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I’ve bought the model S performance, model 3 performance, and solar city panels and consider myself a big tesla fan and supporter. But I think Tesla needs to reevaluate the loyalty of the people who bought the model S and 3 early, put a deposit and waited over 2 years, and believed in the company’s mission and ideology. Tesla can easily lose that loyalty by charging them a much higher price and then within a year drop the price by over 25%! How is the car going to keep its resale value? My Performance model 3 delivered at end of July 2018, without the premium paint, or white interior, or the self driving option, or the sports wheels and brakes costed $70000! Plus tax. Same car today with the $5000 sports upgrade included is priced $56900 on the site. Is this how Elon guarantees the resale personally to be comparably to the ice cars? What a shame!
Just wait and see what Tesla does in Jan if the $7K tax credit cones back.
if the credit is not approved watch for a $2k price reduction.
Just wait and see what Tesla does in Jan if the $7K tax credit cones back. Next story will be a price increase but if the credit is not approved watch for a $2k price reduction and bundling change of configs to protect their margins. I'm sure Tesla has their pricing dart board ready for the NY.
I don't see any difference if you buy a new model a BMW dealer at sticker price. Few months later, the dealer can drop the price or offer rebates and you wouldn't know it. Tesla is more transparent with their prices.
I also pickup my 3 around July 2018. I have no problem paying my share to supporting Tesla and the mission.
FWIW, I do think some S owners got screwed with like 20-40k price drops.
The early P3 owners though just suck at math.
They got a $5000 cash refund AND a $7500 tax credit.
The price difference today is very little once you actually run the real net numbers. If you count fuel savings for the extra year+ they had the car there's usually no difference at all.
Here's some math (this excludes color/interior pricing which changed like 900 times)
Pre 5k refund-
$69000 for a P3D+
$64000 for a P3D-
So knock off the 5k, and the $7500 tax credit, and net prices are:
P3D+ $56,500.
P3D- $51,500.
Now, what about prices today?
P3D+ $56,990
P3D- $50,990.
Now, if you're not taking delivery before Jan 1, that means the P3D+ was cheaper in 2018 than now. And the P3D- is a whole $510 more expenisve in 2018 than today.
Of course the 2018 one also got a 14-50 adapter, phone cables, home link, mats, etc which if you buy them seperate for todays car puts you at about identical pricing.
If you do manage to take delivery at 'today' price before Jan 1 then the price difference are still only around $1500ish then and now.
And it's likely you saved $1500 or more in a year+ of not buying gasoline.
No it's no the same. The MSRP stays the same or goes up on almost all cars that are in continual production. Promos, discounts, rebates, year end sales are NOT the same as lowering the MSRP because resale is not dictated by who got a deal or did not. Cars are not traditionally treated like computers and commodities. Every buyer expects sales and the like and should expect depreciation but no one expects MSRP to go down. I know some here like to equate discounts to lowering MSRP but they are NOT the same thing. Toyotas go on sale and you can get a great deal sometimes but the MSRP goes up every year not down. When I sold my Tacoma no one asked what deals I got when bought it they go off market value. The reality is Tesla played with the numbers for specific reasons.
And when you sell your Tesla nobody is going to ask whether you got the white paint as a paid option or free, or whether you got some free
(non-transferable) Supercharging credits.
I’ve bought the model S performance, model 3 performance, and solar city panels and consider myself a big tesla fan and supporter. But I think Tesla needs to reevaluate the loyalty of the people who bought the model S and 3 early, put a deposit and waited over 2 years, and believed in the company’s mission and ideology. Tesla can easily lose that loyalty by charging them a much higher price and then within a year drop the price by over 25%! How is the car going to keep its resale value? My Performance model 3 delivered at end of July 2018, without the premium paint, or white interior, or the self driving option, or the sports wheels and brakes costed $70000! Plus tax. Same car today with the $5000 sports upgrade included is priced $56900 on the site. Is this how Elon guarantees the resale personally to be comparably to the ice cars? What a shame!
I remember when my first DVD player was $850. I'm not going to complain to Sony when they release a DVD player that's only $500 a year later.
Tesla needs to clean up their BS and stop hiding behind Arbitration agreements.
Just wait and see what Tesla does in Jan if the $7K tax credit cones back. Next story will be a price increase but if the credit is not approved watch for a $2k price reduction and bundling change of configs to protect their margins. I'm sure Tesla has their pricing dart board ready for the NY.
Why would the $7000 rebate come back? AM I missing some new regulation?