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Tesla tends to be a bit of a black and white area when it comes to its customers.
Some drivers swear by the electric vehicles, while others have documented extensive lists of problems and frustrations with the company's products and customer service.
Meanwhile, some tech leaders, like OpenAI CEO Sam Altman are still waiting for vehicles he ordered seven and a half years ago.
But one man took his love for Tesla to an entirely new level.
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Dan, the host of the popular What's Inside? Family YouTube channel, wanted to test the limits of Tesla's website by ordering as many Tesla Cybertrucks as physically possible.
To say Dan is a Tesla fan is a bit of an understatement. On his channel, he's published detailed reviews and verdict videos on different vehicles from the manufacturer, ranging from the Model X to the Cybertruck itself, all the while expressing genuine admiration for the products.
In the video, the YouTuber planned to place a refundable $100 deposit for each Cybertruck order, using several different credit cards to keep the orders flowing.
For the first handful of transactions, everything appeared to be working perfectly. The first several orders processed smoothly, with a reassuring message flashing on screen: "Your order is complete."
However, after around 10 orders had been placed, the system suddenly threw up a roadblock.
"There was a problem processing your payment. Please check and try again or contact your card issuing bank," the red font said on the screen.
But Dan wasn't about to give up that easily, which is why he had a bunch of credit cards at the ready.
As he continued attempting orders, a pattern began to emerge. Each credit card would successfully process around 10 purchases before suddenly stopping, refusing to authorise any additional transactions.
He theorised this might be due to what he called a 'bot limit' which are automated restrictions designed to prevent the exact kind of mass ordering he was attempting.
It would make sense for Tesla to have such safeguards in place to prevent bots or resellers from placing hundreds of orders and gaming the reservation system.
At one point, he called Mastercard to determine whether the payment blocks were coming from the bank or Tesla. The bank then confirmed there were 'no red flags' on their end, indicating that the issue originated in Tesla's ordering system.
But Dan persisted and swapped the credit card when the message appeared.
By the end of the video, after cycling through multiple credit cards, he'd successfully placed orders for a staggering total of 51 Cybertrucks.
"We ordered 50 Cybertrucks today. If we bought all of them, it would cost us $3.5 million," he explained at the end of the video.
Hopefully, he didn't have to wait as long as Altman for a refund.
