{"id":1433675,"date":"2022-04-12T15:45:12","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T19:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1433675"},"modified":"2022-04-12T15:45:17","modified_gmt":"2022-04-12T19:45:17","slug":"elons-folly-former-tesla-owner-has-waited-2-years-for-refund-after-returning-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elons-folly-former-tesla-owner-has-waited-2-years-for-refund-after-returning-car\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon&#039;s Folly: Former Tesla Owner Has Waited 2 Years for Refund After Returning Car"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Felons-folly-former-tesla-owner-has-waited-2-years-for-refund-after-returning-car%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1433675&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">According to a recent report, one former Tesla Model X owner has been waiting over two years to receive a refund on the vehicle he returned. The customer returned his vehicle under Elon Musk\u2019s seven-day \u201cno questions asked\u201d policy, but has yet to receive a refund. His case against Tesla is currently in arbitration.<\/p>\n<p>CNBC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2022\/04\/09\/tesla-customer-has-been-waiting-more-than-2-years-for-a-model-x-refund.html\">recently told the story<\/a> of Danny Roman, a business owner who purchased a new Tesla Model X and received it in February 2020. Just three days later, Roman told Tesla that he was returning the vehicle under the company\u2019s seven-day, no-questions-asked return policy, which Tesla CEO Elon Musk had been publicly promoting.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_18114602\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Elon-Musk-shades-his-eyes-in-front-of-a-Tesla.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18114602\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Elon-Musk-shades-his-eyes-in-front-of-a-Tesla.jpg\" alt=\"Elon Musk shades his eyes in front of a Tesla\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elon Musk shades his eyes in front of a Tesla ( Maja Hitij \/Getty)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_9147307\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-490597844.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9147307\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-490597844.jpg\" alt=\"FREMONT, CA - SEPTEMBER 29: Tesla CEO Elon Musk steps out of the new Tesla Model X during an event to launch the company&#039;s new crossover SUV on September 29, 2015 in Fremont, California. After several production delays, Elon Musk officially launched the much anticipated Tesla Model X Crossover SUV. The (Photo by Justin Sullivan\/Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a0(Photo by Justin Sullivan\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Over two years later, Roman has yet to receive a refund for the car or access to the vehicle, which cost around $116,000 in total. According to records, Tesla picked up his Model X and placed it on a tow truck on March 8, 2020.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Roman expected to receive his refund shortly afterward, but his money was not returned. Roman\u2019s bank advised him to request that Tesla initiate a \u201cstop sale.\u201d But a Tesla sales representative informed him that his refund would be processed soon and not to worry.<\/p>\n<p>But as Roman continued to correspond with Tesla for several weeks, he received a service alert from Tesla telling him to come and collect his vehicle. The alert stated that the car had been repaired and was in a service center in Burbank, California, despite Roman originally purchasing the vehicle in Century City. Roman had neither asked for nor approved any repairs to the vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>Roman stopped making payments on the car for a month as he expected to receive his refund soon, yet shortly after missing a payment, his bank informed him that his credit rating had taken a 30-point hit. When he contacted his bank to discuss the issue, he was informed that Tesla had not issued a stop-sale on the vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>Incredibly, Roman has continued to make payments for the last two years on a vehicle he does not possess, all while awaiting his refund. Roman\u2019s case against the company is currently in arbitration.<\/p>\n<p>Read more at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2022\/04\/09\/tesla-customer-has-been-waiting-more-than-2-years-for-a-model-x-refund.html\">CNBC here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><i>Lucas Nolan is a reporter for Breitbart News covering issues of free speech and online censorship. Follow him on Twitter\u00a0<\/i><i><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/lucasnolan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@LucasNolan<\/a>\u00a0<\/i><i>or contact via secure email at the address\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"mailto:lucasnolan@protonmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">lucasnolan@protonmail.com<\/a><\/i><i><\/i><\/strong><i><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to a recent report, one former Tesla Model X owner has been waiting over two years to receive a refund on the vehicle he returned. 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