New Cybertruck owners are subject to a contract that prohibits them from reselling the electric vehicle within one year or face a $50,000 fine.
Some daring people have dismissed the threat and are attempting to flip their futuristic truck on car sales sites, with some selling it for more than $200,000.
DailyMail.com found at least 20 resale ads, according to the website, and some It seemed to be listed on several sites.
For example, the Cybertruck with vehicle identification number (VIN) ending in 0978 is listed on Auto Trader, Car Gurus, Cars.com and others for $249,998: This mid-range all-wheel-drive model costs $79,990 from Tesla.
While these owners may think they are flying under the radar, one new Cybertruck owner had their reservation canceled after Tesla discovered their listing before the car was delivered.
Many Cybertruck owners have listed the vehicle for resale on sites like Car Gurus. Some appear to be dealerships, while others appear to be private sellers.
DailyMail.com found at least 20 resale ads, according to the website, and some appeared to appear on multiple sites
Under the pre-order contract that buyers sign when they make their $100 deposit, any owner who resells the truck within a year of purchasing it new can be sued by Tesla for $50,000 or whatever profit they make on the sale, whichever. number. higher.
A new owner posted on the Cybertruck Owners Club message board on Sunday saying that Tesla had contacted him after putting his vehicle up for sale.
His two remaining reservations have since been canceled, and the potential Cybertruck flipper may have been banned from making future Tesla purchases, according to an email he shared from Tesla.
The Cybertruck wannabe shared part of an email he received from Tesla. The email said Tesla would cancel his future orders without a refund, but he said he didn’t know if that applied to all Tesla vehicles or just the Cybertruck.
DailyMail.com has contacted Tesla to confirm its version of events.
The owner of the Cybertruck is an IT manager named Dennis from Arizona, according to his Cybertruck Owners Club profile.
He is not the first to try to sell the new electric truck for a profit, which has a long waiting list.
Dennis of Arizona also claimed to have listed the truck on several sites “for testing” and claimed he had not sold it yet.
He wrote on the message board that he assumed Tesla had found his Car Gurus listing, which included his car’s VIN.
‘I put it on a ridiculous list because I thought it was funny. $242,069,” she wrote.
Starting Monday, a List of automotive gurus Dennis’ property in Arizona still stood, where the car is now listed for $192,069.
There were no other listings for a Cybertruck with the same VIN on other auto listing sites at the time.
Dennis said he had booked two more Cybertrucks, which are now reportedly cancelled.
He wrote that he received refunds for them, but a Tesla store leader warned him that if he tried to make more reservations, they would be canceled without refunds, according to an email he shared on the car club forum:
‘In the future, any future orders you place will be cancelled. without “You have been provided a refund of the $100 reservation fee of the $250 order fee as you have been provided with official notification regarding this matter,” the message read.
The listing for Dennis’ Cybertruck was still active on the Car Gurus website as of Monday. However, he had lowered the price by $50,000.
At least 20 different Cybertrucks are for sale online, most at around $200,000, several times the car’s retail price.
He Tesla reservation agreement The Cybertruck is clear in its terms:
‘Tesla and its affiliates sell automobiles directly to end consumers, and we may unilaterally cancel any order that we believe was placed with a view to reselling the Vehicle or was otherwise placed in bad faith.
“We may also cancel your pre-order and refund your pre-order payment if we discontinue a product, feature, or option after the time you place your pre-order or if we determine that you are acting in bad faith.”
Dennis reported that he didn’t know if Tesla would “drop the hammer” for the $50,000.
One commenter noted that the would-be Cybertruck flipper was lucky that Tesla had not remotely disabled his vehicle.