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A million people have paid the reservation for it.

That's already many more units than the amount Tesla is going to be able to build in the following years.

edit: Apparently it's 1.9M reservations.

A reservation is $100 (refundable) or 1/10th of 1% of the purchase price. That's not a reservation, it's a thinly veiled attempt to pump the perceived success of this launch and share price. They know it, you know it, I know it, and the market knows it.

Talk to me when they require a 20% down payment and I'll believe the hype.

Reservation is just $100, I did it on a first day just for the lulz.

You lent Tesla $100 just for the lulz?

You can flip the truck pretty easy if you got an early res.

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