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Elizabeth Warren: “A Massachusetts fire department ordered a truck in 2022, and…”

Featuring: Elizabeth Warren, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Massachusetts

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Why Does A New Fire Truck Cost $2.5M?

Published | Video Starts at 08:18

These dominant firms can come back and raise the price again after you've already ordered the truck and it's too late to walk away from the transaction. One A Massachusetts fire department ordered a truck in 2022, and it hadn't even gone into production when the manufacturer added $150,000 to the price. and told them that if they didn't pay it, then the company wouldn't deliver it. The chief paid. In his words. (08:18–08:36)

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Asserts that a Massachusetts fire department faced a price increase of $150,000 on a truck order before production.

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