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The idea is that a different bidding setup could make the outcome more predictable."}},{"startTime":1550.9,"endTime":1567.9,"type":"concept","title":"shortage of vehicles","quote":"If you know, if you know there's a shortage of something, and we know dealerships do this [1558.3s] all the time when there's a shortage of vehicles, but there's a demand for them, [1563.4s] they get more for them.","canonicalId":"concept:shortage-of-vehicles","priority":0.2,"confidence":0.65,"source":"hybrid-fuzzy+gpt-5.4-nano","data":{"explanation":"The segment describes how supply-and-demand shifts affect used-car pricing: when there’s a shortage of vehicles but demand remains, buyers (including dealers) pay more. That’s why the hosts argue a seller can potentially get a higher offer by leveraging dealer competition.","simplifiedExplanation":"They’re talking about supply and demand. If fewer cars are available but people still want them, prices tend to go up."}}],"speakers":[{"id":"s1","name":"Ray","role":"host"},{"id":"s2","name":"Zach Shefska","role":"host"},{"id":"s3","name":"Bleav","role":"host"}],"transcripts":[{"url":"http://getcarcurious.com/episodes/honda-in-panic-mode-episode-1071/transcript.vtt","type":"text/vtt"}]}