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The problem with dealer mark up is it's not added by the manufacturer as a reflection of production cost or market demand, but arbitrarily added by the dealer as straight profit into their pocket.  There is no consistency from one dealer to the next, with one selling near MSRP and others arbitrarily adding whatever markup they feel like they can get away with.  Add taking deposits on allocations (or presumed allocations) and it's even worse because you haven't even bought anything yet, only the privilege to arbitrarily overpay when they might have something.  Most other products that have higher cost for early adoption have a set production cost, profit margin, and retail cost based on production cost and market demand, then that cost will decrease as production cost decreases due to volume.