The buying a car it is generally a pleasant and exciting process. Retire your old car, already with vibrations and emanating noises that you never imagined you would hear when you took it out gleaming from the dealership, always like it and even more if it is to breathe that new car smell again.
Of course, if when you finish the process you discover that you have inadvertently worn yourself out 1,404,000 euros to buy 27 unitsAs much as you like the model, the experience becomes at least more bitter.
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And that’s what happened to a Tesla fan residing in Germany that he set out to buy a Tesla Model 3 Standard Autonomy Plus, the most basic version, equipped with Autopilot with the intention of getting rid of his outdated Ford Kuga.
Shopping on the internet sometimes plays tricks
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The protagonist of the story himself has been the one who has related it on Reddit and, according to what he has said, after evaluating various options with his father, he opted for the most affordable car from the firm directed by Elon Musk.
He launched to request it online without even waiting until today, July 1, as he had originally planned to benefit from the purchase aids approved by the German government to revive the industry after the coronavirus crisis, but an error on the website The brand played a trick on them.
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“The order cannot be made due to a payment problem,” replied the firm’s website, as reported by the user, so they tried again and again until the purchase request 27 times.
The problem arose when the last attempt was processed and they then realized that all the purchase requests they had been processed correctly despite the supposed error reported by the computer system.
The result? The purchase of 27 Tesla Model 3 Standard Autonomy Plus with Autopilot valued at 52,000 euros each, totaling a disbursement of 1,404,000 euros.
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Finally and fortunately for the protagonists of the story, Tesla canceled all purchases of the cars and invited them to place a new order, although the error cost 2,700 euros since the Californian company kept the 100 euros non-refundable deposit for each order.
An expensive but happy denouement for some Tesla customers who are likely to be on their feet on their next online purchase … or go straight to a store.
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