I keep seeing Rivians for sale on FB Marketplace for $100k+, with low miles. I thought it was just dickheads who overspent on a vehicle that turned out to be not very useful. Now it seems it's just poorly disguised scalping? I do not understand the obsession with waitlisted electric vehicles.
Rivian made scalping extra valuable by freezing the price for early reservation holders and raising the price for later reservation holders. Further, vehicles purchased in 2022 may qualify for a tax break while most ‘23 Rivian purchased will be priced out (even if their buyers are not). These are stacked on whatever scalping premium exists.
