You know its bad when these guys trash Rivian!

[Tim-in-CA]

The biggest cheerleaders on the Internet have turned. Mothers eating their young!!

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[COdogman]

I was watching their reaction closely yesterday. It started with denial, then as reality sunk in they all sounded like this forum. I feel sorry for them too. It sucks to buy into a brand like this and get stabbed in the back. Rivian really screwed up.

 

[Tim-in-CA]

I was watching their reaction closely yesterday. It started with denial, then as reality sunk in they all sounded like this forum. I feel sorry for them too. It sucks to buy into a brand like this and get stabbed in the back. Rivian really screwed up.

Yep, the blowback is real. I would love to be a fly on the wall in a conference room in Irvine HQ. I'm sure there are two teams : "Team I Told you So" and "Team Head in Sand" ... I've said it before, they should have made the price increase stepped and not screwed over LE customers or increased their price and threw them a bone of some kind (free future FSD, or lifetime RAN???)

 

[stickyfingers]

This is a complete sh*t show. Hopefully, some heads will roll and then they make this right. I'm still livid.

 

[Davethadog]

Just filled out my polestar credit app as I watched this video.

 

[Mysta]

Just filled out my polestar credit app as I watched this video.

Was going to nab one but they won’t give much on trade in

 

[IPTV65]

Message their Chief Growth Officer on LinkedIn and let him know how you feel. https://www.linkedin.com/in/jitenbehl/

 

[SeaGeo]

Was going to nab one but they won’t give much on trade in

Get a quote from Vroom or Carvana.

 

[ironpig]

This is why I cringe every time I see someone buy Rivian shirts or hats or whatever. It's a product not a lifestyle.

 

[mini2nut]

I am not doing anything drastic quite yet. I’m mad at the way the price increase was handled but I still like the vehicle.

I converted my original configuration to a Rivian designed and made Dual Motor (no longer Bosch manufactured), the small 261 mile range battery pack, 20” wheels, underbody protection w/tow hooks and a spare tire. My 2024 R1T Glacier White configuration comes in at $74,950.

 

[fotoflux]

I am not doing anything drastic quite yet. I’m mad at the way the price increase was handled but I still like the vehicle.

I converted my original configuration to a Rivian designed and made Dual Motor (no longer Bosch manufactured), the small 261 mile range battery pack, 20” wheels, underbody protection w/tow hooks and a spare tire. My 2024 R1T Glacier White configuration comes in at $74,950.

Wait for their announcement in 2024 about inflation pressures forcing another 20% price increase but a new single motor gas powered base model for only 78k in 2026

the dual motor in 2024 is snake oil

 

[SoCal Rob]

The biggest cheerleaders on the Internet have turned. Mothers eating their young!!

From die-hard Rivian boosters to, “Jeeps are awesome! You will love them!”

Wow, way to burn through good will, Rivian.

 

[SoCal Rob]

Oh, and earlier today I wrote here “This could snowball, though, if a bunch of previously-positive reviewers revise their opinions based on the revised value. In turn, I could see a bunch of status-seeking buyers or fast followers decide maybe this isn’t the next great thing because influencers and former proponents jumped ship.”

This video may be the first of previously-positive reviewers rethinking their opinion but I bet it won’t be the last.

I keep thinking that business schools will be looking at this for years to come. I just don’t know if the story will be ”How a promising startup managed to self-destruct by driving off huge numbers of early customers and harming good will with many of those remaining” or if it will be, “How Rivian managed to weather the perfect storm of adversity by driving away unprofitable business”

 

[Tim-in-CA]

From die-hard Rivian boosters to, “Jeeps are awesome! You will love them!”

Wow, way to burn through good will, Rivian.

Yea, that was QUITE the turnaround seeing as Jeeps get some SERIOUSLY bad mileage and have notorious quality issues in the past. I think they are having a hard time clawing themselves out from the volcano they were just tossed into! Here's a dramatic recreation of RJ ripping the Rivian Stories guys' hearts out before tossing them into the volcanic abyss!

 

[RWerksman]

Oh, and earlier today I wrote here “This could snowball, though, if a bunch of previously-positive reviewers revise their opinions based on the revised value. In turn, I could see a bunch of status-seeking buyers or fast followers decide maybe this isn’t the next great thing because influencers and former proponents jumped ship.”

This video may be the first of previously-positive reviewers rethinking their opinion but I bet it won’t be the last.

I keep thinking that business schools will be looking at this for years to come. I just don’t know if the story will be ”How a promising startup managed to self-destruct by driving off huge numbers of early customers and harming good will with many of those remaining” or if it will be, “How Rivian managed to weather the perfect storm of adversity by driving away unprofitable business”

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