- Matthew Hiller sells stickers on Etsy for Tesla house owners embarrassed by Elon Musk’s politics.
- Musk’s vocal assist for Donald Trump has boosted gross sales, he informed The New York Instances.
- MadPufferStickers is a facet hustle for the Waikiki Aquarium employee.
Some Tesla house owners are embarrassed by Elon Musk’s very public assist for Donald Trump — and one Etsy vendor has discovered a technique to money in.
Matthew Hiller works within the reward store of Waikiki Aquarium in Honolulu but in addition has a facet hustle within the type of Mad Puffer Stickers that calls itself “Etsy’s #1 Store For Tesla Drivers!”
A few of the stickers and magnets obtainable on his Etsy retailer have slogans reminiscent of “I Purchased This Earlier than We Knew Elon Was Loopy” in all-capital letters, and one other that reads: “Anti Elon Tesla Membership.”
The latter merchandise measures 4 inches by 5 inches, prices $339.80 and was purchased by 13 folks prior to now 24 hours as of Thursday. It is appropriate for the Tesla Mannequin X, Y, 3 and Cybertruck.
Hiller informed The New York Instances he used to promote between 5 and 10 a day, however curiosity jumped considerably after Musk ramped up his assist for Trump forward of the election. He stated he is now offered about 18,000 stickers to patrons in 30 nations.
Hiller had as soon as thought of shopping for a Tesla. Following Musk’s takeover of Twitter, now X, he informed the Instances of his concern about what he known as misinformation on the social media platform.
“So I am like, there isn’t any approach I am shopping for a Tesla: I do not need to give this man a penny,” he stated.
That led Hiller to suppose some Telsa house owners wouldn’t “need to endorse something this man stands for,” and impressed him so as to add the “I Purchased This Earlier than We Knew Elon Was Loopy” sticker. One purchaser of that merchandise commented: “Love the automobile … cannot cope with Musk.”
It sits alongside extra lighthearted objects on Mad Puffer Stickers reminiscent of “Do not Speak To Me, I am a Fishtrovert,” and “Eighters Gonna Eight” with a picture of an octopus.
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Enterprise Insider reported in November that seven present and would-be Tesla house owners stated they have been actively planning or contemplating promoting their automobiles or Tesla shares, or that they have been completed shopping for the model after years of believing in Musk and his EV maker.
Hiller didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark from BI.
