Thanks for keeping this conversation civil and not resorted to personal attacks and vitriol. </sarcasm>[
Fair enough, we should. I have some scars from the TSLA Roundtable and it spills over occasionally. I apologize.
I believe I've already covered at length what I feel I was misled about. Specifically, the marketing of PUP.
I take full responsibility of my decisions, thank you. Of course I didn't have to buy the car. I could have just waited for the dust to settle more. But then it I was under considerable pressure to make a purchase decision quickly as a I risked losing the FUSC offer, I was being constantly hounded regularly with phone calls and emails to buy. Or how about the simple fact that I waited nearly 3 full years for this car and at no point prior did I complain, whine or bitch about how long it was taking.
I made several attempts to work with Tesla and correct my mistake. I called and e-mailed my Delivery Specialists nearly every day for two weeks without a single response after I took delivery of the car. I was ready to return the car within days of me having received it. I was trying to be patient. So I waited for them to respond. But their lack of response made it too late for me to take action.
I think you should judge people less, listen more.
Well you say you could have waited and you do take responsibility, but still attribute it to pressure. Look I understand the time constraints, I also jumped at the performance model partially because I thought it gave me the best chance of getting a car this year, and the $9500 of tax breaks that entailed. as well as being more than ready to shed my then current car and drive something new and unique. Much of my decision making was based on less than rational thinking, if I'm honest. But I also really wanted the cool wheels and the fastest model. We use whatever we want to rationalize our decisions AFTER we made them.
With hindsight, knowing everything I know now, I might have waited. And I think we've all lamented it to a greater or lesser extent, my very first post in this thread said "it immediately feels like a kick in the balls".
Where you lost me in the prior two posts, and some others, is where you imply that it's now incumbent upon Tesla to make things right, and they 'owe' people something in this situation. A $5k refund in exchange for the free supercharging (which is no longer offered) is more than most companies would (and have) offered in the past.
Again, I think people who bought FSD years ago and have nothing to show for it, or people who bet on a $35k model with Federal Tax credits (as was boasted in 2016) should feel far more aggrieved than those of us who bought the premium cars and actually got what we paid for and agreed to. It
does sound like entitlement, although I am sure you've worked just as hard for your purchase as I have, and anyone else. It wasn't a personal judgement, it was a behavioral observation.
In general yes I should listen more and judge less, that's good advice to anyone.
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