pmarkow:
Carlos from Spain:
sfo:

if anyone can make money on car, I am pleased for them .. no different to making money any other way.

It may be legal but not ethical, there is only no difference if you don't care about the second at all, to each his own.

One thing for example is to buy a classic car for example that may appreciate in value over time and should you decide to sell it, make a profit from that appreciation. But quite another thing is to place yourself on a waiting list of a limited supply car with high demand pretending to want to own and enjoy the car and deceiving the maker and dealer, when in reality you have no intention of keeping or using the car, and all you want is to take the slot to resale the car for more money to the people that got pushed out of the list by people like you artificially raising the price for nothing.

So no, it's not the same as making money any other way. Parasites like these should not expect much empathy in a sportcar forum like this full of real sportcar enthusiasts. You may be pleased for them for doing that, but me,instead I feel bad for the actual sportcar enmthusiast who really wanted the car and got screwed over, not only having to pay extra for the car to the person who scalped his position on the list but also not being able to spec the car to his liking.


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⇒ Carlos - Porsche 991 Carrera GTS

 

you should think a bit more before you call someone a parasite. 

Its spot on, those that take up a slot lying about their intentions of being a true customer interested in the car only to flip it for profit after delivery is parasitizing on Porsche and its customers without adding anything in return.

I wasn't reffering to you directly as I don't know if it was your case since I have no direct info but for those described above fit the term perfectly. If I were to guess i think you ordered the car with the intention of keeping it but somewere along the way another car called your attention more and thought that flippping the RS would be a nice way to help towards that car, nothing wrong with that as long as the decision was taken after you have already payed for the car and had to take delivery, which may have been the case. However, I don't buy that drove it for 30 min, wife did not like it put it on sale just like that story.


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⇒ Carlos - Porsche 991 Carrera GTS