Are the Tesla sales people allowed to just completely lie to you?

[ucmndd]

How about selling you a car with package upgrades that are currently non-functional features? Saying the delivery fee is non-refundable so they can arrange logistics of your order by then delivering a vehicle missing some features? Misleading sales tactics with non-disclosure of differences between test driven cars and purchased cars?

…presumably these aren’t acceptable business practices to most.

Yes, how ABOUT all of those super interesting things completely immaterial to the conversation in this thread?

 

[Mike7564]

Yes, how ABOUT all of those super interesting things completely immaterial to the conversation in this thread?


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My bad. I thought the conversation topic was about whether sales advisors were able to lie to you (answer is “yes” and “they are clueless about discounts and motivated to sell as any other dealership”).

In all fairness, then perhaps just the last example would be to the topic at hand. I can edit my post to keep it simpler to avoid confusing people.

 

[Bouba]

I also found that they don’t write anything down...when I asked the salespeople to write some figures down for me it was a struggle to find some paper...so a promise or deception might be difficult to prove

 

[nate704]

OP, if you think Tesla sales people are bad, go to nearby legacy auto dealers and report back. They will eat you alive and your money, and ignore you a second after you sign the paper.

 

[Bouba]

OP, if you think Tesla sales people are bad, go to nearby legacy auto dealers and report back. They will eat you alive and your money, and ignore you a second after you sign the paper.

And what they don’t get first time around they will screw you for when it comes to the servicing

 

[laservet]

I also found that they don’t write anything down...when I asked the salespeople to write some figures down for me it was a struggle to find some paper...so a promise or deception might be difficult to prove

Musk doesn’t use paper in the showrooms, it is a paperless business. Not even a business card. Everything is pdf.