About a year ago the new GM (post bail out) had talked about a partnership via ebay. The basic premise being dealers can bid for your business. Not much has been spoken since and I have never seen GM market the this concept actively.
I have a hunch a large part of retail sales in the post amazon economy( or after best buy) will transition to this model. Large brands set up stores in malls where you can touch and feel your product. You can then go online and deal with the paper work/ordering.
it also surprises me the legality of forcing you to sell via dealerships has not been challenged.
I found a bunch of links that talk about that: http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2009/08/why-sell...
I have a hunch a large part of retail sales in the post amazon economy( or after best buy) will transition to this model. Large brands set up stores in malls where you can touch and feel your product. You can then go online and deal with the paper work/ordering.
it also surprises me the legality of forcing you to sell via dealerships has not been challenged.