A Tesla Cybertruck Owner Says He Lost $70,000 in Business Deals Because He Drives a Cybertruck. Adds, “I’m in a Dilemma; I’m Losing a Lot of Customers, but I Love My Cybertruck”

1. Everyone knows that Cybertrucks are expensive so the customers knows that this guy is making a lot of profits.
2. Everyone knows that the Cybertrucks are useless as a work vehicle. Almost no bed capacity and if you tow a trailer, the battery goes down really fast.
So regardless of Elon Musk, this roofer is demonstrating to his customers that he makes a lot of profits and he makes bad business decisions.

You can’t have it both ways. Keep the “truck” or continue to lose business. Politically for Musk, the press is only going to get worse.
The cars/trucks are limited longevity wise.

If you want to drive around in a symbol of incompetence, racism, and hate you're gonna have a bad time.

A customer that is this petty is someone you don't want to do business with. Karen's are toxic

How sad that the LEFT have one asset, and that is violence
The cancel culture when the Left ruined businesses and people's lives.had fizzled put people. I honestly think the Right was too passive about standing up for their moral, religious, and trying to fight off the atrocious behavior they were labeled with.
Now however, we were given a mulligan with Trump. This was the most heartbreaking and vindicating time of this generation and possibly of all time. Things had to get dangerously close to getting in some sort of conflict, losing control of the taxpayers hard earned money, and the very real consequence of bankruptcy. For those undecided and some democrats to see that no matter how rich they may be, this overwhelming force working to destroy this country has come to their front door, and they don't know how to fix it. May god bless the Allstar lineup, Trump, and his perfectly placed messages that has almost all thinking he's got MAGA.

The Cybertruck looks like a bad 7th-grade shop project. A cheap, pressed-metal BBQ grill comes to mind whenever I see one.

A Tesla Cybertruck is priced as a luxury vehicle. When you are buying a luxury vehicle, part of what you are paying extra for is the image/reputation that you hope that brand will confer on you. For many Americans, the image/reputation of Elon Musk is one they do not want to have any association with.

Google ASCii code now go to the Capital X you'll see that it is represented by the number 88. Now google the number 88. *mindblown*

Simple buy a used gas toyota for work and keep your mouth shut on face book etc.

He loves being a jerk more than he loves earning a living. Smart guy. Definitely want to do business with someone like that.

I think it's called, voting with your dollars.

Owning a cybertruck speaks to incredibly poor decision making. I wouldn't want to trust a roof by someone who already clearly doesn't make good decisions.

This hostility is probably not about the cyberpunk per se, but rather because Elon Musk is seen as divisive and is hated by many left leaning people.

The customer is always right. Well, no, the customer is not ALWAYS right but the customer is the one that provides the money and that is close to being always right so if the customer decides that the contractors vehicle (or shoes or clothes or attitude or politics or stupid red cap) is offensive they have the right to withhold their money. Pretty simple really. Maybe this guy simply needs to go looking for like-minded people to do business with?

It's what the truck stands for that is losing customers for this individual. It is the name plate for a racist sexist illegal immigrant who has long outstayed his welcome and has become the icon of toxic masculinity. Previously truck nuts were the icon of toxic masculinity. I'll take a guy in Ford. F-250 or a Chevy 2500 with a few rust spots on a quarter panel. Long before I ever speak a word to a guy with a cyber truck. You're begging people to look at you when you own one of those and you just don't happen to like the looks you're getting. It's not a truck. It is a child's idea of what a truck should be. Real men drive cyber trucks and they never will. Real men drive rivians.

I know a hardware store that has been in business for over 60 years. I asked the owner who is second generation running the store "Why aren't you more involved in local politics?". His answer was pure genius. He said "No mater what position you take on any issue, you will alienate about half your your customers. I don't want to alienate any of my customers. Politics is bad for business.". Elon, how's that paling around with trump going for you? By looking at Tesla's numbers recently NOT GOOD. Maybe you should quit politics and just focus on building EVs, and rockets. These things you do well. Social media, and politics just isn't your thing, and is not good for you. They are bad for your business.

This article is a load of crap

The liberals. The party of love and acceptance. All those love not hate signs don’t mean a thing when you are just a parrot of bs.

My advice is keep your Cybertruck. Go out of business. Collect unemp - oh wait! Your Great Leader Elon Trump is canceling unemployment along with all other social benefits. So sad.

"Dilemma? " There is no real objective dilemma. If you want to run a successful business then behaving in a way that alienates large numbers of potential clients might not be a wise policy. Parading your unpopular, divisive, socially sensitive toys is one way to tell the public that you lack judgment.

CT just screams 'douchemobile'. If you're my general contractor and you were to show up in ballerina tights, guess what? I'm not going to be able to take you seriously when having to look at you all day, and the cyber truck is, unfortunately, projecting a similar image of somebody who appears as a silly narcissist.

CT just screams 'douchemobile'. If you're my general contractor and you were to show up in ballerina tights, guess what? I'm not going to be able to take you seriously when having to look at you all day, and the cyber truck is, unfortunately, projecting a similar image of somebody who appears as a silly narcissist.

Yup, around here they're called oligarch cars. There are still people who won't drive VW bugs because of who first made them.

The cyber truck has a certain public perception, whether you think it's justified or not. This is the free market, he has the choice to make the vehicle the face of his business and people have to choice to take their money anywhere they want based on their feelings about the issue. I'm sorry?
My personal feeling if I saw him pull up would be that this gentleman and I obviously have very different perceptions of quality and reliability, would not trust his work. Again justified or not, that would be my gut and my money would follow.

I’m surprised he hasn’t lost more business! Personally, conservative contractors are a total no go with me. I’ll pull someone off a job if I see a trump sticker, Imagine pulling up in a swatstikcar!

It's obviously not the truck, but who it represents. No one should feel justified attacking another person because of the vehicle they choose to drive, but boycotts are fine - including not doing business with a company that represents attitudes that you abhor. I have boycotted Chick-fill-A and Hobby Lobby for decades because of the owners' stands on women's reproductive rights.

What a loon. He has a very simple choice: what do you love more, your CT or making sure you don't push away customers with your visible personal choices? Seems he is disturbingly conflicted here, if his self-interest has any say in things.

I guess breathing clean air is low on your list of priorities.