If a model 3 gets 4 miles per kWh then 1000 miles is 250 kWh's . If one pays 20 cents a kWh, then this is $50 of electricity. If one wants to use the supercharger cost of .28 cents, because they can not charge at home for some reason, then we are talking about $70 worth of electricity.
Now , take how much you make per hour (whatever that is) and see how many hours you have to work to earn $70. This will tell you how much it will cost you to "work" on this issue either physically (or mentally) trying to get this back from tesla. If you think you can get it back from tesla before you "lose money" then go for it, but I find that unlikely.. at least for most people who can afford to purchase any tesla. If someone makes $15 per hour, we are talking about 4.6 hours they can work before losing money on trying to get these miles).
For "work" I include mental work trying to figure out how to get it back from tesla, emails, forum posts, etc. I doubt anyone working a regular 9-5 job making $15 per hour can afford to buy a new tesla, and if they can, they have income coming from somewhere else that they should be accounting for in the process.
TL ; DR
Its so little actual money, its not worth even worrying about trying to get it back somehow, unless its a "principle of the matter" type thing. If it is for someone, I get that, but you can spend hours and days chasing after this with tesla, so one should know what that is "costing" them.
