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Martin Bargas is a Cybertruck owner from Texas looking to sell his all-electric truck; however, to his surprise, the amount of money he is asking for his Cybertruck appears to be rubbing people the wrong way.

Martin has listed his Cybertruck for sale on Facebook Marketplace for $140,000. His truck has very low mileage and has only been driven 1000 miles. Martin’s Cybertruck is also the higher-performance tri-motor Cybertruck Cyberbeast.

In addition, Martin put a satin black wrap over his Cybertruck, which cost several thousands of dollars. With taxes, doc, and destination fees, and including the wrap, Martin has spent somewhere around $135,000 to purchase his Cybertruck.

In his Facebook ad, Martin writes, “I’m going to sell my Cyberbeast, 1000 miles, wrapped satin black, $140k, Texas if you know anyone.” Martin also includes a picture of his matte black Cybertruck.

Given that dual-motor Cybertrucks with lower performance and similar milages were selling for $200,000 only a few months ago, Martin's $140,000 asking price appears fair.

However, fast-forward only a few months, and not only are people unwilling to pay above MSRP for a Cybertruck, but asking people to do so appears to evoke a visceral reaction.

The first comment Martin received on his Cybertruck ad was, “The flip boat has sailed,” with an added laughing emoji to emphasize the point further.

Following, Martin’s ad is met with a barrage of comments attacking the $140,000 asking price. The conversation even devolves into name-calling with one person who makes fun of Martin’s “$40,000 wrap.”

In a now-deleted post, Martin even shares a screenshot of a private conversation he had with a potential buyer. In that post, Martin is surprised at how much the $140,000 price tag triggered the buyer.

Looking at the comments further down, many people are also unhappy with the money Martin is trying to get for his Cybertruck.

As for Martin, he explains that he is not trying to make a profit by flipping his Cybertruck but that he is only selling it because he is not happy with the vehicle’s range.

Martin charges his Cybertruck only between 20% and 80% to protect its battery health. At this limit, he says he only gets around 100 miles per “full” charge.

Martin reports 490Wh/mile efficiency over the past 1000 miles on his Cybertruck. The Cybertruck has a 123KWh battery pack, which means that, with these efficiency numbers, his truck can go 250 miles at a full charge.

However, since Martin is set on keeping his state of charge between 20% and 80%, this further reduces his range below 150 miles.

Martin also says that he relies on Tesla's supercharger network since he doesn’t want to shuffle around his other vehicles to charge his Cybertruck at home. Given these circumstances, Martin no longer wants his Cybertruck, but unfortunately, no one else appears interested in taking it off his hands.

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Tinsae Aregay has been following Tesla and the evolution of the EV space daily for several years. He covers everything about Tesla, from the cars to Elon Musk, the energy business, and autonomy. Follow Tinsae on Twitter at @TinsaeAregay for daily Tesla news.