Radar and Lumbar support

[Aitee]

with the removal of Radar and Lumbar support on the passenger seat on the model Y for current production, why aren't we seeing price reduction of the car?

 

[glide]

with the removal of Radar and Lumbar support on the passenger seat on the model Y for current production, why aren't we seeing price reduction of the car?

Because demand is far outpacing supply

 

[Aitee]

so people who just placed the order right now with the current prices are not getting the radar and lumber support. and the prices were the same for those who paid and got their car earlier. not sure how this is related to supply and demand

 

[Aitee]

if they have no supplies they can delay deliveries. not removing parts that were supposed to be there lol

 

[Aitee]

and if you are going to remove these parts, you dont charge the same price as originally agreed

 

[bluenycom]

so people who just placed the order right now with the current prices are not getting the radar and lumber support. and the prices were the same for those who paid and got their car earlier. not sure how this is related to supply and demand

I think what the previous answer refer to is the demand for the Model Y is so high that Tesla has no incentive to lower the price even after removing some "features".

 

[Aitee]

the price they put on website was with the expectation of radar and lumber support is their cost consideration. with what you said above, they are basically increasing the price again, just a in different way.

 

[Tam]

so people who just placed the order right now with the current prices are not getting the radar and lumber support. and the prices were the same for those who paid and got their car earlier. not sure how this is related to supply and demand

The consumer Reports explained:

Why Your New Car May Not Have Everything You Want - Consumer Reports

Consumer Reports explains why your new car may not have everything you want as the ongoing parts shortage causes GM, Tesla, and others to drop features, even ones already paid for.

www.consumerreports.org

“If you paid for something, but you’re getting something less, that is a negotiating opportunity,” says Jake Fisher, senior director of CR’s auto test center.

If consumers ordered for a car with radar and lumbar support but as consumer reports stated above "but you’re getting something less" and consumers refuse to tell Tesla that they won't accept to get something less and they won't ask for the refund, then that creates demands for the car orders.

If every consumer starts calling in to demand refunds then that would reduce the demands and increase the supplies (those cars now would become orphaned cars with no one willing to make a deposit for them or if the orders have not been assembled then those parts would have nowhere to go).

the price they put on website was with the expectation of radar and lumber support is their cost consideration. with what you said above, they are basically increasing the price again, just a in different way.

True! That's called "Shrinkflation":

"Shrinkflation" is hitting the grocery aisles as companies charge the same amount for less

As prices rise, packages are shrinking, masking cost hikes for buyers on everything from ice cream to pet food.

www.cbsnews.com

It happens because consumers don't negotiate and say that they won't pay for getting less. They keep buying and paying to get less.

That's supplies and demands.

 

[Exelion]

If EVERY single 3/Y customer demanded they be compensated for the missing power lumbar support or they will refuse delivery, Tesla will have no choice but to give in.

However, we all know the chances of that happening…….

 

[Fourdoor]

so people who just placed the order right now with the current prices are not getting the radar and lumber support. and the prices were the same for those who paid and got their car earlier. not sure how this is related to supply and demand

Actually, the price went UP for those of us not receiving radar and passenger side adjustable lumbar support...

Keith

 

[cancoi]

Has anyone tried negotiating? Or, asking for mudflaps, for example.

 

[tashtibet]

with the removal of Radar and Lumbar support on the passenger seat on the model Y for current production, why aren't we seeing price reduction of the car?

people are overreacting to the words like 'missing, removed'-Tesla won't do overlooking safety. Mine MY is 2020-if anyone wants lumbar & radar I'll switch -my MY is missing (Ha HA) heated steering wheel, double pane glass and Boombox!

 

[riceninja]

people are overreacting to the words like 'missing, removed'-Tesla won't do overlooking safety. Mine MY is 2020-if anyone wants lumbar & radar I'll switch -my MY is missing (Ha HA) heated steering wheel, double pane glass and Boombox!

You seem to forget that some people when ordering the car were advertise those feature. I don't feel bad for people who order the car now and those feature are already remove and the product information page is already updated. Same like when you when you order your car and the feature you listed were not advertise so you can't expect to have it. But when people who order a car and it was advertise to have certain feature or hardware and now those hardware are remove of course people should be mad.

 

[alexcue]

people are overreacting to the words like 'missing, removed'-Tesla won't do overlooking safety. Mine MY is 2020-if anyone wants lumbar & radar I'll switch -my MY is missing (Ha HA) heated steering wheel, double pane glass and Boombox!

Mine is an "early" 2021, I'm missing heated steering wheel, dimming side view mirrors, new center console and newer headlights (I think). Also see cars are getting mud flaps and PPF too (I did those at my cost). Oh well, such is life.