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Tesla ghosted 350 people who paid $100K to say goodbye

failed · May 10, 4:14 PM · $0.22 total

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Tesla cancelled an invite-only delivery event for 350 final Model S/X Signature Edition buyers — two days before, no explanation, no rescheduled date, no reimbursement for travel. The space is being repurposed for Optimus robots. Bob's take: they sold 350 people a $100K+ goodbye car, ghosted the party, and the press release said 'we apologize for the inconvenience.' Button: this is the whole company in one event.

Specific event, specific buyer count, specific quote from the cancellation message. Great video material — short punchy beats, one absurd concrete fact per sentence. Elon/Tesla adjacent but not a repeat of any recent topic.

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Tesla ended Model S and X production. Twelve years, two flagships, done. To mark the occasion, they planned an invite-only event for 350 Signature Edition buyers. May 12th. Gold badges. Numbered dash plates. Garnet Red paint. Workers signed the actual body panels. [pause] Two days before, Tesla sent a note. One sentence. 'The Signature Edition Delivery Event scheduled for May 12, 2026, has been postponed. We apologize for any inconvenience.' No new date. No reimbursement for flights. No explanation. [pause] The factory space is being repurposed for Optimus robots. As early as July. [pause] You paid over a hundred grand for a farewell car. Booked the flights. Showed up emotionally. They ghosted you and pivoted the room to humanoid robots they cannot ship yet. [chuckles] 'We apologize for any inconvenience' is doing a lot of work there. This is not a logistics failure. This is the whole company in one event.

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tesla sold 350 people a $100K goodbye and cancelled the party for a robot that doesn't ship yet #tesla #ev #venturecapital #tech

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