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Tesla's Limited-Edition Surfboards Now Selling For $6,450 (mercurynews.com)
An anonymous reader quotes the Mercury News:
Tesla's sleek, $1,500 carbon fiber surfboard sold out in a day, and it's not surprising: The company, in collaboration with a Southern California board maker, said it was producing a limited edition of 200, and Tesla has many die-hard fans. The board "features a mix of the same high-quality matte and gloss finishes used on all our cars," Tesla said in promotional material for the product. "The deck is reinforced with light-weight 'Black Dart' carbon fiber, inspired by the interiors in our cars...."
Now, less than a week after orders were submitted, 21 of the boards -- sized to fit in the Palo Alto electric car maker's Model 3 and Model S sedans, and the Model X SUV -- are up for sale on eBay. Asking prices are steep, as high as $6,450, with most sellers wanting $3,000 to $4,000.
Now, less than a week after orders were submitted, 21 of the boards -- sized to fit in the Palo Alto electric car maker's Model 3 and Model S sedans, and the Model X SUV -- are up for sale on eBay. Asking prices are steep, as high as $6,450, with most sellers wanting $3,000 to $4,000.
There's one born every minute.
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
And their junk bonds are selling for 90 cents on the dollar.
That's enough to double their stock price!
"First they came for the slanderers and i said nothing."
I've built composite stuff for years.
Carbon fiber is useful but may not give an advantage such that it is worth using. Sometimes S-glass is the better choice when you consider what sort of properties you need. Carbon does have a number of drawbacks - it is fragile when subjected to point loading, and it tends to hold more resin than is optimal ( unless you use pre-preg ).
Anyway, a Tesla carbon surfboard is something a real surfer is not going to favor. But it's perfect for wankers who are willing to spend more money in an effort to look cool. Oddly enough the Tesla car shares these characteristics.
I do want to ask the editors of Slashdot whether their knees are sore from so much worshipping of that egomaniac Elon Musk. Or maybe the editors use knee pads ?
Fashion statement, sure. Expensive show off thing, sure. Surfboard? Nah.
I surf and there are a couple rains carbon fiber boards aren't a thing, and is not cost. Pros don't use carbon boards. Pros who's entire livelihood is dependent on surfing don't use carbon boards. Here's why:
Some parts of a board need to be stiff, others need to be flexible. This Tesla board claims to have a special kind of carbon, but that's not the point, the best fiberglass boards use different weaves of fiberglass, nowadays generally with some carbon weave in strategic spots.
Also, carbon is brittle and hard. When a fiberglass board hits a rock/head/leg/the ground/your car if can dent. Carbon fiber tends to have no dent, just a shatter.
Finally, the "no dent" in that last sentence might sound good, it's strong! Remember though that "head" and "leg" are the two things the board hits most in the water when bring tossed by a big wave. Or even a little wave!
This board has bad design from the get go. The marketing speaks of "special features" like narrow rails and a full nose, which are not special at all. The boards size had been determined by the car instead of the rider, and the materials are gimmicky instead of useful.
Headline is a click-bait. Even the summary states that sellers are offering it at $3,000, so what sane person is paying $6,450? It could list it for $100,000, it doesn't mean it's selling at that price.
The world of collectable surfboards is like any other "collectable" world, filled with no end of strange and wonderful beasties.
Get your hands on a pristine-condition Miki Dora "Da Cat" model and you've got yourself something very rare and valuable.
Compared to what's being ridden nowadays, the thing will handle on a wave in similar fashion to what you might pick up at a shipyard somewhere, U.S. Naval surplus.
But that's not the point, and nobody's going to be putting their Da Cat into the water.
That's not the point.
And it can be expected to be just the same way with these Tesla boards.
The people who collect these sorts of things follow their own set of guidelines and rules.
So say what you will, but once the thing takes on a life of its own (which is already happening with these boards), then it no longer matters what you say.
For myself, I'll stick with my Peck Penetrator.
Better board.
Still rides just fine.
