Would just be nice to receive a refund in a timely manner and move on with life. Their refund policy is ridiculous, and I strongly disagree with anyone who thinks them offering a refund at all is them being generous.
Your first post wasn't referencing a misconception but you are now painting it as such by virtue of your last message leading off with "the other misconception". That's quite a stretch.
You can strongly disagree all you want but the fact remains that a contract was entered into and Tesla had every legal right to keep your money. So it IS generous of Tesla to not only offer refunds but to do so over a very long period of time and at some pain incurred. That's getting to be a rare thing these days so I applaud their efforts. Picture them run by Doug Ford. Maybe that puts it in perspective.
If this was a different mfg I'm not sure your money would have been so easily refunded, if at all after 30 days.
Tesla is working very hard to get where they are and against all the negativity and people (shorts) and companies and (sponsored) governments that would like to take them down - yet still try to treat people extremely well overall despite some missteps.
They have many shortcomings but are a 15 year old company in one of the most competitive environments on the planet. You have the luxury of comparing them to companies that have been around since the dawn of the automobile yet who still make huge blunders *cough* VW Group. They haven't had 100 years to amass huge amounts of cash flow. Their employee pool is tapped by Apple who can afford to pay them 1.5x's more on average. They and Ford are the only 2 to not require a bail-out.
They weren’t doing us a favor, they were trying to game the system so they could sell more cars at a reduced price and increased profit for them.
Game the system? That's an opinion but not a fact. On one had you say that and the other you say they were trying to avoid hitting the 200k mark. So which is it?
You are welcome to your opinion and if that's one of disappointment, so be it but the reasoning you are putting forth to support it is a little flawed IMHO. Tesla isn't the bad guy here and they are doing an admirable job working through a very tough situation instead of walking away from it. IF you don't see it that way, there's lots of choice in the marketplace. Let you pocketbook do your talking.
Part of their mission statement:
Tesla was founded in 2003 by a group of engineers who wanted to prove that people didn’t need to compromise to drive electric – that electric vehicles can be better, quicker and more fun to drive than gasoline cars. Today, Tesla builds not only all-electric vehicles but also infinitely scalable clean energy generation and storage products. Tesla believes the faster the world stops relying on fossil fuels and moves towards a zero-emission future, the better.
