murraypaul wrote:BobbyD wrote:The contract allows Tesla to raise the price in the event of specific conditions, I've yet to see a clause which would allow them to raise the price just because.
The contract allows them to raise the price if on survey they consider the roof complexity is higher than estimated by the homeowner.
That appears to be the clause they are relying on to cover themselves, but seem to be applying the increases so widely that this isn't the real reason.
Based on the TMC thread they are changing the price on people who have been surveyed, permitted and have materials sat on their driveway! These aren't people who've been given an estimate based on the over-optimistic filling out of an online form who need to be bought gently back to earth, they have a contract stipulating in black and white the work to be done and the money to be paid, in many cases have been waiting for over 6 months for it to be done, and in some cases have a mutually agreed start date which in one case was next week! In fact according to one report of a conversation with a Tesla rep in the TMC thread they are repricing all contracts! It's absolutely incredible.
murraypaul wrote:It seems in reality they dropped their prices to bring in more business and now find that they can't install fast enough, and aren't making enough margin.
Tesla selling dreams they can't make come true? That would be a first...
murraypaul wrote:Apparently they have done the same recently with some car pre-orders.
Car pre-orders are a different matter, a refundable $100 deposit and you get a place in a queue for a car which may or may not ever be produced with a spec which may or may not match that which was promised, in a package you might or might not hate, at a price you might or might not be able to afford at a point when you are still or are not still alive. That's not even close to a contract to have a roof with an integral an x kWh solar setup put on your house, and have Y powerwalks fitted, at a cost of $Z. The equivalent would be agreeing to buy a Model S plaid for $111,000, getting the contract, doing the paperwork on the loan, waiting 7 months for delivery and then being told that it's now going to cost you $190,000 and if you don't like it you can go jump, and furthermore if you don't agree now you are going to the back of the queue again.