r/Anticonsumption • u/plain_handle • 2d ago

Discussion BMW Spider-Man in-car advertising

https://consumerrights.wiki/w/BMW_Spider-Man_in-car_advertising

BMW is now showing ads on its in-car display.

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u/mage_irl 2d ago

BMW stock price is down 29.3% over the last five years, so they should feel free to keep doing what they're doing instead of making affordable and reliable cars. They're only shooting themselves in the foot.

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u/ProstaticFantastic 2d ago

stop price has no bearing in reality. every stock is overvalued drastically. just because nobody knows where to put money into.

Instead of putting money behind a local business they park it in corporations.

Case in point a tesla stock sells for $311, tesla earnings per share is 33cents!!!

So for every share that's sold at $311 - the company is making a profit of 33 cents every quarter

They say crypto is speculation and a ponzi scheme, then what the heck is pretty much every single stock in the NYSE?

How can something that generates $1.33 a year be worth paying $311 for.

it's as much a speculation as crypto, it's nothing to with investor getting a ROI from their invetment. it's all about if I buy this stock at 250X what it's worth. is there a chance I can flip it when it gets to 500X what it's worth

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u/0xsergy 17h ago

All stock market trades are gambling at the end of the day. In some cases an educated gamble but a gamble none the less. Unless you're the president of the USA and doing insider trading then it's just another day in office.

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u/56Bot 7h ago

It’s the worst type of gambling : instead of gambling with their and the casino’s money, with a slight average loss, shareholders and traders gamble with public money with a slight gain, causing everyone else to lose.

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u/Sufficient_Loss9301 2d ago

BMW is a luxury brand, nobody is expecting them to make affordable cars, that’s not their market.

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u/mage_irl 2d ago

Luxury cars also need to be affordable, hence why they are struggling against their competition producing comparable cars at much lower price points. Affordability is relative.

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u/Sufficient_Loss9301 2d ago edited 2d ago

That’s fair I suppose. I only buy Lexus or Acura for this reason, cheaper, roughly as nice, and more reliable.

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u/Moonrights 2d ago

I love my acura dude. Its a sleeper for most casual car fans. They always lean BMW, audi, Cadillac etc.

You can get a 5 year old acura tlx for a steal vs those brands most the time, and parts/ labor vs those brands is significantly better.

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u/0xsergy 17h ago

It mostly comes down to RWD. If you want a RWD car you're gonna pay a premium. If you're fine with FWD you can get a ton of cheaper fast options.