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First of all, I doubt that the average Tesla customer is wealthy enough that they're in a position to shrug and ambivalently pay whatever the website tells them
by brianpgordon 7y ago
First of all, I doubt that the average Tesla customer is wealthy enough that they're in a position to shrug and ambivalently pay whatever the website tells them on that particular day, like they're in the checkout aisle of a grocery store or the pump at a gas station. When it comes to $50,000 purchases, people generally like to plan ahead.
Second, the comparison isn't against dealers (which are awful), the comparison is against the ideal. All I'm saying is that Tesla is shooting itself in the foot with its inconsistency. Bringing up dealers is a whataboutism.
- natch 7y agoBringing up prices and ideal scenarios is whatboutism. These updates are about real features, not prices or fake ideal scenarios.
- brianpgordon 7y agoHuh? No it's not. The point under discussion is whether Tesla should be changing their pricing so often. I'm arguing that it would be better if they didn't. That's not a whataboutism. Deflecting the criticism and saying "at least it's not as bad as the dealers" is, on the other hand, pretty much the archetypal whataboutism.
- natch 7y ago>The point under discussion is whether Tesla should be changing their pricing so often. Heh no, you introduced that point yourself in a classic whataboutism move. Tesla started the actual topic under discussion, which is updates to the Model S and X cars.