Earn 10,000 a single, up 5,000 in two days! Tesla raised prices, scalpers earned more...

Zhongxin Jingwei, March 31 (Niu Chaoge ChangTao) "You see the two Teslas in the screenshot, at that time, the car was paid a total of 3,000 yuan, but now a car has risen by more than 20,000, I will sell these two orders casually, and I can also earn more than 20,000 yuan." Zhang Cong introduced while showing the "inventory" in his hand to the reporter of Zhongxin Jingwei. Zhang Cong is a professional white-collar worker, but now he has a new identity - a part-time Tesla order "scalper".

From March 10 to March 17, in just 8 days, Tesla raised the price of its products three times, but the orders that had paid a deposit before the price adjustment were not affected by the price increase, which made the owners who had already placed orders see the opportunity to "get rich".

The order price increased by 5,000 yuan in two days

Zhongxin Jingwei reporter noted that on the social platform and second-hand trading platform, there are a large number of Tesla popular model orders to buy or sell information, they are both Tesla owners ordered at the low price point, there are also professional scalpers who specialize in reselling orders, Li Xia belongs to the latter.

"Yesterday I received a single order, the transfer fee was 5,000 yuan, and I picked up the car at the end of March, I heard that it was too cheap, I took 10 minutes to rush to his company and signed it." On March 25, in a Tesla order trading group, Li Xia was sharing his most recent transaction. "The order transfer fee rose very quickly, the first two days was still 5900 yuan, today it has risen to 10900 yuan, outrageous!" Li Xia said.

Before the "three consecutive rises", Tesla has raised prices many times. Since November 2021, the model 3 rear-drive version has increased its price 4 times, the Model Y rear-drive version has increased its price 3 times, and the two models with higher configurations have also increased their prices twice. In more than four months, the price of the Model 3 afterdrive version on sale rose from less than 240,000 yuan to 279,900 yuan, and the Model Y after-drive version rose by 40,900 yuan.

Zhang Ang, who lives in Guangzhou, was the first to smell business opportunities. In December 2021, hearing the news of Tesla's price increase, Zhang Ang resolutely booked two Teslas, and then she asked her family and friends to book several separately. On March 24, as the pick-up date of some orders approached, Zhang Ang began to post on social platforms to seek buyers.

"The order sold quickly, and on the 25th, two orders in my name have been sold, and now I am selling orders in my friend's name." The transfer fee is 10,000 yuan. I still have a few Model 3 listings in my hand, all of which pick up the car at the end of April, so you can wait if you're not in a hurry. Zhang Ang said, "The order price that has just been sold is Tesla Model Y, the price at that time was 281,000, and the current official website price is 316,900, even if you pay a transfer fee of 10,000 yuan, it is more than 20,000 cheaper than booking from the official website, and there is no need for a long delivery wait." ”

Some of the "inventory" respondents in Zhang Cong's hands provided pictures

"Equivalent to buying a brand new used car"

In the above-mentioned Tesla order trading group, in addition to updating the order price in real time, the group friends will also discuss the order trading method: how to pick up the car? Need to transfer?

Zhongxin Jingwei reporter noted that on the social platform, there are a large number of detailed order trading strategies. The order transaction is essentially a vehicle transfer, that is, the original owner of the order completes the license plate, gets the registration certificate, and then transfers the property to the buyer, which is equivalent to a second-hand car transaction.

People with successful trading experience told The Reporter that after the buyer and seller determine the intention to transfer the order, they can sign an agreement. Because Tesla does not allow the name change at the order stage, so the vehicle is driven away by the buyer when the car is picked up, and after 3 or 4 days, when the license is changed to the "iron plate", it will go to the vehicle management office to handle the relocation and relocation procedures, and finally take the driving license to do insurance and transfer, and the seller can not touch the car for the whole time.

Tesla responded

Tesla has taken action against the current rampant order scalping behavior. On March 16, Tesla began to let car buyers sign the "No Resale Order Commitment", for the case of individual orders for multiple Teslas, it is stipulated that no transfer or actual transfer to any third party will be transferred or actually transferred within one year, if violated, Tesla requires a 20% penalty for the fare, otherwise it will restrict the binding account change of the relevant vehicle and services such as supercharging.

In this regard, Tesla responded to the reporter of Zhongxin Jingwei that the "Letter of Commitment not to resell" is a measure to prevent scalping orders under specific circumstances, with the purpose of maintaining the fairness and transparency of the car-buying environment, protecting the rights and interests of real car-buying consumers, and will not have any impact on the normal car-buying experience of ordinary consumers. At the same time, according to Zhang Cong, when he consulted Tesla on sales, the other party told him that he "needs to buy more than 5 units to have this restriction."

On the other hand, in the car purchase contract, Tesla has clearly stated that "resale is prohibited", but this restriction still has little effect. Cui Dongshu, secretary general of the Association, pointed out that the increase in the price of the order amount is one of the ways to effectively curb the spread of the scalper phenomenon, "Tesla's deposit is 1,000 yuan, even if the order cannot be transferred, the loss borne by the scalper is small." If the amount is large, scalpers may consider reducing the risk of hoarding, and the orders circulating in the market will be reduced accordingly. ”

For the scalper scalping order behavior, Tesla's official response said, "Tesla stores are all direct sales model, and all the rules are displayed on the official website." ”

The reporter noted that Tesla's official website shows that "after placing an order and paying the first payment, the first payment is non-refundable and non-transferable." "For any pre-sale order that we believe is for resale or has other pre-sale orders that have other non-bona fide purposes, we have the right to unilaterally terminate this Agreement." (In the text, Zhang Cong, Li Xia, and Zhang Ang are pseudonyms) (Zhongxin Jingwei APP)

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