HankLloydRight
No Roads
I've had three or four referrals 'stolen' like that. It's the sales associates giving the referrals to 'friends' for under the table kickbacks... and they just hope nobody notices. We notice.
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You are correct. I mean the ps in most stores have a wrong understanding of the referral programe.
I asked someone in charge and he said if you have 4 before May 1st and get a new referral before Jul 15th, you can get one more Powerwall or Credit.
But I wonder how can I get this prize, through Tesla App or E-mail.
Ludalicious
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Dang. That's allot of stolen referrals. My friend also had his stolen too...
MelaniainLA
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If people offer to pay you money to use their code it directly violates the rules and ruins it for all the honest people out there. Get their code and email it along with a screenshot of their message to [email protected] — basically they’re trying to hit 50 referrals for a free $250,000 Roadster.
Thanks for the offer, PW2 owner and been following Tesla and TeslaMotorClud for some time, if they have left me with any questions unanswered I will let you know. Thanks again
Meaning your code wasn't used when it should have been and some other rando's code was used instead. Happened to me 2x.
So you gave your referral to someone but then someone along the way changed the referral to someone else so you wouldn't get the prize?
If thats happening man, no wonder people hate OAs haha
In both cases I suspect it was a friend of the sales person who put in the order....it has been alleged that the sales folks get under the table kickbacks for using certain referral codes.
I hear that the Tesla free supercharging is officially coming to an end after 15th July ;-( For anyone looking to buy a new model S or X feel free to use my code Unlimited Tesla Supercharging and Extended Solar Warranty and don't miss out!
This forum prohibits referral codes in signatures. However, the system provides a means to publish your code in your profile.
The intention is that new users requiring a code should pick a poster who has been most helpful to them, or is local to them, or otherwise deserving, and find the code either from their profile or by direct message.
Other forums have different rules (such as permitting referral codes in signatures).
US owners posting their codes into the UK forum (with no other interaction) seems an egregious violation of etiquette.
The intention is that new users requiring a code should pick a poster who has been most helpful to them, or is local to them, or otherwise deserving, and find the code either from their profile or by direct message.
Other forums have different rules (such as permitting referral codes in signatures).
US owners posting their codes into the UK forum (with no other interaction) seems an egregious violation of etiquette.
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I usually read the forum by going to New Posts and reading the first few pages.
This shows posts across the whole site, from Model X Charging to Australia.
If I’d volunteered my code to the OP I’d have been pretty annoyed at being called an egregious violator of etiquette by one of my fellow forum users.
Fight against negativity, friend.
HankLloydRight
No Roads
Also, and the Sales Advisors know this -- once the referral code has been stolen, as the people providing the referral codes (us), we have no relationship with the SA, only the buyers do. So even if you tell the buyer that the SA used someone else's code and you didn't get the referral, the buyer still got their $1000/$500 discount and/or free supercharging.
So unless they're really good friends of yours, they really don't have any incentive to go back and complain about the stolen code. When this happened to me to people I had actually helped find and buy a car, and I asked them to try and fix it for me, they were like "meh" and didn't want to go create a conflict with the SA with no real benefit for themselves. They might ask once and are told "it's too late, we can't change the referral code" which we also know is BS, since they can and have when pushed. I've also had two or three 'ordered' referrals just disappear -- not cancelled or delivered. I'm sure these are just referral codes that were changed after the fact.
So unless they're really good friends of yours, they really don't have any incentive to go back and complain about the stolen code. When this happened to me to people I had actually helped find and buy a car, and I asked them to try and fix it for me, they were like "meh" and didn't want to go create a conflict with the SA with no real benefit for themselves. They might ask once and are told "it's too late, we can't change the referral code" which we also know is BS, since they can and have when pushed. I've also had two or three 'ordered' referrals just disappear -- not cancelled or delivered. I'm sure these are just referral codes that were changed after the fact.
WannabeOwner
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cgrubbe
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Living in Ohio I can’t get anything for a referral, so I’ve never really paid attention to it, but man I’d be pissed if Tesla employees were stealing awards from me.
It’s one thing for someone to change the referral they use, not cool, but I could accept that. It’s something else entirely for a Tesla employee to be changing it on their own and stealing from customers who are helping promote the company.
As with many things, this is an awesome thing Tesla does different from everyone else, but there is definitely room for improvement.
It’s one thing for someone to change the referral they use, not cool, but I could accept that. It’s something else entirely for a Tesla employee to be changing it on their own and stealing from customers who are helping promote the company.
As with many things, this is an awesome thing Tesla does different from everyone else, but there is definitely room for improvement.
barjohn
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One solution would be to have the buyer enter the referral code when they place their order and not allow anyone but the buyer to change it. Even it the OA sets up the order and helps the buyer establish an account, the Buyer would have to log into their account with their own password and enter the referral code.
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