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Tesla will sue you for $50,000 if you try to resell your Cybertruck in the first year::Tesla may agree to buy the truck back at the original price minus "$0.25/mile driven" and any damages and repairs.

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[–] Synthead@lemmy.world 118 points 10 months ago (2 children)
[–] FigMcLargeHuge@sh.itjust.works 44 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Not sure what you are talking about. I have the freedom to not sign some dumbass agreement with tesla and not purchase a shitty looking cyber truck, and I will use that very freedom. No one is being forced to take this deal.

[–] tabular@lemmy.world 25 points 10 months ago (5 children)

"Just don't buy it" is a time-limited argument. If it becomes the norm to require signing a contract for ownership then you'll have to argue "just don't buy a car". If you don't like cars then maybe that's okay but for other items that position sucks ass.

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[–] StickyLavander@lemm.ee 104 points 10 months ago (13 children)

“ Given the subscription model of much of the software Tesla EVs use, resale can be complicated. The Full Self-Driving feature, which costs up to $199 per month, is not transferable to a new owner, Fast Company reported.”

Just another reason I’m never buying

[–] milkjug@lemmy.wildfyre.dev 26 points 10 months ago (6 children)

$199 per month?! Fuck me that's moronic.

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[–] luthis@lemmy.nz 93 points 10 months ago (6 children)

Capitalism is so schizophrenic. Is supply and demand in a free market meant to decide the value of goods or not?? If regulations and penalties are required, why not across the board??

[–] anlumo@lemmy.world 23 points 10 months ago

A company is not capitalism. Pure capitalism without any regulation doesn't work, because it tends towards having one big company that controls everything. However, every single company by itself strives towards that goal, bribing politicians to get its way when necessary. Thus, if those bribes go unpunished (like through the Citizens United decision in the US), capitalism eventually eliminates itself.

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[–] torpak@discuss.tchncs.de 87 points 10 months ago

The best solution to this problem is not to buy one in the first place.

[–] trachemys@lemmy.world 81 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It is bizarre how much of a comic book villain Musk has turned in to.

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 27 points 10 months ago (8 children)

What do you mean "Turned into" ?

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[–] Coreidan@lemmy.world 72 points 10 months ago (8 children)

Jokes on them. I’d never buy one of these hilariously abhorrent piles of shit.

[–] Boiglenoight@lemmy.world 44 points 10 months ago

I used to think Teslas were cool. Now I just see the specter of Elon. Regardless, these look like a test for suckers.

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[–] Kevnyon@lemmy.world 71 points 10 months ago (5 children)

While this is an asshole move, companies like Ferrari do stuff like this too. They, for example, do not allow certain modifications on their cars and if they find out that you have done them, they will ask you to restore those parts back to originals. It is unreal how much car companies try to get from us.

[–] frostwhitewolf@lemmy.world 26 points 10 months ago (8 children)

Papa Enzo knows best. Don't understand how that's legal unless it's some sort of lease agreement

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[–] Squirrel@thelemmy.club 57 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (9 children)

So is this thing actually called a "Cybertruck"? Because that sounds like something my 7-year-old would come up with. I hadn't really given it much thought until now...

[–] Soggy@lemmy.world 37 points 10 months ago (6 children)

That's how Musk names everything. He loves the letter X, he named the Tesla models "S", "3", "X", and "Y", the Cybertruck, his five most recent children including "Techno Mechanicus"... He's absolutely unfit to be in charge of anything.

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[–] tux@lemmy.world 56 points 10 months ago (5 children)

Forget the obvious bullshit that is being unable to sell it. What's this about autopilot/FSD not being transferable?

Who the hell would buy this monstrosity of a truck. Be sure not to buy FSD since it will be a lost cost and never recouped for a capability that really doesn't work yet. $12,000 down the drain.

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[–] Uniquitous@lemmy.one 56 points 10 months ago (7 children)

Absolute deal-breaker. I will not be dictated to on what I may or may not do with my personal private property, beyond the bounds of the law.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 23 points 10 months ago (17 children)

Isn't the fact that the thing is ugly and poorly-designed more of a deal-breaker?

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[–] Kodemystic@lemmy.kodemystic.dev 55 points 10 months ago

damn its ugly af

[–] notannpc@lemmy.world 54 points 10 months ago (5 children)

It’s shit behavior that should be illegal, but I also can’t feel bad for any moron that sees this truck and still agrees to buy it.

