Stock price is irrelevant to the value of a company's used product. Frequently also irrelevant to the value of the underlying company.
Sent from my iPhone On Nov 24, 2015, at 9:11 AM, Lee Hart via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: >> 'Leaf’s depreciation is comparable to a pack of Sharpies left out in the sun >> with their caps off' > > Hyperbole aside, the used price of something is irrelevant unless you need to > sell it. > > For example, Tesla's stock price is a roller-coaster. It was at 287 in Sept > 2014, and down to 181 in March 2015. Does that mean you got screwed? Only if > you sold it! If you just kept it, it was back up to 275 in July. > > If your Leaf is running fine, and doing everything you want it to, then there > is no point to selling it. Especially *not* when the market is down! If you > have an early Leaf and are concerned that the battery might fail, remember > that the EPA requires Nissan to cover it with a long warranty because it's > part of the "emission control system". Nissan has so far weaseled out of > replacing batteries that show only a partial loss of capacity; but they will > be hard pressed to deny coverage if it gets down to (say) 50%. It's also a > safe bet that replacement batteries will become available, if not from Nissan > then from some other enterprising source. > > And of course, you have to expect that the batteries will get worse over > time. All batteries do. > > -- > Do the thing that needs to be done, even if no one else yet notices > that it needs doing. -- anonymous > -- > Lee Hart, 814 8th Ave N, Sartell MN 56377, www.sunrise-ev.com > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
