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So I can just borrow boost mode to impress my dates and turn it off afterwards? For free?

by antsar 7y ago

Rebelgecko 7y ago
If I can borrow $10k of Train Simulator DLC from Steam to impress my date, sure. As long as the "you can get an automatic refund as long as you haven't used it for too long" timer is cumulative, it doesn't seem too abusable.
stanferder 7y ago
Why not? But after the third time, Tesla should require in-person confirmation of the purchase.
lhnz 7y ago
I reckon they could charge a monthly subscription and make more money that way from people trialing features...
- antsar 7y ago
  Only if people repeatedly desire those features, vs being more of a one-time novelty. Say unlocking Boost Mode costs $2k. What would the subscription cost, $200/mo? If I can show off Boost Mode to all my friends in one month, I might never care to pay for it again after that. If my only way to get the feature is a permanent unlock (and I can afford it), Tesla scores an extra $1800. Subscriptions work for sticky things. Are Tesla's add-ons all that sticky?
  - lhnz 7y ago
    What if 20x more of their customers trial it for a month, than purchase it outright? It could still work. It just depends on user engagement.
josefx 7y ago
There have been entire TV shows build around the premise of not paying a cent with "borrowed" cars, clothes, etc. . Hell there are millions lost by people ordering clothes on Amazon and sending them back when they don't like them. Tesla stands out badly if it cannot even offer doing so one time.
- xzcat 7y ago
  I think the clothes-on-amazon thing is fair and a cost of doing business, though. If my only choices, as a customer, were "all sales are final"-buy-online or go in-store, I would 100% go in-store. I would never, ever buy what could be a brick in a box online if I wasn't allowed to return it if it turned out to be a brick in a box. And clothes have another dimension (heh, literally) of size/fit/feel. I think it's totally reasonable to buy a shirt online, put it on, think "wow this material is awful" and return it. That's what you can do in-store, and it's not your fault that that loop is a lot more expensive for online retailers.
- distances 7y ago
  > Hell there are millions lost by people ordering clothes on Amazon and sending them back when they don't like them. Free returns are usually a requirement for clothing sales though. Say, Zalando has free returns within 100 days -- people expect this as clothes obviously need to fit.

So I can just borrow boost mode to impress my dates and turn it off afterwards? For free?

by antsar 7y ago

So I can just borrow boost mode to impress my dates and turn it off afterwards? For free?

If I can borrow $10k of Train Simulator DLC from Steam to impress my date, sure. As long as the "you can get an automatic refund as long as you haven't used it for too long" timer is cumulative, it doesn't seem too abusable.

stanferder 7y ago

Why not? But after the third time, Tesla should require in-person confirmation of the purchase.

lhnz 7y ago

I reckon they could charge a monthly subscription and make more money that way from people trialing features...

antsar 7y ago
Only if people repeatedly desire those features, vs being more of a one-time novelty. Say unlocking Boost Mode costs $2k. What would the subscription cost, $200/mo? If I can show off Boost Mode to all my friends in one month, I might never care to pay for it again after that. If my only way to get the feature is a permanent unlock (and I can afford it), Tesla scores an extra $1800. Subscriptions work for sticky things. Are Tesla's add-ons all that sticky?
- lhnz 7y ago
  What if 20x more of their customers trial it for a month, than purchase it outright? It could still work. It just depends on user engagement.

josefx 7y ago

There have been entire TV shows build around the premise of not paying a cent with "borrowed" cars, clothes, etc. . Hell there are millions lost by people ordering clothes on Amazon and sending them back when they don't like them. Tesla stands out badly if it cannot even offer doing so one time.

xzcat 7y ago
I think the clothes-on-amazon thing is fair and a cost of doing business, though. If my only choices, as a customer, were "all sales are final"-buy-online or go in-store, I would 100% go in-store. I would never, ever buy what could be a brick in a box online if I wasn't allowed to return it if it turned out to be a brick in a box. And clothes have another dimension (heh, literally) of size/fit/feel. I think it's totally reasonable to buy a shirt online, put it on, think "wow this material is awful" and return it. That's what you can do in-store, and it's not your fault that that loop is a lot more expensive for online retailers.
distances 7y ago
> Hell there are millions lost by people ordering clothes on Amazon and sending them back when they don't like them. Free returns are usually a requirement for clothing sales though. Say, Zalando has free returns within 100 days -- people expect this as clothes obviously need to fit.