I rent two apartments in a state where all of that is not possible. Evictions take months and if repairs are not made quickly the tenant is legally entitled to withhold rent. But while on the topic I am most certainly on the hook for inflationary swings in:

• any and all repairs
• gas and electric
• insurance
• property taxes
• landscaping and snow removal

There is no free lunch, no one side is correct. Stop pretending this topic is black and white. There are some good landlords, many bad. Same goes for tenants.

Shit I thought I was so damn novel. Blast you.

Don’t try to talk sense into the senseless.

Yea I’m putting a value on my distain but you seem to be misunderstanding the math. If they sell the truck for $80k it likely costs them $60k++ to make. If I buy it for $40k I’m taking $20k away from their coffers. This is all totally made up numbers, I dont work there and know their bottom line. But at the end of the day, at some point SOMEONE is going to give them some amount for the truck. I would sleep fine knowing I took money from the company rather than added to it.

It’s a fair point but you realize that’s not rational right? The truck, though stupid, has some monetary value. If the price gets low enough people who loathe Musk will still buy it. I’m in that camp. I realize that’s not a popular stance in the pitchfork crowd but I’m a practical hater.

I’d buy one for $40k if it was brand new and I knew I robbed Tesla substantially below their margin mark. If I was taking money from Tesla count me in.