• macattack@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Hard to feel sorry for anyone actively putting money in Tesla/Musk’s pocket @ this point

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      Ofc it wouldn’t. It’s very illegal, but Tesla knows this. They’re using it as a threat to control what the buyers should do.

      And also, you have rights in the EU. You can’t sue people as a multi mega corp for nothing.

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        You can’t sue people for nothing in the US either. They have a few laws. - You’re allowed to try but it’ll get kicked out of court.

        It’s all bark and no bite, if anyone actually tried it they wouldn’t be able to do anything. As long as the price is paid off Tesla don’t own the vehicle so they have no rights over it.

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          Getting to the point where you get it kicked out of court will still cost you enough to ruin you financially though. So it’s a great deterrent.

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          So yeah, you can sue for anything. But even if you know you’d never win the lawsuit, you can tie the other person up in court and waste their time and money.

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            9 months ago

            If you sue for too little, the case will get summary judgement, but that doesn’t really seem like a risk in this case unless there is a specific law that makes this clause unenforceable.

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      9 months ago

      It’s legal if it’s in the sales contract. Usually there is a timeframe.

      You should look into Ferrari and their rules. They are even crazier than Tesla for things like this.

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      9 months ago

      Is there a time clause? If so, preventing resale within a month or two could help more minimize scalping.

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    9 months ago

    I still don’t get why people buy Tesla products. You know what they’re like now. What are you doing?

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        Personally, I’d never buy a Tesla because of how much of a pain they are to get repaired. Have to go to their service centers. You can’t just go to some local repair place.

        The nearest local center to me is about a 2-hour drive away. So firstly the car needs to function enough to actually get to the repair center, and then secondly I’m stuck there until they fix the car or I get a pickup to come home. Meanwhile, practically every other car I can just take to a local place and walk back home in 10 minutes.

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          I will say that where you live makes a huge difference for this. I’m in a major metro area and I’ve never had to take it to a service center; they always come to my house. Having pretty much always lived here, I can’t really speak for living more rurally or even small-town but I’d guess there are other concessions one would make living there (just as we make concessions with our traffic, COL and distance to open space). But in this case it definitely hurts adoption from those areas.

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        same, i actually love the car it’s been super reliable and it’s fun to drive. But having Musk rats dirty image attached to it makes me cringe every time i look at it.

        I’m just hoping he somehow leaves Tesla and we can wash it clean somehow.

        But as it stands ill never buy another Tesla.

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        9 months ago

        I don’t feel embarrassed but when I bought mine it was far and away the best value. Now there’s many more options and teslas are priced way higher than them. I’ve tried out a couple of them and my next car probably won’t be a Tesla due to price more than anything.

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        Also wasn’t there also a contravorcy about how their heaters didn’t work in cold weather.

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    after submitting a $122,135 order

    The buyer told us that he paid a $250 order fee on Friday and previously paid a $100 reservation fee.

    Tesla doesn’t have to refund those types of fees if a buyer cancels

    You have to pay $350 to get the privilege to fork over a hundred and twenty grand? My jaw literally dropped.

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      You forget we live in a society where we have bought tickets and raffles for the chance of being able to buy Air Jordans or Yeezys or w/e fuck shoe that did that.

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        This feels a little more, I don’t know, direct than car culture mentality. Buying a Telsa, at least in past few years, feels like direct support to one person. I don’t see people with expensive sportscars and assume they think the CEO of the manufacturer is a hero. Telsa buyers probably don’t feel that way, but stuff like this leads me to believe they do.

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    9 months ago

    The whole Tesla truck thing really reminds me of the DMC DeLorean fiasco. Is musk imitating John DeLorean? He’s falling about as fast. Both are silver and look weird.

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      That’s what I was thinking. If Elon throws a lot of money at advertising he might sell some.

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        9 months ago

        Worst reboot ever, instead of randomly shutting off during crucial scenes it randomly takes over controls and runs over Red. “Crazy drunk AI”

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    9 months ago

    Are you able to return it if you dislike, or are you just fucked?

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    This is the best summary I could come up with:


    Tesla has revived a contract clause that says the electric carmaker could sue Cybertruck buyers for $50,000 or more if they resell during their first year of ownership.

    As we reported a month ago, the Cybertruck-only clause was added to the public version of Tesla’s Motor Vehicle Order Agreement Terms & Conditions and then deleted after the lawsuit threat attracted some attention.

    The clause says Cybertruck buyers must offer the car back to Tesla at a reduced price before any attempt to resell the vehicle within one year of delivery.

    "You agree that in the event you breach this provision, or Tesla has reasonable belief that you are about to breach this provision, Tesla may seek injunctive relief to prevent the transfer of title of the Vehicle or demand liquidated damages from you in the amount of $50,000 or the value received as consideration for the sale or transfer, whichever is greater.

    People who made early Cybertruck reservations received their invitations to order the limited-availability Foundation Series edition on Friday.

    As an Electrek article notes, it’s unclear whether the clause applies only to the Foundation Series version of the Cybertruck.


    The original article contains 545 words, the summary contains 190 words. Saved 65%. I’m a bot and I’m open source!

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    9 months ago

    Just throw this shit up on Rocket League and end the line already. I think I already have those wheels.

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        You have to be a colossal idiot to buy this car. You have to be an even bigger idiot to buy it from a scalper

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          Sounds like the average Church of Elon Member to me (I’m pro EVs, but Elon/Tesla-Cultists are insufferable)

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          Unfortunately there are enough lunatics who would buy this either as a joke, or because they see Musk as some prophet

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    9 months ago

    I really do not care - Musk and Cybertruck are way overrepresented here