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Elon Musk's antics turn owners and potential buyers against Tesla

For much of the past decade, Tesla has had no match in its model battery range and other performance measures. The trend has emerged in one consumer survey and market research report after another: Tesla commands high brand awareness, consideration and loyalty, and customers are mostly happy with its cars. Musk’s antics, on the other hand? They can do without. Creative Strategies, a California-based customer experience gauge, cited owners’ frustration with Musk in a study published in April. A year earlier, research firm Escalent found Musk to be the most negative aspect of the Tesla brand among electric vehicle owners surveyed. “We hear from Tesla owners who will say, ‘Look, I love my vehicle, but I really wish I didn’t have to respond to my friends and family about his latest tweet,’” said Mike Dovorany, who talks to thousands of Tesla users. EV owner and potential buyer for two years working in the automotive and mobility group Escalent. Tesla has so far had no trouble thriving

The Maidstone house went up at auction, sold later for $1.276 million as nervous buyers held back

“Buyers are really waiting to see who else might be out there and what they have to offer,” Saad said. “They thought that delaying might give them a little more power in the negotiations afterwards.” The house in Melbourne’s west is one of 630 auctions scheduled across the city on Saturday. In the evening, Domain Groups recorded an initial clearance rate of 55.0 percent of the 451 reported results, while 68 auctions were cancelled. Drawn auctions are counted as unsold properties when calculating clearance levels. The Maidstone House isn’t the only one passing by and selling later on the weekend. A three-bedroom terrace at 108 Roseberry Street, Ascot Vale passed, then sold for $1.2 million in reserve after auction. Nelson Alexander Ascot Vale sales agent Josh Calendar said two bidders were competing and one made a strong bid while the other tried to slow down the process by making a $1000 bid. The property made a bid of $1.18 million, before quick negotiations. It was sold to an up

Potential home buyers of The Block are given a peek with one of the 'HELICOPTERING at clients' agents

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Block 2022 contestants put down their tools at 9 a.m. on the Sunday leading up to the event’s premiere and auction date. And according to the Sunday Herald Sun, potential buyers including series regular Danny Wallis have glimpsed the property over the past week. The publication understands one agent even ‘flyed a prospective client’s helicopter for a preliminary inspection’ of a home, while mega-buyer Danny drove from Melbourne to Gisborne South in Victoria state to browse properties. Potential buyers of The Block home have been peeked, with one agent even ‘HELICOPTERING at the client for initial inspection’, a new report claimed on Sunday. Photo: Block 2022 Situs site Danny, a Melbourne-based IT entrepreneur with a reported net worth of $120 million, bought not one but three homes on The Block last year for a total of $12.2 million. The eccentric fortune kept his winnings, having bought three homes at auction in 2020 for nearly $12 million. Danny also bought Mitch and Mark’s ho