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Tesla wants to charge me $750 to give me back MY INFOTAINMENT SYSTEM after having them upgrade it to a new infotainment system .

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Mr. Mix

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My car is in the Tesla service center right now having some work done to it. They are also replacing the infotainment system. I asked them to make sure that they kept my old infotainment center in the car after they install the new one because I wanted to keep it. Then they tell me that it will cost me $750 if I want to keep my old infotainment system. Why am I being charged to keep something that is already mine?
 

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My car is in the Tesla service center right now having some work done to it. They are also replacing the infotainment system. I asked them to make sure that they kept my old infotainment center in the car after they install the new one because I wanted to keep it. Then they tell me that it will cost me $750 if I want to keep my old infotainment system. Why am I being charged to keep something that is already mine?

It's just like a 5 cent deposit to keep your plastic water bottle but in your case, it's more than a few cents.
 
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$750 is a steel. I was given a price of $1500 to keep it back in early $2000. The way it is explained is that the cost I pay for it subsidized by the value of MCU/1. So if I want to keep it I have to pay an additional $1500. I guess the value of MCU/1 has gone down 50% in two years.
 
This. Core charges are standard in the automotive industry, especially for items that are large, expensive, and/or can be refurbished to be re-sold again as a replacement part.
Core charges are standard in the automotive industry. But they have to tell you a core charge is included in the purchase price. I don’t think Tesla makes any mention of it.
 
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