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Well, except for the LR reservation holders who were lead on and on that their vehicles were "about to enter production"... only to find it canceled, their plac
by FireBeyond 5y ago
Well, except for the LR reservation holders who were lead on and on that their vehicles were "about to enter production"... only to find it canceled, their place in the system lost, and Tesla barely able to say sorry, let alone offer an alternative.
> More recently, Tesla has hit some reservation holders with modest price increases, but not at over 50% of the base price of the vehicle like we're seeing here.
You mean _three_ price increases in 2021 alone that have bumped some Model 3 prices by about 30%? I'm not sure how "modest" an increase that is.
- _ea1k 5y agoThose price increases didn't affect the reservation holders that the person you are replying to was talking about.
- md2020 5y agoI agree that Tesla isn’t immune to the same mechanics of supply and demand that make dealerships do these markups, but I think it’s important to note that Tesla honors the price of the car from the time you placed the order. I ordered a Model 3 in October and the price of the car has increased since I placed that order, but I’ll still be paying the original price when I take delivery. I see that as a positive over what this article is saying, which is that the dealership hit reservation holders with a sudden markup, which probably wouldn’t have happened without the dealership as a middleman between Ford and the buyers.
- josephcsible 5y agoTesla actually does even better than that: if the price increases, you keep the one you ordered at, but if it decreases, they give you the lower one.