AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoTesla Reportedly Has $800 Million Worth of Cybertrucks That Nobody Wantswww.vice.comexternal-linkmessage-square234fedilinkarrow-up1950arrow-down118file-text
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minus-squarebitjunkie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up72arrow-down1·1 day ago“$800m”… If nobody wants them, they’re not worth anything.
minus-squareBakkoda@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·1 day agoIf those 5 trucks had feelings they would be hurt
minus-squareNeuromorph@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down3·1 day agoit cost them something to make…they arent completely valueless
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·24 hours agoAngry Labour Value Fundamentalist Noises
minus-squareMangoCats@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·20 minutes agoTry appraising real estate for a while, it’s a strong lesson in: something is worth whatever somebody is willing to pay for it. Can be higher than cost, can be lower than cost, but the willing buyer is the key to the whole valuation equation.
minus-squareInucune@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 day agoScrap metal. I’ll give them $100 if they run, $50 if I have to tow it.
minus-squareEncrypt-Keeper@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 day agoCertainly they mean MSRP.
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 day agoBut think of all the time that was spent to create them! /s
“$800m”… If nobody wants them, they’re not worth anything.
If those 5 trucks had feelings they would be hurt
it cost them something to make…they arent completely valueless
cost != value
Angry Labour Value Fundamentalist Noises
Try appraising real estate for a while, it’s a strong lesson in: something is worth whatever somebody is willing to pay for it. Can be higher than cost, can be lower than cost, but the willing buyer is the key to the whole valuation equation.
Scrap metal. I’ll give them $100 if they run, $50 if I have to tow it.
Certainly they mean MSRP.
But think of all the time that was spent to create them! /s