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Re:Tesla Model 3 becomes best-selling car in Switzerland by jakobegger on Wednesday April 10, 2019 @01:02PM (#19626634)
Upselling is standard practice for car sales. I don't think barely anybody ever buys the base model of a car.
Re:Tesla Model 3 becomes best-selling car in Switzerland by quest88 on Wednesday April 10, 2019 @02:08PM (#19627273)
There's a difference between upselling and bait and switch, though. Upselling, imo, is trying to convince you to get a higher priced model, or falling back to the base while it's in stock. Here Tesla is advertising a vehicle they do not have in stock. It's like getting you in and then saying they misquoted the price and it's actually $10k more (to me).
Re:Tesla Model 3 becomes best-selling car in Switzerland by dragontamer on Wednesday April 10, 2019 @01:05PM (#19626657)
The difference is that the base model EXISTS in the other stores.

The $35k model 3 doesn't exist yet. But Mr. Musk has been touting that number for the past 3 years anyway. Its not common practice to tout a number for a mythical, non-existent car.

Re:Tesla Model 3 becomes best-selling car in Switzerland by drusepth on Wednesday April 10, 2019 @02:13PM (#19627321)
Having higher shipping times (or other inconveniences) on cheaper/base models is also pretty common in car sales tactics to help with the upsell.
Re:Tesla Model 3 becomes best-selling car in Switzerland by natively on Wednesday April 10, 2019 @05:00PM (#19628729)
the point is that a $35k model 3 has never been built. It is literal vaporware. They have to design and build a new line of cheapo cloth seats for it, which they haven't. 0 have been sold.