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Elon Musk to the People of New Jersey

posted by janrinok on Monday March 17 2014, @07:02AM   Printer-friendly
from the the-law-versus-commonsense dept.

c0lo writes:

"Following the ban on Tesla direct sale in New Jersey, Elon Musk wrote a message to the people of New Jersey on the Tesla Motor's blog, explaining why they don't want to go through dealers and what will happen next with the stores in New Jersey. To put a context around the issue: Tesla soared in consumer satisfaction, while Ford dropped and it's likely to continue dropping.

The post:

  1. explains why Tesla don't want to sell through dealers, claiming a conflict of interest between selling and servicing gasoline and electric cars.
  2. explains what will happen with their presence in New Jersey; the stores will be transformed into showrooms, with no info on price being offered, and servicing will not be impacted by the new regulation.
  3. tells people what they can do - buy online and receive the car delivered interstate or buy from across the river in Manhattan; They can also contact their representatives if they want back the right to buy directly from a store."
 
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  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 17 2014, @11:12AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 17 2014, @11:12AM (#17636)

    It's amazing that you can blame a political party for Blue Laws instead of the douchebag Christians who are to blame.

    Parts of NJ are just shut down on weekends due to these antiquated piece of shit Sharia laws. FUCK YOU, YOU RELIGIOUS FREAKS. I just wanted to buy a camera!

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  • (Score: 2, Interesting) by hb253 on Monday March 17 2014, @09:41PM

    by hb253 (745) on Monday March 17 2014, @09:41PM (#17885)

    I'm an atheist, I live in NJ and I LOVE the blue laws. It makes for some peace and quiet at least one day per week. Every few years there's a vote to repeal and people always vote it down. I also love the fact we don't have to pump our own gasoline and it costs lees than in other states to boot.

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  • (Score: 2) by Grishnakh on Tuesday March 18 2014, @01:43PM

    by Grishnakh (2831) on Tuesday March 18 2014, @01:43PM (#18181)

    I blame a political party because that party generally dominates the elections here. If Democrats aren't religious freaks as you put it, then why do we have this ridiculous laws? The answer is simple: the Democrats ARE religious freaks, despite their claims to the contrary, otherwise they wouldn't vote for these idiotic religious laws. There aren't any red states where you can't buy a car on Sunday. What does that tell you?