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> the lockdown they have on maintenance and repair This is not endemic to Telsa, or even to the auto industry. It's in $800K tractors as well. https://www.bl
by jgalt212 6y ago
> the lockdown they have on maintenance and repair
This is not endemic to Telsa, or even to the auto industry. It's in $800K tractors as well.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2020-03-05/farmers-fight-john-deere-over-who-gets-to-fix-an-800-000-tractor https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2020-03-05/farmers-f...
- ariwilson 6y agoTesla's much worse about it than other car manufacturers. Not sure how industrial equipment is relevant here (not sold to consumers).
- jgalt212 6y agomany farms are small businesses, and thus are closer to a B2C relationship than B2B. But aside from equivalency, I posit that the general expectation of buying something is that you should be able to do what you lawfully want with it.