Complaints about Model 3 pricing

[MarcoRP]

I know similar discussions have happened a few times on this forum and as far as I can remember, some responses have been insane.

Anyway, not me saying this, but saw someone shoot this out on Twitter today. If anyone wants to give him a lecture on this, I’ll drop the Twitter link right below:

Tian Ye on Twitter

 

[OCR1]

Well, it’s nice to know that whiny customers are not limited to North America.

 

[coconutboy84]

you didnt get compensation because yo a little bitchhhh haha

 

[Cleo-n-Company]

Elon opened this can of worms... they are his to eat.

 

[User3509]

That person should have waited until Oct to purchase the car. Prices fluctuate, it happens. At least with Tesla you know what the price of the car is unlike most car "Stealerships"...

 

[UncertainTimes]

I want it both ways

 

[Rockster]

OP, so if the price of something you buy increases afterwards, are you willing to go to the store and pay them more money?

 

[Traaapt]

This is always the dumbest argument, you got exactly what you paid for, be happy with it.

 

[RonFTW]

Tesla stock $427 today. Was $370 less than a month ago.

Why Tesla didn’t let me know back then it was going up? Why Elon so irresponsible?

 

[jjrandorin]

Why do we need to know about some random yahoo's twitter account, where he is whining because he thinks that no one should ever pay less than he did for a car, ever (which is the silliest thing in the world, when you see it in print like that)?

 

[stonelance]

I know how much this sucks because it happened to me as well. I think at the end of the day there is going to need to be a big ideological shift around new car prices. I think decades of experience have taught us that new cars gradually get more expensive over time. This is because the most expensive parts of cars in the past have been mechanical parts which generally get more complex over time, and don't have a rapid pace of innovation any more. With EVs in particular this is no longer so straight forward since the most expensive parts of the cars are (currently) chemical\electronic in nature, and those tend to get cheaper over time, even as they get more complex.

 

[Sam1]

Every company that exists adjusts their pricing. I bet that guy wouldn't ask to send Tesla a check for $5000 after he bought his car if Tesla raised the price instead of lowering it.

 

[thewallaby]

It's called ''early adopter fee''.
Elon has previously discussed the concept in several interviews.
Basically if you can't wait you have to pay. More.

 

[1FASTROD]

Or do what I do once I buy a shiny new piece of electronic (I.e. big screen TV, laptop or computer), stopped looking at the prices once I bought it and the return policy has expired!

It will only give you heartache, and new technology goes down in price.

 

[vickh]

It's called ''early adopter fee''.
Elon has previously discussed the concept in several interviews.
Basically if you can't wait you have to pay. More.

I agree 100% and why I waited 3 years from my reservation to get the $35K SR (-3.8K fed credit)

That price is yet to be breached, but elon did throw down the $25K gauntlet w/ FSD. Wonder what that will look like and when.

 

[St☰v☰]

OP, so if the price of something you buy increases afterwards, are you willing to go to the store and pay them more money?

The OP was merely passing on the link to a twitter feed, he didn't post the twitter rant. Give him a break.

 

[Chuck305]

It's quite dumb to buy a outgoing model year so late in the year unless circumstances require it. He's probably fuming over how much better the 2021 is LOL

 

[lolder]

It's quite dumb to buy a outgoing model year so late in the year unless circumstances require it. He's probably fuming over how much better the 2021 is LOL

Tesla doesn't have model years.

 

[OCR1]

Tesla doesn't have model years.

They do now. There were some major changes for the 2021 model year.

 

[Chuck305]

Tesla doesn't have model years.

They do now. There were some major changes for the 2021 model year.

Prior to model year 2020 my understanding is they label their vehicle model year (MY) based on the year it was built in so anything built in 2018 is a MY18. That changed in 2019. I received my MY20 in November 2019

The 2021 has substantial upgrades and even cheaper price and I'm glad to see it as I plan on trading in for a MY2024, maybe a 2025 since mine has only seen 200 miles in the last 7 months thanks to COVID19.

I'm hoping by then they update the pano roof to be a single pane of glass like the Y, suspension absorbs more bumps etc, and of course > 400mi of range on a single charge in the performance model My guess is the Boxster EV will be here by then so the year 2023 will be interesting assuming we dont all die from COVID19.