[plank_time]

I am trying to get out of a solar lease for the new house we bought and Tesla is saying the fair market value for 9 year old 4kW solar panels is $15k which is double the price of an 8kW system. I hate Tesla with a passion.

[renewiltord]

Solar leases are notoriously shite. When I was looking into buying homes I avoided every house with a solar lease.

[plank_time]

We got a significant discount over comps so even if we pay full price to pay them off we still did well, so I was okay with it. It’s still very annoying though having to deal with Tesla. I can’t believe they are still in business with their business practices. My friend has a solar roof contract that Tesla is trying to double the price on, it’s insane.

[renewiltord]

Oh yeah, no, I wasn't criticising you. It's just that all these solar guys are notorious for being shitheads about their solar leases. They're as bad as the timeshare guys.

[plank_time]

I took no offense to what you said. I think solar leases are a complete scam. The sales person sold the elderly couple an undersized system that left them still paying for electricity from PG&E every month. And a few years from now, I will be paying more per kWh than from PG&E. But the delta won’t be huge so based on the discount it was okay with me. But yeah it’s incredible that Solar city sold these people this lease, it’s practically useless for them and it’s definitely useless for me.