATM-style Bread Machines on the streets where consumers could by bread for $1.80 instead of $3 and Publix/Winn-Dixie/Supermarket giants came together and said "No, you can't do that, that's not how it's done, you cannot do business in this state" it would be ridiculous. But that's what is happening."
Well... sorry bud, but I can tell you've never been in business.
If I was a Publix Exec and Nature's Own put in Vending machines selling branded products in my areas and retailed them for nearly 1/2 price, I'D SHUT THEM DOWN IN 2 SECONDS AND NOT PAY THE REMAINING BALANCE OWED until I made them sweat and beg for mercy.
I represent 1million product sales per month, I have 6 million units in inventory (incl'ing warehouses) and you want to do what????
Reality check:
What Tesla wants is to keep the profits for itself. Tesla knows that the car will need VERY LITTLE maintenance (relative to gas cars). If Tesla can do that, It can offer far higher tradein allowances (from far lower overhead).
