Cybertruck referral program award (to accelerate delivery) for 30K credits -- 3/21/24

[Old Spice]

Tesla has reintroduced the Cybertruck referral program award!

"Be invited to configure and take delivery of a Foundation Series AWD or Cyberbeast within 45 days of redemption."

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[JHawkins]

Tells me they are having trouble getting people to buy FS versions.

 

[agordon117]

Tells me they are having trouble getting people to buy FS versions.

If they were having trouble they would go further down the reservation list. There are likely ~8000 orders that have already been taken and have not received vins or been delivered. They are making ~90 trucks per day.

Invitations for foundation series have been very slow lately. If they wanted more orders they would be sending out a huge amount of invites like they did in december and january.

This is just more BS. Now people who ordered beasts on 12/8 are going to be pushed back for some random asshole. I can't imagine being in one of the chosen states (tx, ca, fl, az) with an early beast order, and now someone who orders one today can get it in 45 days. Just lunacy.

 

[mark555055c]

I'm going to accelerate my foot into Tesla's ass if i don't get a VIN very very soon.

 

[chi]

I mean I wonder what the reason is. Does it somehow increase the margin on the CT? Is 30k referral points equivalent to some cash value they can count as income?

 

[Cyber Man]

If they were having trouble they would go further down the reservation list. There are likely ~8000 orders that have already been taken and have not received vins or been delivered. They are making ~90 trucks per day.

Invitations for foundation series have been very slow lately. If they wanted more orders they would be sending out a huge amount of invites like they did in december and january.

This is just more BS. Now people who ordered beasts on 12/8 are going to be pushed back for some random asshole. I can't imagine being in one of the chosen states (tx, ca, fl, az) with an early beast order, and now someone who orders one today can get it in 45 days. Just lunacy.

I agree! Creating more demand for FS or regular CT is the last thing on Tesla’s mind right now, IMHO!

 

[agordon117]

I mean I wonder what the reason is. Does it somehow increase the margin on the CT? Is 30k referral points equivalent to some cash value they can count as income?

they can't count it as income but referral points can be redeemed for things that have actual cost. Like wall chargers, hoodies, at one point you could get a tesla roadster for free with only referral points. This gets people to burn the points without costing tesla a single thing.

 

[CTInProcess]

This just means they want to keep delaying the normal people’s CT. They are making more off the FS and want that to continue while clearing out referral points.

No need to complain, Tesla doesn’t listen and none of us are cancelling our reservation.

 

[ZillaVilla]

I mean I wonder what the reason is. Does it somehow increase the margin on the CT? Is 30k referral points equivalent to some cash value they can count as income?

It has SOME value, so this is a way to redeem that value without providing something that costs Tesla actual money. Plus: people with referral credits are proven Tesla advocates.
Who better to promote your new truck!

 

[SteelMyHeart]

This clearly means they are releasing new model y and roadster soon! They want to clear out the credits

 

[Gurule92]

Gone already?

 

[Gurule92]

It's only like $1,500 to skip everyone if you consider the $450 wall connector being 9000 points.

Pretty good deal

 

[cgladue]

I mean I wonder what the reason is. Does it somehow increase the margin on the CT? Is 30k referral points equivalent to some cash value they can count as income?

more likely 1 referral point is equal to some dollar value, and they need to report that on a balance sheet as an outstanding liability. so yes indirectly, burning up referral points does increase their profits.

at the casino we have to do the same thing, track rewards loyalty points and keep them on our balance sheet forever. just like employee vacation time, etc

 

[CyberMiami]

do you need to be invited or can anyone with enough points do this?

 

[CyberMiami]

Can referral points be purchased? How do you get them besides getting people to test drive?

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