Tesla Referral Program

[wdolson]

I note the only person to get credited for any referrals this round is someone who has been "selling" the car directly to people they meet. When I filled out the survey for the Oct-Jan rewards program I also noticed they asked if you knew the people who used your referral code.

Maybe they are quietly only counting referrals this round for people who live geographically close to the people using their code? If that's the case, that favors Model X owners. The Model S is fairly stealthy and looks like a lot of other modern sedans. The strangers who have taken note of my car and talked to me about it can be counted on one hand and I don't travel in the kind of circles where people have the kind of money to buy an S or X. I have gotten some people interested in a Model 3, but those people don't have the scratch to buy the more expensive car.

There is an outside chance someone I know in California might get an S. He's shopping for a car in about a year and was thinking about another hybrid until I talked up Tesla. But if they are geographically limiting people, I wouldn't get credited for a referral, even though I "sold" the car in person when I was in California on business.

 

[veritas415]

Can anyone else verify that they are now geo locking referrals? It appears the case for me so far.

 

[Morristhecat]

If they are geolocking referrals, then it would make sense that the new car purchaser shouldn't get the discount. It doesn't seem right for the purchaser to get the discount and the referrer who helps them out doesn't get the referral point.

 

[bonnie]

I doubt they are - I def have referrals from past programs where the buyer didn't live anywhere near me. But they're personal friends (or in one case, his wife is), so I earned those referrals. If they blocked them, I'd have a few words to share . Not nice words. But I have plenty of words.

 

[HankLloydRight]

There's no way they're blocking non-local referrals. I know people all over the country that could buy a car... just because they're not local doesn't mean I can't be a referrer.

 

[wdolson]

I doubt they are - I def have referrals from past programs where the buyer didn't live anywhere near me. But they're personal friends (or in one case, his wife is), so I earned those referrals. If they blocked them, I'd have a few words to share . Not nice words. But I have plenty of words.

I was just speculating the newest referral program is geographically locked. It's pretty obvious they counted referrals from anywhere in previous campaigns.

Just for the record, this is just a wild speculation on my part based on the pattern from the few people who say they have referrals from the round that started Jan 16. I'm actually skeptical they are doing that, but it does fit the scant evidence we have.

 

[K-MTG]

I was just speculating the newest referral program is geographically locked. It's pretty obvious they counted referrals from anywhere in previous campaigns.

Just for the record, this is just a wild speculation on my part based on the pattern from the few people who say they have referrals from the round that started Jan 16. I'm actually skeptical they are doing that, but it does fit the scant evidence we have.

How can we confirm this?

 

[bonnie]

How can we confirm this?

By asking one of your referrals outside your geo area if they had any probems using your code?

 

[K-MTG]

By asking one of your referrals outside your geo area if they had any probems using your code?

Can't do that since I have 0 referrals

 

[bonnie]

Can't do that since I have 0 referrals

Well get ON it! Go sell some cars somewhere.

 

[HankLloydRight]

Seriously folks, it makes less than zero sense for Tesla to geo-block referrals. Think about it... where do they draw the line? 10 miles? 50 miles? 100 miles? 101 miles? Any number would be completely arbitrary and makes no sense. It's also very petty and not "Tesla-like". If they end up not awarding any referral prizes based on geography, nobody is going to do their marketing for them for free in the referral program again. I certainly wouldn't.

 

[K-MTG]

Well get ON it! Go sell some cars somewhere.

I am in SoCal, everyone who can afford a Tesla owns a Tesla.

They are like 7 S's on my street.

Will have to where my Tesla jacket more often....and maybe not complain about my Model X build quality when someone ask me about my X

 

[FlatSix911]

Hmmm... Is Tesla bringing back the Arachnid wheel to the online store?

Tesla — Model S

 

[HankLloydRight]

I am in SoCal, everyone who can afford a Tesla owns a Tesla.

A friend of mine works for IBM and is at the Cisco HQ often. He says the parking lot is filled with Teslas.

 

[jaipurking]

Hmmm... Is Tesla bringing back the Arachnid wheel to the online store?

Tesla — Model S

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Now we will know what the commercial value of the award is and be taxed on it

 

[Steve S]

A friend of mine works for IBM and is at the Cisco HQ often. He says the parking lot is filled with Teslas.

Silicon Valley is filled with Teslas period. They are called "California Camry's" there.

 

[Bengineer]

Hmmm... Is Tesla bringing back the Arachnid wheel to the online store?

Tesla — Model S

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Haha, so much for "exclusively for referrers" (and also, WTF, they're mass-producing these but can't give me the right color because ty're "custom-made"? Ugh... )

 

[flyhigh123]

Can anyone else verify that they are now geo locking referrals? It appears the case for me so far.

they are doing something.... i dont know what but i've gotten no referrals...

 

[flyhigh123]

Oh, so this is interesting. Has anyone received any referrals at all this round? Is everyone showing zero?

0, 10 last round, 6 the round before.

 

[Nerdy_Engineer]

Maybe they aren't capping the number of referrals anymore so Bjorn is getting all of them? Haha.