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No, but you can be selective about which customers and this was not a 100k purchase this was a 5k deposit... Really though my point is nothing to do with telsa.
by taf2 11y ago
No, but you can be selective about which customers and this was not a 100k purchase this was a 5k deposit... Really though my point is nothing to do with telsa. My point was you need to fire customers sometimes and it's a difficult balance. In pre release phase of a product it is an acceptable approach.
- ghaff 11y agoNot to pick on you, but it looks as if I can go to Tesla's website, fill out a short form to reserve a Model X, and click on a Visa button to give them a $5K deposit. I don't see anything on there about being a product tester or working with Tesla to build a great product or being fired as a customer if I don't keep my mouth shut about my experiences. Of course a beta program is a different situation. When I've been a beta tester for various products, I expect them to be buggy (and typically have had to sign NDAs or at least have an implicit agreement not to talk publicly about my experiences).
- manicdee 11y agoThere were car companies which didn't have show rooms and test drives. You would simply be contacted by a concierge and offered the opportunity to buy one. People selling things can be as exclusive as they want, and sometimes exclusivity means excluding people.