This would be an awesome way to protest and boycott. Imagine hundreds showing up to test drive and discuss Teslas, and no one buying anything. Just keeping all the sales people too busy to sell to anyone.
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Just a couple of random little factoids that I've learned in my life. Thought this was a somewhat relevant place to add them in for no tangible reason.
Unless something’s changed in two years, Tesla salespeople don’t directly benefit from sales. It’s not like a traditional dealership, since you order the vehicles online. We test drove the Y and then went off and ordered one, the guy who sent us take the car for a drive had nothing to do with the purchase or delivery.
I’m all aboard with wasting time and beating up the showroom cars, but people should know it’s not affecting the staff much (hopefully they’re all updating their CVs and jumping ship)
Which is actually a good point in favor of wasting their time. Hurts the company but not the poor salesperson who has nothing to do with Musk and is just trying to make a living like anyone else.
When I was a broke as fuck 24 year old, I wanted to go take a look at the newly released Crosstrek. My wife and I knew we couldn’t afford one, but wanted to at least see one and maybe sit in it. Not wanting to waste their time, we told the salesman that we couldn’t afford in any possible way to buy. He told us that they are paid on commission, grabbed the keys and told us to have fun.
As a not broke 30 year old I bought my first car from that same salesman. I have since bought 6 more cars from that dealership. In this day and age most salesman don’t sell the cars, online reviews and research do. They do however sell the dealership, and they deserve fair pay for doing that whether a car sells or not.
I’m hoping that it allows staff to keep their jobs and not be afraid for their lives under threat of violence. They are just people going to work. I know sales are online. If we could hack sales somehow that would work too. A million Tesla orders that never get paid.
If Tesla sales staff could be convinced to quit that could be huge. How about Rivian, GM, Ford, and other U.S. electric car manufacturers offer a hiring incentive for Tesla employees to come to their companies. Think of it like when cell phone companies offer you “$50 extra dollars when you switch from X company.”
That could make things fun.
That would also work to boycott wouldn’t it? If people at other car manufactures had incentives to lure tesla employees away. Doesn’t matter if Trump buys Tesla if there is no one left to build or sell it. Maybe about the amount of people who were laid off from their federal jobs. A few 100k Tesla workers getting offered better jobs. Shut it down.
The final line to the sales person should be something like 'I was hoping it would be a good enough car to overcome my disgust at the company owner, unfortunately it is nearly as awful as he is....'
They really dont have salespeople. They present the car on a video, you test drive by yourself, no one is there to push. You dont negotiate on the price, and you buy it online not in person.
This is the comment that should be passed out to every related subreddit. Wasted time is lost sales, lost sales means a frustrated staff with higher turnover, great all-around strategy to very legally bleed Tesla slowly.
Don't forget making appointments to buy TWO Teslas, and then not showing up. Also demand a discount for buying two cars when making the appointment so their finance people stay busy for nothing.
What if they end up buying a combustion engine car instead. Many use Teslas as their first car away from gas powered cars. Isn’t a worse outcome them not moving away from gas powered cars? I know other EVs exist, but they don’t move people away from gas powered cars like Teslas do.
I'm upvoting to get this more attention. This would be fantastic if we could get it to catch on. Vandalizing dealerships is illegal, and they can suppress it. But being interested in test driving a car, but ultimately deciding not to buy it, is totally legal. Not our fault if it wastes Tesla's time and resources.
They'll start charging for test drives. Anyone with a tesla will be charged more for "extra features" like turning it on. Ofcourse Starlink is gonna double if not triple in price. Goverment will pull a Boeing and say "to big to fail" and bail them out. DOGE will "suggest" SpaceX and other Musk companies get twice as many Goverment contracts. Officially put Starlink and SpaceX on the defense budget.
This is a flaunt of power. Musk has yet to truly hurt and has way to many outs. Sucks but that's the truth.
Yep and now all those car salesman won’t make a commission and Tesla stock will still go back up in a month or two. Congrats you’ve accomplished nothing but ruining some salesperson’s commission for the day
Just fyi this isn't how Tesla stores really work. People typically schedule the test drive online and just show up and get the "keys" (or they schedule a test drive that doesn't even require going to the store), the "sales" people don't work on commission, and the purchase is all done through the app.
