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minus-squareThe Pantser@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up23arrow-down4·27 days agoWell they could have gone the Tesla route and said you can’t resell it at all. Still a dick move but it could be worse.
minus-squareHailSeitan@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·27 days agoTesla allows resale I thought, you just forfeit all your DLC, killing the resale value
minus-squareThe Pantser@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down1·27 days agoCybercuck is not allowed to be resold during the first year.
minus-squareHailSeitan@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up20·27 days agoOh wow, they sue you for $50k if you try. What confidence in their product.
minus-squareKnightontheSun@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·27 days agoIt’s an empty threat. Many of them are being resold on the secondary market and the value is dropping.
minus-squaredon@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·27 days agoWhile I’ve seen some say that it’s a mechanism to stop scalpers from buying up the things and reselling at a huge margin, I’ve also seen what Tesla’s owner is capable of doing.
minus-squareKnightontheSun@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·27 days agoSpeaking of owner’s and their capabilities; Whistling Diesel is not my favorite guy, but he did a number on the Cybertruck.
Well they could have gone the Tesla route and said you can’t resell it at all. Still a dick move but it could be worse.
Tesla allows resale I thought, you just forfeit all your DLC, killing the resale value
Cybercuck is not allowed to be resold during the first year.
Oh wow, they sue you for $50k if you try. What confidence in their product.
It’s an empty threat. Many of them are being resold on the secondary market and the value is dropping.
While I’ve seen some say that it’s a mechanism to stop scalpers from buying up the things and reselling at a huge margin, I’ve also seen what Tesla’s owner is capable of doing.
Speaking of owner’s and their capabilities; Whistling Diesel is not my favorite guy, but he did a number on the Cybertruck.