Massive parts prices increase 10-300% after Jan 1

This right here is the reason and I support this^^^^^^^^

 

im surprised to see the amount of people that work on their own equipment in this thread, that do not support the right to repair their own equipment.

 

Where does purchasing a part prevent you from working on your own equipment?

 

every tried to work on a software problem without access to that software? plenty of vehicle and equipment manufacturers don't offer access to that software...take john deere for example...its just going to get worse as we go on into the future with electric cars and trucks... and one day all you guys that like working on your own equipment will be wondering why we have no access to anything anymore..

 

you don't think that could happen to this industry? i wonder about the trucking companies that are running the electric trucks right now. i wonder what kind of access nikola and tesla are going to give their consumers? tesla gives basically no access to their consumers on their cars.. why would they give any for their trucks? rivian is the same... the list goes on and on.

 

As of now if you pay for it you can get the software. I’m not sure what it costs but my friend that runs trucks has the software for Paccar and Cummins. He can’t go in and start tuning the engines, but he can do all the diagnostic tests. And I think Paccar is letting him do warranty stuff on those engines, like if there’s a bad sensor they’re letting them replace the sensor and just return the bad one for credit.

If I need stuff for my truck it’s easier for me to go to Peterbilt because I won’t have to spend time waiting for someone to cross reference a number to see if there’s an aftermarket replacement available. I don’t expect their employees to do the legwork of finding exactly what I need just for me to shop around online after I used their time. When my def level sensor went out on my old truck I did check for that online but that was a no go too.

 

my point is just that it will most likely head that way in the future.. and is the reason i do not support buying parts and other services from the dealers if i dont have to...nothing more nothing less... i think its an important issue to fight for and im passionate about supporting right to repair

 

Capitalism is the individual ownership of the means of production. It has lifted countless people out of poverty, more so than any other economic system. In fact, communism/socialism/marxism has killed hundreds of millions and left millions poor and miserable.

One cannot become a monopoly without one of 2 conditions happening. The first being every consumer choosing to do business with said company because it offers the best product or service for the best price. Or 2, a govt created monopoly through regulation, eliminating moral hazard through subsidies and stopping the liquidation of bad debt and the punishment of bad economic actors via bailouts which is taken by force from the people against their will and given to the company favored by the politicians.

The central bank; which is not capitalist at all, engages in debauchery of the currency against the will of the people. Monetary inflation leads to price inflation, which is what we are experiencing as the purchasing power of the dollar goes further downward. One income used to support multiple children and run a household even in a big city. That is no longer the case as the people's purchasing power is robbed from them. The same thing that has happened to the denarius, the Reichsmark, the continental and many a media of exchange throughout history, has happened with the dollar. That is the govt has debased it, giving the people back worthless coinage or paper in return.

Capitalism is not a total failure, because in a free market, free from force, theft, coercion and control of the people's money, people have prospered. It's a reason the founders supported both individual and economic Liberty, which includes sound money.