▲ 822 ▼ The used car market today (thelemmy.club) submitted 3 weeks ago by laurenceOfSuburbia@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.world 193 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] VitoRobles@lemmy.today 18 points 3 weeks ago (3 children) I was just reading about somebody who bought a car in 2020 new for like $40k, and then after three years, resold it for $45k. permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 21 points 3 weeks ago People are selling their five year old used GPU for a 50% markup on MSRP. It's crazy out there. permalink fedilink source parent [–] DrBob@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 weeks ago I know several people who did that - trucks, boats, campers were all worth more used during COVID than they were worth new just a year or two before. You may recall there was a massive chip shortage during COVID and new vehicle production was greatly impacted. permalink fedilink source parent [–] marcos@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago Inflation does crazy stuff like that. In the 1980s here in Brazil there were people that made a living by buying new cars and reselling them before the store managed to bring the actual car from the factory. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 21 points 3 weeks ago People are selling their five year old used GPU for a 50% markup on MSRP. It's crazy out there. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DrBob@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 weeks ago I know several people who did that - trucks, boats, campers were all worth more used during COVID than they were worth new just a year or two before. You may recall there was a massive chip shortage during COVID and new vehicle production was greatly impacted. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] marcos@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago Inflation does crazy stuff like that. In the 1980s here in Brazil there were people that made a living by buying new cars and reselling them before the store managed to bring the actual car from the factory. permalink fedilink source parent
