Businessmen will not agree with you. Every business deal is a balance between cost and profit. Usually it is only the price and placement that determines which customers will buy. If a particular deal is suspected to have a large risk of increased cost, such as a financially unstable client or difficult shipping/import or excessive customer support required, then a business deal might make no sense and usually this results in a no-bid or a "go away you're bothering me" price quote. Elon might have felt insulted but he is enough of a businessman that he recognizes a bad deal and the blogger is now beating himself that he was such a BLIEP and continue to feel stoopid in his BMW while everyone has a field day and understand that owning a Testa may require some class, it is not for rude losers. I consider this a brilliant move from Elon. No wonder they do not need a marketing dept.
> On Feb 5, 2016, at 9:53 AM, Lee Hart via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > > EVDL Administrator via EV wrote: >> I'm probably swimming against the current here, but I don't think this >> reflects well on Tesla. >> >> The blogger wasn't very polite, but these days everybody's a critic. You >> expect that in business. IMO, the best response to a post like that is to >> say "Thanks for your comments; guess we can't please everybody," and move >> on. >> >> To me, what Musk did suggests poor impulse control. > > I'm with EVDL Admin David on this. You have to expect rude obnoxious > customers on occasion. There are always a few spoiled rich kids, out of > control celebrities, and just plain jerks out there. > > But I expect professional behavior from companies, and good manners from its > individuals. As CEO, Musk sets the tone. His employees are likely to follow > his lead, so he should set a good example. > > No matter what you may think of a customer personally, he should be treated > equally, fairly, and with respect; just like everyone else. Otherwise, you > are only stooping to his level. It reflects badly on *you*. > > -- > Society is a machine full of people with hard edges and sharp corners that > work together poorly at best. Manners are the oil that keep them apart, to > reduce friction so the machine works more smoothly. > -- > Lee Hart, 814 8th Ave N, Sartell MN 56377, www.sunrise-ev.com > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
