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Angered man smashes his new Tesla Model S

CRI, July 3, 2014

• A salesman (L) tries to prevent Yu from smashing his newly bought Tesla Model S. [Photo: 21cbh.com]

  A customer has smashed his newly bought Tesla Model S in order to demonstrate his anger at the customer service, China National Radio reports.

  A man surnamed Yu, from Inner Mongolia, got his car key on Saturday morning for a Tesla Model S, which he had finished all payments the day before. The battery-powered car cost him more than 1 million yuan.

  But he was quite disappointed, saying, "It's not what I expected, it's just an exhibit, just the same as getting a second-hand car instead of a new one. It's quite unacceptable." He began to smash the car with a hammer and damaged it badly.

  The main reason Yu smashed the Tesla was his dissatisfaction with the attitude of the retailers. Although he had paid the deposit last October, he found himself not on the list of first delivery just because he's not from Beijing or Shanghai, which he regarded as 'geographical discrimination'. Since then, he hasn't been able to get his new car.

  To make a compromise, Tesla offered to replace it with a new car which completed the entry procedure. But for Yu, that's just the same as getting a second-hand car.

  Yu also explained that he could only get rid of legal responsibilities by smashing the car after he fully paid for it.

  Tesla China has not made any response to the case yet.

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