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Tesla’s 3/22 Reply to SEC [pdf](courtlistener.com)
2 points by dd36 8y ago|1 comments
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by dd36 8y ago
His argument was some vehicles had flaws and that can be avoided. Who avoids it? That's not even a partial twist. Moreover, both of your responses ignore my original point of customer satisfaction. If this were a major problem, why
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by dd36 8y ago
The burden of proof is on the SEC. The settlement agreement’s language and the policy that Tesla enacted as a result - that the SEC approved - allows Musk to do exactly what he did. Read the legal briefs. Have you ever been in a court of la
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by dd36 8y ago
So existing manufacturers ship flawless vehicles?
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by dd36 8y ago
So the complaint is filed then Tesla can provide an answer and the SEC a reply to that answer. A reply is usually brief and reiterates points made in the original complaint. Here, however, the SEC introduced new arguments in its reply. T
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by dd36 8y ago
From the Tesla court filing: "As noted above, on January 2, 2019, Tesla filed a Form 8-K reporting its Q4 2018 production of “25,161 Model S and X vehicles, consistent with our long-term run rate of approximately 100,000 per year.” The
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by dd36 8y ago
Doubtful. The SEC tried to pad its complaint in its reply. That's not an indication of strength.
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by dd36 8y ago
They cut corners but have the highest safety rating ever and the highest customer satisfaction? Is it reasonable to call something a cut corner when the end result is success by nearly every metric? Maybe that corner needn't exist? S
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by dd36 8y ago
AFAIK all licensees are fiduciaries and in any event the broker is responsible for the agent.
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by dd36 8y ago
This won’t succeed for a lot of reasons. I suspect they’re after a settlement.
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by dd36 8y ago
It’s also hit or miss as offers fall through at every stage. A good agent is worth it just like a good lawyer or doctor.
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by dd36 8y ago
Yes. They’re fiduciaries.
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by dd36 8y ago
Frequency of extreme flooding is increased by climate change. It's not political. It's climate science.
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by dd36 8y ago
Sounds like what’s happening at a larger scale =(
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by dd36 8y ago
Wow. Why have this much critical infrastructure near flood zones? Given that climate change is increasing the frequency of major floods, why hadn’t they hardened their protections?
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by dd36 8y ago
MDisc
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by dd36 8y ago
It’s interesting how competition used to be encouraged in the U.S. and now it’s pretty much the opposite. It’s all about consolidation, oligopolies and monopolies. If standards lower margins and make entering easier, that’s what should be r
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by dd36 8y ago
Lots of academics do “Uber for ice cream but with AI.” Academia is iterative. Arguably, it’s even less competitive than the real world. It’s theory vs. practice. Guess what’s hard? Getting enough paying customers to be sustainable.
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by dd36 8y ago
This is why I really liked the startup Josephine. I wish it’d make a comeback.
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by dd36 8y ago
Seems likely. Probably a large, meaningless fine.
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by dd36 8y ago
They’re a regular Wells Fargo.
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by dd36 8y ago
Or they sign a consent decree. Or their customer agreements and disclosures say they don’t do something that they do.
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by dd36 8y ago
Homee helps address this.
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by dd36 8y ago
IIRC SMSAssist also acts as a general contractor. We trialed it and after all the markups it made zero financial sense.
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by dd36 8y ago
Rently.com
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by dd36 8y ago
That’s incorrect. https://www.mass.gov/service-details/re42r05-property-manage...
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by dd36 8y ago
The companies I worked with never paid placement fees. You don't really need incentives when housing supply is tight.
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by dd36 8y ago
The issue with turns is turn cost plus lost income. For anyone without multiple properties, the cost of a turn is usually significantly more than they would recover with a high turn rate but increased rents. This is why institutional inve
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by dd36 8y ago
That must be a short-term rental, which requires a whole lot more work from the property manager.
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by dd36 8y ago
You have to look at it like a retainer charge. Most of the time, what they do is minimal but when something happens, they will give your property a ton of time. I think property managers are chronically underpaid because the barrier to en

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