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Better that excess demand is captured by the manufacturer, which can be reinvested into manufacturing, than the dealer. I far prefer the transparent pricing of
by ParksNet 4y ago
Better that excess demand is captured by the manufacturer, which can be reinvested into manufacturing, than the dealer.
I far prefer the transparent pricing of Tesla, and its now the only manufacturer I'd consider buying from in the USA.
- ribosometronome 4y ago>I far prefer the transparent pricing of Tesla An interesting comment considering this is above a story of Tesla cutting functionality via a software update for a customer years after purchase and demanding thousands to undo it. That sort of stuff, their lackluster QC and the erratic behavior of the CEO has me pretty skeptical of them as a company.
- BobLaw 4y agoIf you read the story or the comments the car had a 60kwh battery replaced under warranty but only a 90kwh was available. Procedure was to set the battery firmware to 60 kwh but for whatever reason that didn't happen. The car was then sold twice until someone found the discrepancy and fixed it. Nobody received anything less than they paid for from Tesla. The current owner may have been deceived by one of the previous sellers but that's not something your can really blame on Tesla
- yellowapple 4y agoIf you read the comments, you'd have seen the analogy to Apple repairing a laptop with slightly better parts and then deciding multiple years later to software-nerf it. I don't know about you, but I'd be livid - in both cases.
- BobLaw 4y agoYou would be livid you got exactly what you paid for?
- yellowapple 4y agoIn this analogy, I paid for the full hardware. That Apple or Tesla didn't charge some previous owner ain't my concern.
- alasdair_ 4y agoIf it shows up in Tesla’s software as a 90 kwh battery then it is absolutely something you can blame on Tesla.
- BobLaw 4y agoWhat kind of insane argument is that? If you order a Toyota Camry and the transporter drops off a Ferrari at your door screaming WELL IT SAYS FERRARI ON RIGHT THERE ON THE CAR isn't in any way a valid argument. They're just going to tell you that's nice but so what that's not where the discrepancy is in the first place. The order says Toyota, the invoice say Toyota, the transport slip says Toyota, etc, etc.
- yellowapple 4y agoOkay but Ferrari can't remotely turn that Ferrari into a Camry.
- BobLaw 4y agoNothing happened remotely, the discrepancy was noticed when the car was brought in for a service.
- yellowapple 4y agoAnd a service center can't turn that Ferrari into a Camry, either.
- BobLaw 4y agoWhat nonsense are you talking about? This sort of stuff happens in construction all the time. If the wrong materials get delivered to you site they absolutely can and will come take what you didn't pay for and bring you the correct materials. Same thing if any enterprise hardware or software is provisioned incorrectly. Same thing with telecom. Same thing with cars. If the wrong car gets dropped off they can and absolutely will send a truck to retrieve it.
- pkaye 4y agoTesla has its issues but the dealers barely give any value to the customer.
- jnwatson 4y agoRight now, pricing is the most transparent it has ever been among traditional dealers. For most new cars, you pay MSRP.