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09-26-2007, 03:42 AM
(This post was last modified: 09-26-2007, 04:03 AM by OAC_Sparky.)
If you believe that you clearly don't understand how the auto market works. Teamsters are no longer delivering cars. Orders are no longer being built.
A couple weeks, sure it would reduce inventory. But if you went onto a lot to buy an Focus SES in silver and all they had were Focus SE's in beige, would you buy it? And you can't order one for a few months?
No, you'd look at another manufacturer. That's where a protracted strike would hurt.
Do you understand what is meant by "inventory days"? When a company says that it has a 75 day supply of cars, it means that IF production stopped that day, how many days that it would take to COMPLETELY run out of cars at the at the current sale rate NOT accounting for the inventory mix. Just because a company stops producing it doesn't mean that suddenly they'll sell all their Aveos.
It could mean that in 10 days they'll run out of Enclaves (a hot seller); and even then the ones on the lot might not be the ones you've be willing to plunk down $40G for. Same with a $60G truck. Most people custom order their trucks because dealers don't keep $60G of truck sitting on the lots. Personally, I have a truck on order; with no strike it might not be here until November. I don't care if it's not here for another 6 months because it's a third vehicle for me -- for utility. But if I needed the truck for my business I might look elsewhere.
Strikes aren't great news for anyone -- the company, the worker, the suppliers, or the customer. But GM workers (and Ford and Chrysler workers) have given a lot back in the last 5 years; but sometimes it's necessary to make a stand when all of the giving is one-sided.
A couple weeks, sure it would reduce inventory. But if you went onto a lot to buy an Focus SES in silver and all they had were Focus SE's in beige, would you buy it? And you can't order one for a few months?
No, you'd look at another manufacturer. That's where a protracted strike would hurt.
Do you understand what is meant by "inventory days"? When a company says that it has a 75 day supply of cars, it means that IF production stopped that day, how many days that it would take to COMPLETELY run out of cars at the at the current sale rate NOT accounting for the inventory mix. Just because a company stops producing it doesn't mean that suddenly they'll sell all their Aveos.
It could mean that in 10 days they'll run out of Enclaves (a hot seller); and even then the ones on the lot might not be the ones you've be willing to plunk down $40G for. Same with a $60G truck. Most people custom order their trucks because dealers don't keep $60G of truck sitting on the lots. Personally, I have a truck on order; with no strike it might not be here until November. I don't care if it's not here for another 6 months because it's a third vehicle for me -- for utility. But if I needed the truck for my business I might look elsewhere.
Strikes aren't great news for anyone -- the company, the worker, the suppliers, or the customer. But GM workers (and Ford and Chrysler workers) have given a lot back in the last 5 years; but sometimes it's necessary to make a stand when all of the giving is one-sided.
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