Tesla is Threatening Cybertruck Buyers to Take Delivery By the End of December; Otherwise, the Company Says They Will “Forfeit” Their $2,500 Deposit

I was not a fan of Tesla to begin with but after reading this post My feelings are, f**k Tesla. I'll give the buyer the $2,500 for loosing his deposit. -B-

I was not a fan of Tesla to begin with but after reading this post My feelings are, f**k Tesla. I'll give the buyer the $2,500 for loosing his deposit. -B-

Huh, sounds like Brok can’t afford the vehicle to begin with.

"When you placed your deposit, you agreed to the terms and conditions of it being non-refundable and to take delivery once the vehicle is available"

"Once the vehicle is available"
The vehicle is available according to the salesman. Buyer agreed to those terms. Buyers circumstance is unfortunate but Tesla is under no obligation to bend the rules. Buyer could keep saying the same thing over and over. Sorry but taking Tesla's side on this one.
For the buyer to reply "that doesn't seem fair" is childish. Life isn't fair

I guess that's what happens when you spend all your pocket change to buy a President! All you have left is to bonk your customers!

Doesn't sound like good business practice

, doesn't sound like good business practice

Maybe don't buy things you can't afford and really don't need. Derp.

Why would you want the undesputabley worst truck made. $2500 is small price to pay to to own something better.

Desperation setting in at Tesla. All the fools who lined up for this thing have been exhausted, and the rest of the inventory is going unsold.

The buyer custom spec'd a truck and he refuses to take it in a timely manner and wonders why the seller wants him to forfeit his deposit? I would suggest the buyer act in a reasonable manner, but if that were the case they would not have ordered a Cybertruck in the first place.

I own 2 Teslas and I own many Tesla shares. It is rather upsetting when Tesla does not show any ability or willingness to give their existing or future customers a "break" of any kind due to legitimate circumstances. I speak from experience. I recently was ready to write the check for a new Model YLR that was onsight and available for immediate delivery. I had completely the order process with the assistance of a Tesla rep at the service/distribution center where I would be picking up my vehicle. On the same day we were going thru the process (including the process for getting a trade in value for my 2023 Model 3 RWD) I received a written quote of $23,100 which we felt was reasonable and I was ready to be assigned a delivery date and pick up a check for the amount due. BUT a day later, I was informed I needed to go thru the trade in evaluation again due to what they said was poor picture quality. I went thru the process again and suddenly, in one day, they drop the trade in value by $800. That was not acceptable to me and I cancelled my order. I expected they would not charge me an order fee of $250 since I was cancelling my order. But, to my surprise, they would not refund my order fee. To me, as a loyal Tesla customer and shareholder, I would have thought they might make at least some attempt to me interested in a future Tesla. I have to wonder, whether they person who decided to drop my trade in value by $800 in one day was actually a human being. Maybe the whole sales process is going to be (or already is) entirely run by AI and robots?

For anyone not reading all of the comments that have been posted online about the disaster of this truck really is, has just not been paying attention or keeping their eyes open. This truck has more problems than any truck in the history of trucks. They're desperately trying to pump up sales figures by the end of the year for Wall Street, and they don't care what kind of truck they put out, as long as they deliver the truck and they get the contracts finalized. For people to fall into this, it's like having a pushy car salesman, which we all know people can't stand. But if this is what Tesla's up to, it means Tesla is desperate at this point, and this means you should be staying away from whatever they're pushing

Can you say Edsel?

This is what I learn from this country. The salesman is rude definitely, but what I came across was, no matter they are nice or not, they just took your money.

Tesla seems hellbent on alienating every single person that has supported them through their growth. First Elon slams the government that bailed him out again and again, and now they are stiffing the customers that would buy one of the ugliest and most problematic vehicles ever produced. Hell of a business model!

Why not a $500 penalty to move the purchase into the next year rather than loose a customer to make some quick cash. Or let them move deposit with small penalty to a different less expensive vehicle and still make the sale

Hmmmmm, trying to buy something I really can't afford. Sounds about as American,as it gets. Another Musk fanboy flames out. Billionaires don't give a damn about every day people. But, you're about to find out.

But with fuel savings, the Tesla website says the actual true price is only around $17.00
Bro, how can you not afford $17 for such a sick ride?

Who paid $2500 deposit on a CT? I've never seen any deposit for a Tesla that high (other than roadster). Perhaps a misprint and added another Zero?

I can only imagine that Tesla must be feeling financial strain with the Cybertruck not selling as well as hoped. I say that's what you get with such a poorly designed car. It's not even a truck by any standard as explained by various critics. I have heard a consistent list of problems with the Cybertruck and given Elon's nasty behavior publicly I even less respect for Tesla and Elon as well. There is also the report that this failed car is filling up used car lots!! I would be interested to know the depreciation in these cars after a couple years.

Brok should just walk away from this $2500 sunk cost as a lesson in poor financial decisions. Why be intimidated into buying a vehicle for $100K that is going to depreciate 30% to less than $70K resale the minute you take delivery and go down further from there? There's actual mechanical, drivability, and resale market reasons beyond simply being known as "Deploreans" that these vehicles are a bad buy.

I wouldn’t buy that cyberstuck regardless after all the safety related exposure that Tesla has garnered on a clearly poorly engineered and barely safety tested… Eat the $2500 and know you saved your investment and debt ratio. Go buy a better truck for way less that has been tested and works reliably. Ford or Chevy are still better than Elon’s shiny dumpster on wheels

Why would anyone have sympathy for someone not being allowed to waste peoples time and their own money on a garbage can on wheels?