[–] TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.world 26 points 10 months ago (1 children)

In this situation there would be two morons

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[–] Smoogs@lemmy.world 46 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (5 children)
[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 43 points 10 months ago (1 children)

This is great: I was so frustrated by lack of availability for XBox, from all the scalpers. Same with tickets to pretty much everything. Same with Raspberry Pi. Look at how the eEVs like the Hummer and Lightning were hurt by both dealers and scalpers making vehicles hard to get and excessively priced

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[–] Donjuanme@lemmy.world 41 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Implying they produce enough to sell any at all, anyone is dumb enough to buy one, anyone if dumb enough to buy it off another dummy who bought one.

This is just Tesla stirring up a story, and trying to make it seem like anyone wants one of these monstrosities, and that they can make them.

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[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 39 points 10 months ago (8 children)

I can't wait to make fun of one of these in the wild. What a stupid, ugly vehicle.

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[–] TenderfootGungi@lemmy.world 39 points 10 months ago (5 children)

How is this legal in the US given the first sale doctrine?

[–] Exusia@lemmy.world 24 points 10 months ago (8 children)

Ferrari has some similar bullshit, but you agree to it in a contract when you buy the car. If you refuse they simply don't sell you the car.

(Ferrari chooses you, not the other way around)

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[–] angstylittlecatboy@reddthat.com 37 points 10 months ago (2 children)

This sounds like the kind of thing Ferrari does, that people accept because if you own a Ferrari you're kinda part of an exclusive club of rich assholes. Teslas are expensive but they're not "exclusive club" expensive, they're more like BMWs.

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[–] spaham@lemmy.world 32 points 10 months ago (6 children)
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[–] labrat55@lemmy.world 26 points 10 months ago (9 children)

This is a good thing!

It will reduce the number of flippers that but the truck just to sell it for more the next day.

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[–] snek@lemmy.world 26 points 10 months ago

Sorry, I don't want to buy a car that looks like old Tomb Raider where Lara's boobs are triangular.

[–] WhatsHerBucket@lemmy.world 25 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I recently saw one of these in the wild and they’re even more ridiculous looking in person. The photos don’t do it justice lol

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[–] veni_vedi_veni@lemmy.world 25 points 10 months ago (7 children)

That vehicle looks like its trying too hard to be futuristic.

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[–] filister@lemmy.world 23 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (12 children)

As much as I dislike Musk, I think this is a right move, as scalpers became a real plague during Covid.

But I am genuinely curious if they will ever sell it outside the US. This design seems far too dangerous for pedestrians and I can't believe that EU authorities would approve it. Aren't car hoods supposed to be of a very soft aluminium which is supposed to soften slightly the impact on a pedestrian in case of an accident? And what about if this monster is involved in front collision with some small car, like Renault Twingo here? I guess the chance of survivability of the Twingo passengers would be near zero.

Plus correct me if I am wrong but what happens if you have a small accident? Are they going to charge you for the full cast? Why aren't people more concerned about this? The repairability of this car looks terrible.

[–] cheesebag@lemmy.world 59 points 10 months ago (21 children)

Surely scalping can be addressed without infringing in my right to do what I like with my own damn property. Why is it better to let Tesla sue consumers than to just... limit the number of trucks a person can buy? 🤔

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[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 30 points 10 months ago (1 children)

...I think this is a right move, as scalpers became a real plague during Covid.

Tesla have no right to sue somebody selling their own property. This is just another attack on the concept of personal ownership by corporations.

If the car is leased, fair enough, but the fact Musk thinks he can do this shows how all the power is with the wrong people.

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[–] Zerlyna@lemmy.world 22 points 10 months ago

I wonder how many people signed up for the intent of flipping and will now back out. 🤞

[–] skeezix@lemmy.world 21 points 10 months ago (6 children)

It was just up until last year that I dreamt of owning a Tesla. But now with all this shit and musk’s shit I’d be ashamed to own one.

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[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 21 points 10 months ago (8 children)

So this thing is really happening huh?

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[–] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 20 points 10 months ago

I mean, if assholes can buy and flip houses, I should be able to buy and flip my poorly built cyber truck.

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