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Elon Musk Cancels Stewart Alsop's Tesla Order Over Complaints About Launch Event

Posted by timothy on from the talk-about-a-flat-organizational-structure dept.

New submitter umafuckit writes: Blogger Stewart Alsop wrote an open letter to Elon Musk following a supposedly badly run launch event for the Model X. Alsop complained that the event started almost 2 hours late and was unable to test drive the car (for which has put down a deposit). In response, Musk cancelled Alsop's pre-order saying "Must be a slow news day if denying service to a super rude customer gets this much attention." Alsop, who is known not just for his prolific blogging but for his role as a founding partner at VC firm Alsop Louie Partners, compares his treatment by Tesla to that of BMW, about which he's also said some unflattering things as a customer.

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  1. Ha ha by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    No coup for you.

  2. A BMW customer? by slashmydots · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why am I not surprised that he's also a BMW driver/customer? He might as well get "stuck up, rich douchebag" tattooed on his forehead.