Disappointed in Tesla's pricing on paint

[MXWing]

I see what you did there. Don't paint Tesla so darkly....

I ALSO SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE.

If my white Tesla is named Stormtrooper.. what will my Black one be?

My intention was to communicate that demand still outstrips production. We can infer that based on price moves. Those who want a Model 3 - it wont get any cheaper. At least not anytime this year.

 

[svp6]

jealousy is a powerful thing. i sometimes hang out on the billionaires only forums. shhh dont tell them my secret

Nah, we all hang out in a secret country - but I can't tell you where

 

[timk225]

he as a user has racked up a collective 700+ disagrees if you look at his profile. He obviously gets off on posting outrageous things on the TMC.

I'm not a professional troll, I'm just right. At least I think I am.

 

[xyeahtony]

I'm not a professional troll, I'm just right. At least I think I am.

Well as long as you believe that, and only you, nothing else matters

 

[MXWing]

@tpham07

Oh look. WRX kid showed up to downvote on schedule.

Don’t get me wrong, I love scoobys and owned the first year they came to the states. Loved them even though they had dodge neon lights.

I grew up at some point and got an appropriate vehicle that does grown ups things however.

 

[xyeahtony]

@tpham07

Oh look. WRX kid showed up to downvote on schedule.

Don’t get me wrong, I love scoobys and owned the first year they came to the states. Loved them even though they had dodge neon lights.

I grew up at some point and got an appropriate vehicle that does grown ups things however.

yeah i remember the time when i had to pay for gasoline in order to travel...

oh sorry, thats "petrol" for the Australians, even though the chemical compound is aptly named gasoline. lol, and petrol is just short for petroleum which is a naturally occurring liquid found in rocks.

 

[Sandollars]

your saying solid white would be much more difficult?

Again the problem isn't that there is a $2k paint option, it's that non black is a minimum of $1500 more.

Umm, Tesla doesn't OFFER a solid white paint option.

Solid Kitchen green would probably be as cheap as Black too but...

Just saying.

Oh, and no one said that in the free market, "You get what you pay for", but they do say "You pay for what you get". Either way, you don't have to get it. That's the beauty of a free market system.

Supply and demand baby. I HAPPILY paid for my Multi-coat paint job because I felt the look was worth more than the money I spent and Tesla felt the money was worth more than the effort it took them to make it so.

 

[MXWing]

Value is willingness to pay. Period

Tulip bulbs, bitcoin, Tesla’s, Justin beiber concert tickets, iPhones, MacBooks, peter Luger porterhouse steaks etc.

Buy a Bolt if paint costs is the overriding factor.

 

[luniz97]

So up until a few days ago, the newer tesla's were $500 cheaper than what we paid 5 months ago.

 

[timk225]

Umm, Tesla doesn't OFFER a solid white paint option.

Tesla used to have a Solid White option, until they realized it wasn't PROFITABLE.

 

[chronopc]

Value is willingness to pay. Period

Tulip bulbs, bitcoin, Tesla’s, Justin beiber concert tickets, iPhones, MacBooks, peter Luger porterhouse steaks etc.

Buy a Bolt if paint costs is the overriding factor.

So true.

 

[Sandollars]

So up until a few days ago, the newer tesla's were $500 cheaper than what we paid 5 months ago.

Yeah, well, if I were to buy my car right now as opposed to when I did, it would be about $2,500 bucks cheaper so it goes both ways.

 

[Glamisduner]

Yeah, well, if I were to buy my car right now as opposed to when I did, it would be about $2,500 bucks cheaper so it goes both ways.

Please explain I don't see how that can be true?

 

[brobinson]

@tpham07

Oh look. WRX kid showed up to downvote on schedule.

Don’t get me wrong, I love scoobys and owned the first year they came to the states. Loved them even though they had dodge neon lights.

I grew up at some point and got an appropriate vehicle that does grown ups things however.

WRX owners seem to take it more personally then others when the 3 torches them.

 

[ItsNotAboutTheMoney]

oh sorry, thats "petrol" for the Australians, even though the chemical compound is aptly named gasoline. lol, and petrol is just short for petroleum which is a naturally occurring liquid found in rocks.

Petrol isn't short for petroleum, it _was_ the English word for petroleum. It came through French, petrole, part of "essence de petrole".

The use of the word for gasoline was coined by a couple of German scientists. Germans call petroleum Erdoel so had no compunction in borrowing from the Greek for something new. Since refined product would have replaced use of crude it was easy to re-use the name.

Americans used gasolene, presumably because of the evaporation, rather than luxolene for being a light fraction. But, the word gas comes from Danish, meaning chaos, so I guess we shouldn't be surprised.

 

[voip-ninja]

Yeah, well, if I were to buy my car right now as opposed to when I did, it would be about $2,500 bucks cheaper so it goes both ways.

Does not compute.

 

[Sandollars]

Does not compute.

Standing corrected: It would have been $2,000 cheaper.

 

[FlatSix911]

Standing corrected: It would have been $2,000 cheaper.

Math is hard...

 

[buttershrimp]

Value is willingness to pay. Period

Tulip bulbs, bitcoin, Tesla’s, Justin beiber concert tickets, iPhones, MacBooks, peter Luger porterhouse steaks etc.

Buy a Bolt if paint costs is the overriding factor.

Why does that whole list seem insane until you mentioned Peter Luger? Well, I guess that means now I’m a Beleiber

 

[xyeahtony]

Tesla used to have a Solid White option, until they realized it wasn't PROFITABLE.

a Model S/X is still cheaper as the PUP is now standard and since more people were ordering it than not, they were paying more 3 months ago then the would today.

Also whats the problem with Tesla wanting to be profitable? Do you want the company to go bankrupt? Good luck getting your car serviced ever again and say goodbye to that supercharger network.