On August 14th, Pinduoduo and Tesla were once again pushed into the limelight, as Tesla refused to deliver Model 3 to owners who purchased through Pinduoduo’s group buying event. According to the delivery specialist from Tesla, the event did not comply with Tesla’s delivery policy.
In addition, we also noticed that some netizens brought up Tesla’s “prohibition of resale” clause, thinking that this was not Tesla’s official issue. However, it has already been clearly stated in the official agreement that “we have the right to unilaterally terminate the agreement for any orders that we believe are intended for resale or have other non-good-faith purposes”.
There has been no official announcement from Tesla regarding this event, and we will continue to keep an eye on its developments.
Review of the event
On July 21st, Tesla responded to reports from netizens that Yimai Che’s flagship store for cars had launched a “Tesla China Model 3 2019” group buying event on Pinduoduo. Tesla stated that the news was not true and that it had never had any cooperation with Yimai Che or Pinduoduo, nor had it commissioned any third party to provide car sales services. Tesla reserves the right to hold legal responsibility for this matter and explicitly stated that it will not take any responsibility for any disputes or damages incurred by consumers in this event.
Pinduoduo responded that the group purchase was indeed true and that the merchant offered a subsidy of 250,000 yuan for customers to purchase the Tesla Model 3, which was valid and effective. The specific purchase process was for the group purchase owner to use their personal information to order the Model 3 at the Tesla store, after which the merchant would subsidize the customer’s purchase amount.
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