When someone builds a house they create an estimate for the cost of materials, the man hours, the amount of time and energy they’d have to put in to make a profit etc.

So, when they sell a house, or even a tract of houses, the contract labor is paid for immediately, the goods change hands, and they aren’t left with thousands of other houses they just built going to waste and depreciating in value by the minute.

People tend to build homes either in areas with huge growth, or in a place where a specific buyer agrees up front to pay full value.

As for cars and boats etc–once again, you’re not talking about the same stuff. A used car doesn’t sell for 15,000 dollars, get bought back a week later and then resold for 14,500 dollars. Cars are used and depreciate over time–usually a full generation. Houses too.

It’s not at all the same to talk about a long term item bought for utility and a short term luxury/entertainment item.

For that matter, if you bought a house or a car that was used you would never settle for a mere 5-10% discount of the original price. You’d just buy new. If you did decide on that discount, you would be laughed out of the room if you wondered why you didn’t get the free complementary year of AAA or Onstar that came with the car ten years before.

Yet, people get angry about DLC only going to new buyers.

You can put a little tongue at the end of your posts, but that doesn’t make them poignant–it just simplifies the point and ignores true discourse. Not that I mind, makes my life easier.