• YesButActuallyMaybe@lemmy.ca
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    16 hours ago

    Please explain how that makes sense: customer buys car, Tesla gives them rebate, Tesla doesn’t collect rebate for months and just sits there with no money. Then tesla decides to call in rebates all at once when it’s announced that they run out?

    • ikidd@lemmy.world
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      15 hours ago

      HR Block does taxes, rebates people immediately out of their pocket. Submits all refund requests at April 30, gets money back.

      Paperwork often gets done in batches. Companies invoice at the end of month but pay their employees weekly or biweekly.

      This isn’t nefarious, no matter how much you (and I) hate Tesla.

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        12 hours ago

        If they were doing this monthly, that assumes they were selling thousands of cars each month. That seems unlikely.