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> “If you’re interested in buying a Model S and X, now would be the time to order it.”

I can't tell if this is real and he realizes the traditional luxury brands have beaten him or if he's just using the classic rug store sales tactic.

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Is that an international thing? There was a rug store next to where I grew up in Stockholm which had a sale because they were closing the shop from at least the early 90s until ca 2020 during covid when they closed the shop for real. There are also a couple more rug stores doing the same thing, one of them still to this day.

It's an international thing, down to the neverending "Closing now fr fr" sales. There was general bemusement in Sydney when one shop notorious for this actually closed down, but only because the building was demolished to make way for a highway interchange.

https://www.smh.com.au/business/consumer-affairs/rozelle-rug...

In many countries, "carpet salesman" is equivalent to "used car salesman" as the least trustworthy occupation imaginable.

There is a jewelry store in my country which constantly used this tactic and had a "closing soon" sale for YEARS, to the point where it became a meme associated with that specific company. Then they launched a new marketing campaign with the slogan "this time we're not closing - but our prices are as low as if we were!"

"Rug merchant"

Well, at least Sweden and the US. Kind of amazing.

For what it's worth: he has been saying for years, that they were only making the S and X for nostalgic reasons.

"Buy the software-dependent product we're not going to support going forward!"

Also, good luck if you ever need replacement parts.

Absolutely. Tesla's already shown significant disdain/deprioritization for replacement parts in models they're not discontinuing. After all, every part in a service warehouse is not a part going on a new car to pump the quarterly numbers (or be parked in an abandoned shopping mall).

classic "closing-store" sale, I wouldn't be surprised if the closing phase never ended.

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