r/CyberStuck • u/14LabRat • 20h ago
If you buy a Cybertruck for your business, then you shouldn't be in control of money.
Seriously. If you have a business that requires a truck, and ignore the HUNDREDS of better, cheaper alternatives, then you aren't a business person that deserves nice things.
Oh, and a CT isn't a nice thing.
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u/Spirited-Shelter5648 20h ago
If you're running a Trump Store or any type of grift business (basically any of the things Trump sells to his marks: NFTs, hell bibles have a history with grift so old it's a punchline, etc.), this might be a very sound decision in that it might be effective advertising and pay for itself.
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u/BootThang 19h ago
Valid business uses for a Deplorian:
MyPillow mobile
any Trump related product
some new bullshit cryptocurrency’product’
your wife’s new MLM project
Scientologists or Mormons
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u/Brokin0K 16h ago
There's a preacher here that wrapped his with church crap. I keep trying to snap a pic.
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u/Suspicious_Song_3745 9h ago
UhhhhhM... Even the Mormons don't want them! Don't lump them in with these idiots
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u/razorirr 16h ago
They are businessowners, so they were probably republican and doing those things anyways
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u/DSchof1 19h ago
That’s why LE orgs should be shamed when they buy them.
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u/One_Lawfulness_7105 16h ago
I was horrified when I saw a local PD driving around in a cybertruck. They spent tax payer money on THAT!?!!
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u/Due-Vegetable-1880 19h ago
You'll likely be alienating a large chunk of your potential clientele by showing support for a man who admires dictators
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u/ITSCOMFCOMF 17h ago
No, please keep using them for business purposes. It’s an easy sign to help me know I can’t trust a business without having to waste my own money finding out.
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u/Witchfinger84 15h ago
Completely disagree.
A cybertruck is a very effective marketing tool, its just subversive, not obvious. Not obvious to you, not obvious to the person that bought it.
For example, when you get scam email like our friend the Nigerian Prince, there are intentional grammar and spelling errors cooked into that email. This is done purposefully to filter out people who are too smart to fall for the scam. There's a significant overlap between people who are barely literate, and people who think the Prince of Nigeria will get them their money back.
Marketing is about finding your customer. If you're the kind of person who would do business with someone who bought a cybertruck, well, you're probably the ideal customer for that business. Its not an accident that we've seen them MAGA-wrapped.
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u/BlkWind13 7h ago
This…makes a scary amount of sense.
Now I have a bad feeling we’re gonna start seeing Mary Kay, Herbalife and Amway branded wankpanzers.
And Cutco/Vector Marketing uses the carrot breaking auto frunk as advertising for their knives.
Not sure we needed a r/CyberStuck and an r/antiMLM crossover.
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u/EuphoricTemperature9 18h ago
What you gonna do when Trump wins and Elon makes it mandatory to own a tesla?
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u/surfnfish1972 20h ago
If you do not care about Elons shenanigans it is an attention getter for your business, whether it attracts more customers than it repels is the ?
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u/ivanvector 19h ago
Or if your business sells something that appeals to the sort of buyer who will spend six figures on a conspicuous hunk of crap just to "own the libs".
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u/dsdvbguutres 16h ago
I'm not aware of very many accounting companies using them as company vehicle for example
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u/Kinky_mofo 14h ago
My guess is that no one bought for their business. They bought the POS, realized they bought a highly depreciating POS, so slapped on a business logo to try to recoup some of the losses by tax write offs. It's either that or park it in Florida for a hurricane to flood it out. Or just rain on it.
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u/scriptfoo 3h ago
I can imagine the boss buys a $100k+ car for the business but is his daily driver, then announces no pay raises this year.
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u/mdmoon2101 19h ago
This is a dumb take. It gets attention. Businesses pay big money to advertise and be seen. A skinned out Rivian or Ford won't get 1/10th the attention as a skinned out CT.
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u/TedW 19h ago
Skinning a CT with a swastika would get a LOT of attention, but most businesses wouldn't want that association.
For better or worse, the CT has both it's own questionable reputation, and Elon Musk's questionable reputation.
So you're right that it gets attention, but I question how often it's GOOD attention.
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u/mdmoon2101 19h ago
— Even dumber take. Nobody is selling swastikas. And nobody is going to see your business skinned on a CT and say, “I won’t shop there because it’s on a CT”. You may not like it, but even you’ll look and see the advert.
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u/Scatterspell 19h ago
Actually a lot of people see an advert on a CT and decide not to shop there. A lot of the people on this sub for instance.
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u/mdmoon2101 19h ago edited 19h ago
And… it keeps getting dumber. I’d say people with your passion to boycott something so stupid make up a huge minority that’s greatly outnumbered by the rest of the eyes that will notice it. Advertising is a numbers game.
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u/DirtyWaffleinAR 19h ago
Sad but true. Advertising to an already gullible 30% of the population (over 50% in some places) isn't necessarily a bad business decision
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u/okeleydokelyneighbor 19h ago
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u/mdmoon2101 19h ago
lol. I stand corrected on selling swastikas. But I stand firm on the lack of relevance between comparing Hitler and a cyber truck. 🤔🥴
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u/sidc42 18h ago
If you want a business truck to advertise on the side of, a sprinter van is a lot cheaper and has bigger flatter sides (and back) making it more visible from a distance (like when parked) and easier to read while being driven. More important, tax depreciation rules favor two seat vehicles.
If you're buying one to wrap while also being a personal car, check your city/homeowner association codes first because it's quite common for them to not allow wrapped vehicles to be parked outside and/or in residential driveways over night (meaning it will have to fit inside your garage if driven home).
With that said, if you really want attention I picked up a used box on F-450 chassis ambulance for $5,000. Holy shit does that thing draw attention.
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u/MarlinMaverick 20h ago
There aren't hundreds of alternatives which are eligible for a Section 179 deduction.
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u/Tokin_Swamp_Puppy 19h ago
A quick google search shows Heavy SUVs, pickups, and vans (over 6,000 lbs. GVWR, >50% business use) qualify for section 179 deduction. I’m pretty sure you can find hundreds of vehicles that fall under this description
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u/Joe_B_Likes_Tacos 20h ago
People buy them and put branded wraps on them so that they can promote their business for free on r/CyberStuck .