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It's the asking price that indicates greed as the motive here, not the mere fact that it's for sale. I would fully expect to pay over list price to buy a Model 3 today, but this is ridiculous, regardless of the personal circumsrances of the seller. No charity or other desperate cause was mentioned. If you really want to sell something for a ridiculous sum of money, it needs some justification other than a "unique circumstance", which is pretty meaningless.
ProphetM
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I see no reason why he should air his personal business to the world on Craigslist just for the sake of the curious; I wouldn't want to do that, either. If a potential buyer cares they can ask, but I doubt they would. I don't think any justification is needed at all. If someone wants to pay that much for it, then he has not priced it too high. This isn't a drug that someone needs for their health, or some other necessity of life. It's a luxury good. In fact the super-high price might be good to keep it out of the hands of random rich guy and make it more likely to be purchased by Tesla's competitors, who can afford it. Maybe help them get off their butts and actually compete.
None of this makes the asking price seem any less ridiculous/greedy to me. I'd put good money on this being a highly dubious punt by a Tesla employee. Whether it sold or not (I believe the add soon got pulled) is irrelevant to the motive behind the sale. "Unique circumstance" smells of BS to me all the same.
ProphetM
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Incidentally, anyone can delete their own Craigslist ad at any time, so the ad's removal doesn't indicate anything. It's good housekeeping to delete your post as soon as you sell, so you don't keep getting inquiries.
Pardon the tangent:
My friend said to me once while debating the purchase of a sports car vs saving for a house: "You can live in your car, but you can't drive your house to work."
I do wonder, when FSD or level 4 comes out, what number of people will live in vehicles that just keep circling the highways all night?
Likewise, what will be the reduction in hotel usage at locations between main destinations?
Traffic shift to night in general.
ProphetM
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Wondering if this has anything to do with the 'unique circumstance'
Tesla Fires Hundreds of Workers After Their Annual Performance Review
Tesla Fires Hundreds of Workers After Their Annual Performance Review
voip-ninja
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HG Wells
Martian Embassy
Lets see:
About 4 to 5 hundred Model 3's delivered by now.
They seem to be going for about 150 K.
200 to 500 employee's are fired.
GREED is a powerful motivator.
About 4 to 5 hundred Model 3's delivered by now.
They seem to be going for about 150 K.
200 to 500 employee's are fired.
GREED is a powerful motivator.
Greed? Or ability to pay the bills because your source of income got eliminated with little warning?
Hot rod term for unavailable spares. Hence why you can't seem to find unobtainium anywhere to build the parts from.
ProphetM
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It dates back to the 50's, an aerospace term originally (in as much as slang like this can have a determined origin). It's been used in the tech world for ages. Never heard it in terms of hot rods but then I don't run in those circles so I suppose I wouldn't have, heh.
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