You are correct IMHO. People here rarely seem to understand the difference between Tesla direct sales and everyone else through dealers.
Everyone else gives discounts to consumers to dealers or both but do not change MSRP. maintaining a thin illusion of price stability even though dealers routinely gouge their customers on finance, additional gimmicks etc.
Tesla gives a single price and has not tried to make money on F&I. When they change a price everyone goes bonkers, "too high", "too low", "demand is out the roof:, "demand collapsed".
None fo that is actually happening, Tesla, like rational sellers raises or lowers prices depending on market conditions including eliminating inventory prior to major product changes.
There is no mystery, no problem, this is just the hysteria of ignorance. The pundits who forecast sales get clicks from hysteria, we should never forget that our 'esteemed' favorites also are paid by the click and subscribers. Hysteria sells.
Anybody who doubts these facts and wants to check can see Automotive News which every week shows consumer and dealer incentives for every OEM by model and year...except Tesla, that does not engage in such deceptive practices and simply tells everyone what their selling price is right on their website.
These debates are patently ridiculous. Everyone who's ever bought a car should know prices go down the second you buy a car, and values vary depending on many variables. Tesla sometimes has been an exception when waiting lists were more than a year long.
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