For 15 years there have been glowing puff pieces about Tesla - sometimes written by Musk's publicists. The hype pumped up the stock to obscene levels.
Now, after 15 years (Ford was profitable its first quarter in business), people are asking, "What's the deal? Tesla is STILL not profitable."
Especially since Musk promised 500,000 cars made for 2018 - its no where near that. And Model S sales are way DOWN this year.
But the fanboys and girls like Perrens and Rei are calling people who mention that "Trolls", "Haters" and "Shorts". Never even considering that the good stories were people pumping up the stock to make a killing. I include Slashdot as part of the hype machine.
There is soooo much great expectations put on Tesla and built into its stock price, there is no possible way that it can meet them. Just look at what happened to facebook: It barely missed targets and WHAM! it's price plumets. Musk's cult is the only thing keeping the price up and he knows it.
And as we come of the business cycle and with Trump's trade war with the World - Tesla has suppliers in Korea, China, and a couple of other Sough East Asian countries - that is also gonna hurt Tesla.
Musk has a very very short window to get his act together because otherwise, Tesla is going to have to live through another recession.
Are there sharks anywhere?
There are 21 on eBay. As of now there are only two with bids, and the current high bigs are nowhere near $6500.
Tesla Motors, along with Amazon and Arby's, is among the 12 worst employers, in terms of workplace health & safety. But the press doesn't like reporting stuff that's actually helpful to society.
Can I get one with a flamethrower mounted on it? This would be great for those Hawaiian surf spots where they won't let in outsiders.
Just $389 each! Add $99 for the special limited edition colors of Red, Black or blue!
Apparently the major shoe companies sell limited edition shoes on their websites which are highly desired by collectors, first come, first serve. He and people like him coded bots which would monitor the websites for these sales, and buy as many of these limited edition shoes as they could the instant they were listed on the website. Then he'd sell them to collectors at a considerable markup. Kinda like high-frequency trading, except with shoes.
(Past tense because his programming skills weren't enough to keep up, and he ended up getting a regular job as his bots were purchasing fewer and fewer shoes.)
We buy protective calls and write out of the money puts and some other things.
Basically, the longs who buy protective puts finance us.
-Shorted at $357 and change. Made a TON on my calls. I'll be good until TSLA hits $500.
Please gives your evidence that this is am organized campaign. You did accuse a thousand people of a crime. Much more likely that your hero musk isn't the God you think he is.
Shorts hedge: protective calls and other things...
They also write out-of-the-money puts to finance those calls.
And there are plenty of other things ..... Oh, and they don't borrow like a retail brokerage customer either. Fed rate.
For this price it should use regenerative breaking (hydro-static pressure from gravitational forces, turning a small turbine) to charge a bank of batteries so it can paddle you back out to catch the next wave. An autopilot should then figure out the best route to maximize the remaining battery pack and the exact amount of energy, to consume in charging the batteries, needed to maximize the actual surfing time.
Fashion statement, sure. Expensive show off thing, sure. Surfboard? Nah.
It's a limited edition of 200. It's intended to be a collectable trophy, not a serious surfing product. It brought the company $300,000 and its price is slowly climbing in the post-release trading, which is exactly what was supposed to happen.
If somebody actually used it to surf it would make it non pristine and cut into its collectable price.
Bantam Dominique roosters crow a four-note song. Once you've heard it as "Happy BIRTHday" you can't NOT hear it that way
And it rams you into rocks when you're not paying attention!
It brought the company $300,000
The saddest part of it all is that 'teslarats' really believe this crap.
Yeah, buddy, it is really important that the company, which cannot control its production costs and volume and cannot make money from a "backlog" of half a million preorders has made $300k for the unknown board manufacturer.
Excellent priorities here, so much winning.
I've been surfing for about 30 years. One thing is for sure -- these are NOT being bought by actual surfers, who are extremely particular about their equipment. You would be laughed right out of the water on one of these things. The only thing more ridiculous would be a motorized surfboard, which could get you actual threats.
You take your car to work
I'll take my board
And when you're out of charge
I'm still afloat
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