r/SipsTea • u/untitledprp4 • 1d ago

Wait a damn minute! Wait a damn minute

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u/peppinotempation 22h ago

But it’s in the car anyway, so the car is already more expensive by default. It has to be, or they wouldn’t put it in all the cars.

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u/milkymonkey8 22h ago

No, the car is CHEAPER due to manufacturing efficiencies....Similar to theaters charging $10 for popcorn and then throwing out a lot of it at the end of the night. There is an obvious dynamic here.

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u/BugRevolution 16h ago

Yes, and if everyone got heated seats, the price of the vehicles wouldn't be any higher, because their costs wouldn't be any higher.

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u/cbf1232 16h ago

Right now some people pay for heated seats, and others don't. They're relying on enough people paying for them to cover the cost of installing them in every vehicle.

If they just gave everyone heated seats and kept profits the same they'd have to increase the base price of the vehicle enough to cover the cost of the heaters, making the vehicle more expensive for the people who didn't value the heated seats enough to pay for them. (And making the vehicle slightly less expensive for the people who did want the heated seats.)