It is very popular in many industries; when it is accomplished by convincing re-sellers to take in more stock than they desire, it is called 'stuffing the channel'. Book publishers are famous for doing this to achieve 'best-seller' status.
jgbuddy•1h ago
What would the alternative have been? Not reporting that they were purchased at all?
The premise here seems to be that spacex purchased the trucks for the sole purpose of inflating the tesla reporting, which of course makes no sense from a business perspective
benj111•1h ago
Except when the CEO of publicly owned Tesla gets paid based on performance.
browningstreet•42m ago
Elon keeps doing things that make no sense from a business perspective and he’s defended by people who exclaim it couldn’t have happened like that because it makes no sense from a business perspective.
hnburnsy•10m ago
Currently no in stock new or used and a two month delivery estimate.
jazz9k•1h ago
nickff•28m ago