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Tesla will sue you for $50,000 if you try to resell your Cybertruck in the first year (www.businessinsider.com)
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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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[–] fatalError@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

How about the manufacturer builds enough stock so scalping makes no sense? I believe that if I buy a product I am entitled to do whatever I want with it as long as it doesn't brake the law. I hate scalping too, no1 did anything when it happened to GPUs or consoles or toilet paper during covid, so why are cars special?

[–] Throwdownyourgrandma@feddit.nl 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Stock does not just appear out of thin air. Manufacturing takes time to ramp up. So it's often not possible to produce enough for a high demand product.

[–] fatalError@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 10 months ago

So maybe don't release a model until you have at least a decent amount of units? Still doesn't explain why cars are any different than other products that are scalped. Why are they not lobbying to create laws against such practices?