Bakery credits Elon Musk with surge in orders after unpaid Tesla bill issue

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“Tesla is associated in people’s mind with Elon Musk,” she said, “and you either love him or hate him…so when people saw that it was Tesla, I think it stirred strong emotions.”

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00:00 Last week, a bakery owner in California slammed Tesla for ordering $16,000 worth of pies and then

00:05 canceling, leaving the bakery out thousands of dollars. The owner, Vangi Rasateranara,

00:10 posted about it on Instagram and received a lot of attention. The news spread and once Elon Musk

00:14 heard about it, he said he would make things good with the bakery. While Tesla did pay $2,000 to

00:18 cover the cost of the order, the company's actions led to a booming business for the Giving Pies

00:22 bakery. The owner told Fox that the bakery is now receiving 200 or so daily customers compared to

00:27 30 or 40 on a typical day. Rasateranara believes the incident blew up because of Musk's popularity.

00:32 She said, "You either love him or hate him, so when people saw it with Tesla,

00:36 I think it stirred strong emotions."

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