As electric vehicle maker Tesla cut prices due to sluggish sales, complaints from Tesla buyers before discounts are continuing.
According to Bloomberg News on the 14th (local time), criticism is pouring following Tesla announced a massive price cut this week.
As Tesla ran out of stock due to sluggish sales, it discounted the sales price of its Model 3 and Model S sedans, and Model Y and Model X SUVs in the U.S., Asian and European markets by up to 20%.
Accordingly, in the case of the Model 3, you can purchase it for $ 10,000 (12.4 million won) and in the case of the Model Y, $ 13,000 (16.14 million won).
However, buyers who bought a Tesla vehicle right before the discount lost as much as $10,000.
Marianne Simmons, who bought a Model Y for $77,000 in September last year, said in an interview with Bloomberg, “I feel cheated.
I feel like I was taken advantage of as a consumer,” he said.
He complained that “$13,000 is a huge discount that gives despair to those who have just bought a Tesla.” “I will never buy a Tesla once more.”
Archyde.com reported that the discount led to protests in some stores in China.
Another buyer, Jack Bradham, wrote bitterly: “I bought a Tesla Black Model Y late last year, and it’s now $12,000 cheaper than the $69,000 I paid.”
There are also voices demanding compensation among Tesla buyers.
One user posted a post saying that he bought a Model 3 just a month ago, in December of last year, and said, “I hope Tesla will compensate me in some way.”
Bradham said he tried to contact the Tesla store, but “no one reached out” and “I called and tweeted, but there was no response.”
Tesla’s price cut is expected to have a significant impact on the used car market.
James Baggott, editor-in-chief of Car Dealer Magazine, said: “A cut in the Tesla price will have a negative impact on the price of used Teslas.”
/yunhap news