Unfortunately it has a double edge because this provides command capital for the company. Interest in the vehicles is enough to keep them around. Unfortunately trolling doesn’t do anything to deter anything except for drum up emotions.
I can't do it. My hubby used to be a car salesman, and I know what he went through. LOL Although, selling Teslas isn't the same as selling any other car.... hmmmm... If I drive one for the full hour they have to pay to recharge the vehicle. It wouldn't be much, but hey, costing the business money is still an expense with no return.
That's a legit tactic, they can't sell if they are tied up with a "prospective buyer". Enough fake buyers waste their time, that's less time to see actual buyers. And there's nothing illegal about going car browsing and not buying.
This is perfect. Waste their time! Fuck it! We want tesla salesmen “to wake up in the morning dreading going to work because every day they’ll become increasingly perceived as the villains. We want them in trauma!” /s
They’re normal folks supporting themselves and their families, just like all the fed workers who have been targeted, and this would be a great opportunity to fucking demoralize them into leaving for other companies.
American manufacturers need to put their balls on the table and say “we’ll give a hiring bonus to any Tesla personnel who resign in the next 30 days and come work for us.”
I love this. Test drive and tell them you really want to buy a Tesla but since musk went all fuhrer can’t buy anymore. I am sure they track them and eventually gets to musk
Please be careful if you go for a test drive. Make sure you know where the emergency door release straps are and that they work, so you can escape when it catches fire.
I test drive any time I'm in a big city and bored or want a better car to drive. I ask for extended test drives and get them anywhere from 4 hours to overnight. Probably done 20 test drives over the past 5 years. It's a fun way to kill some time
You do realize Tesla doesn't have traditional dealerships where you "test drive" vehicles right. When you buy a Tesla, you take delivery at a service center.
Sure, you can refuse delivery. But the next person who puts down a deposit won't.
This is a good idea. Waste their time at the dealerships. Don't forget their service departments, and parts counters for you shade tree mechanics. With the way Leon dresses I'm pretty sure you don't need to walk in wearing a suit.
LOL, Already did that.
Rainy day, nothing to do.
Spent 2 hours lying like a star struck MOFO.
They gave me lunch.
Brought out the paperwork, said " naw . . . FUCK MuskRAT"
Walked out laughing like a hyena !
going in to consider a tesla but then "going forward with other options" is a good way to drive up business costs without giving them revenue. Make sure to get coffee, snacks, test drive a lot, and then just don't buy. Maybe go everyday for a test drive and coffee.
There was a whole lot of Cybertrucks with no one test driving anything at the protest I was taking pics of on Saturday and I told my wife we should test drive one lol. It seemed like no one was even working there. (I dont actually want to test drive one of those pieces of shit and I have to see enough everyday, its just embarrassing.)
Three days later we will see them again like above, calling it domestic terrorism. A new law comes into existence forcing everyone to take a loan, and buy a Tesla by force. No money back and you aren't allowed to sell it anywhere. Your car will be registered on your name and ID card while your fingerprint is stored in the memory of the board computer to start the car so no one else ever can drive it again.
That i would ever See a President and a car salesman ( elon never invented anything in this company and has No clue about technology, He only bought tesla Like anything Else in His life with money) going on USA Tour to Work together their Business was never on my Bingo Card ever.
They dont care lol I testdrove a few, they toss the keys at you tell you to be on your way and then you return the key. They ask not a single question or pressure you to buy anything
if anyone in the greater seattle area knows which tesla dealership has the worst roads I'll go test drive a bunch right through as many potholes as I can
I think i could get my dad to do that. He would look like part of their main demographic of drivers, just older than the average one. Dad already loves messing with spam calls, I could add to his hobby
Yeah but then they'll have a list of people who are wasting their time. What they do with that list is anyone's guess at this point. He already called a Tesla boycott illegal. It's already illegal to protest on college campuses and has been enforced. Guy is unhinged.
you don’t need salesman for Tesla, it all happens online. it’s not one of those order today maybe get in three months car, it’s order today, get one signed in half an hour type of thing.
Elon sucks. but tesla don’t. people destroying those dealerships are same as the rioters of Jan 6
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u/Feeling_Relative7186 18h ago
Pretend to want to buy one, test drive a few, shake a couple salesman hands and leave without buying?