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The other two people who responded to you have covered the gist of it. This is deceitful behavior. A customer should be informed when taking delivery of the veh

The other two people who responded to you have covered the gist of it. This is deceitful behavior. A customer should be informed when taking delivery of the vehicle at the latest and have a choice in rejecting the delivery. Anything else reeks of dubious ethics. This is not a simple mistake. In a properly run company, the amount of people who had to sign off on a change like this is not low and a good portion of them would have to wilfully decide that not informing the customers until after delivery was the best strategic decision.

gitfan86 5y ago
A properly run company like GM or Ford? Tesla is a unique company and offers a unique products. It is totally reasonable if you don't want to buy one, but for many of us, it is the best deal and the best car we have ever owned.
- csunbird 5y ago
  What are you talking about? The car left the factory faulty as it is, there is no excuse, chip shortages or not. There is no way I am buying a Tesla now or in the future.
- coreDNA123 5y ago
  That move is a proof of poor and low practices. I don't like Tesla but I am surprised since I was putting them at "Apple" league, but it seems like they little to no considerations for their customer. Maybe the numbers of cars/customers concerned by the shortage issue is so low that they decided to do so and hopped this will go unnoticed. And by the way you must be trolling, I can't believe you are totally fine getting disrespected like this just because they are an unique company with a unique product, which is by the way just marketing.
  - gitfan86 5y ago
    I'm not saying you should buy one. I'm saying I have one and it is by far the best deal of any car I have ever bought. I could sell it right now for 5k more than I paid for it.
    - fomine3 5y ago
      You may find $TSLA is far better deal than your car.
- breakingcups 5y ago
  Sure, if you're happy with a company pulling moves like this, by all means. Make an informed decision.
antiterra 5y ago
Fair enough. It sounds like the strategic decision was to inform customers, but they failed to do it consistently. Something is clearly wrong with how Tesla’s reps are managed and trained.

gitfan86 5y ago

A properly run company like GM or Ford? Tesla is a unique company and offers a unique products. It is totally reasonable if you don't want to buy one, but for many of us, it is the best deal and the best car we have ever owned.

csunbird 5y ago
What are you talking about? The car left the factory faulty as it is, there is no excuse, chip shortages or not. There is no way I am buying a Tesla now or in the future.
coreDNA123 5y ago
That move is a proof of poor and low practices. I don't like Tesla but I am surprised since I was putting them at "Apple" league, but it seems like they little to no considerations for their customer. Maybe the numbers of cars/customers concerned by the shortage issue is so low that they decided to do so and hopped this will go unnoticed. And by the way you must be trolling, I can't believe you are totally fine getting disrespected like this just because they are an unique company with a unique product, which is by the way just marketing.
- gitfan86 5y ago
  I'm not saying you should buy one. I'm saying I have one and it is by far the best deal of any car I have ever bought. I could sell it right now for 5k more than I paid for it.
  - fomine3 5y ago
    You may find $TSLA is far better deal than your car.
breakingcups 5y ago
Sure, if you're happy with a company pulling moves like this, by all means. Make an informed decision.

antiterra 5y ago

Fair enough. It sounds like the strategic decision was to inform customers, but they failed to do it consistently. Something is clearly wrong with how Tesla’s reps are managed and trained.