Hours spent trying to get someone to buy a car they have no intention of buying are hours NOT spent making sales commissions.
I think this may have the opposite intended effect. Tesla would report that interest in their product is still strong or even going up. That might make stock prices go up.
Except it isn’t because Tesla dealers don’t work like traditional dealers.
They’ll leave you to drive one unattended and then tell you to reserve online if you want to buy.
They don’t earn commission. They have no incentive to let you waste their time.
You underestimate the power of social norms. If you start talking and ignore their social cues, they’re not very likely to kick you out or cut you off.
If only we had a small army of awkward people who really wanted to talk about their specific hobby. But where could we find those?
Bingo. Just go test drive a vehicle. I test drove a Cybertruck, it was awful, but it costs Tesla the most for a test drive. Maybe slap an inflammatory bumper sticker on it to help others hate Elon as much as you already do.
You’re saying this like a day for me has no value
This is in comparison with protesting there for that time
Which is also a waste of time. Protesting in front of a car dealership is just dumb.
And that’s why you didn’t hear about it happening
Destroying Elon’s wealth has value.
Pretend you have no concept of electric cars.
“Diesel or gas? Where do you fill it up? Yeah I know how electric cars work, don’t treat me like an idiot. I’m asking where does the fuel go?”
Channel your inner grandpa when being shown the touchscreen. Firmly stab and hold your finger on the screen when pushing buttons. I’m told they don’t have parking brakes, so insist to be shown where the park brake is.
Ask how many miles to the gallon. Haggle endlessly. Make them show you the engine.
Is there anything in the showrooms worth taking that aren’t bolted down or having a tracking device built in? lol
Pens! I guess. Probably also have free coffee/tea/hot chocolate so fill up on that. Cookies?
Tesla used to famously not have commissioned sales. It’s one of the reasons the buying process was so much better than a dealership honestly, no pressure to buy, and they had absolutely no control of the pricing or need to inflate a sale.
At one point they received general bonuses based on overall deliveries, but not on a per-vehicle basis that they interacted with.
Before I bought my Model 3, the “sales” person literally just took me on a test drive, then showed me the standard Tesla.com website to configure what I was looking for. And based on my experience in retail sales myself at the time, they clearly were there to advise and had no ball in the court when it came to whether I bought it through them, or even if I bought one at all.
Not sure if that changed in the last 5 years or so, but I doubt it switched to that type of system since that would mean Tesla having to implement an entire process to handle commissioned sales when they clearly would prefer people just buy them online.
One of the few good things about Tesla is the dealership. Not like a traditional dealership and you would just buy it online for the same price as everybody else like you would a new device.
Not sure about this.
Unless you’re diverting resources from a sale, only when every single salesperson on the floor would otherwise be engaged with a customer, you’re not really wasting anyone’s time but your own. In fact, you may be honing their skills.
An empty sales flooris a statement of its self.
A smoldering sales floor is a stronger statement.
Hard to retain salespeople if their income tanks because they have customers who are never quite ready to make the decision.
But as they said, if you aren’t taking them away from another potential sale, you are doing nothing but make the dealership look busy.
Not going tanks their income the same as wasting their time.
Bring your friends and family!
Not really. Most Teslas are sold online.
Except the ones sold to boomers who don’t know how the internet works but heard there’s these fancy new cars they can buy to own the libs
I doubt the vast majority of people could actually string a car salesman along for more than a few minutes without feeling awkward and cringey.
Going to a dealership, looking at a car, talking to a sales guy, doing a test drive… you’re really only there for 45 minutes until it’s time to sign the offer or leave.
Also, sales guy is going to be reluctant to spend much time with you or take you for a drive if you don’t really look like a tesla kind of person (wealthy).
Also, sales guy is going to be reluctant to spend much time with you or take you for a drive if you don’t really look like a tesla kind of person (wealthy).
I’m with you till the end, but teslas are like 40k at the low end, and most rich tech bros look homeless anyway.
Sure ok, maybe the term “wealthy” was a poor choice.
Salespeople spend all day reading people. I’m confident they could identify a shabby looking tech bro ready to spend $40k from a leftie trying to waste their time.
You might be surprised at how well some of us leftie techies can code switch.
Or just yell “BORTLES!”
I think France has the right idea. This feels a bit soft.
Not everyone has the courage to fire bomb a dealership, and a death by a thousand cuts is still a death. If the only thing you are comfortable doing in protest is gumming up the works a bit, so be it.
Why not both
This would require spending an extended period of time speaking with a Tesla salesperson. I’d probably rather just die.
Doug Stanhope has a great bit from his special
He’s a great crass alcoholic comedian. You know he’s great in that he’s both cancelable and not really on the joe Rogan radar.
Another recent fun bit so you kinda get who he is if you’re unfamiliar.
Fox news picked him up as maybe some ally. Yeah. No.
And if you’re smitten, well Idngive you the gold but it’s off YouTube.
It’s been scrubbed from the internet but if you put in your pirate cap, find ‘before turning the gun on hinself’, because the last 20-30 minutes is masterful.
No.
