RSchneider
Elio Addict
Part of it was satire. It's that people think that if they walk in and claim, "I'm done and have given up" they think that Paul will read that and all of a sudden get this whole thing going. It's an idle threat. It's an idle threat because nobody ever sells their reservation and thus they are stuck with it. They might poop all over it now but if tomorrow the funding comes through, they will all be celebrating and claiming they were avid supporters.That may not have been satire, which is sad.
At this point, if you walk away, you lost your deposit no matter what and it actually benefits Elio. That means, they don;t have to sell a $5500 car but a full price one. The more of you that walk away, the better it is for Elio. On the other hand, how many have legitimately walked away? As we all know, everyone that plopped down a deposit was not poor but had enough money to gamble. So, it's no big deal if Elio goes bankrupt. You knew the risk up front and had lots of cash laying around to throw at it. if you didn't, then you'd just wait.
My plan is to take all of those people that gave up and buy one of their reservations for ten cents on the dollar and even though I go to the back of the line, I get a dirt cheap Elio. If you ponied up $1K and I offer you $100, then you'll take it as you stated you moved on. I move to the end of the line and get a $5600 Elio. At this point there should be a few hundred that will do this after Elio announces full funding and a firm production date. I'll jump on your deal and make out like a bandit.
This is all based on that you are not just throwing out idle threats.