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“After providing a quote and receiving approval, I anticipated a smooth transaction,” Rasetarinera said in a post onThe Giving Pies’ Facebook page.
However, when payment “failed to materialize” on time she “grew concerned.”
“Despite the late hour and short notice, I consulted with my staff, who assured me they could manage the expanded order,” Rasetarinera wrote.
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Rasetarinera said the business was forced to turn down other Black History Month catering jobs in order to complete Tesla’s order, on top of buying supplies and preparing “for a demanding production schedule.”
At 2 p.m., Rasetarinera said she called the Tesla representative “only to get her voicemail.” She claimed that a few minutes later, she got a text message “CASUALLY informing me that the plan had changed and Tesla would no longer require the order.”
“This abrupt reversal left me reeling, realizing the extent of the impact on my small business,” the business owner wrote. “I had invested time, resources, and effort based on assurances from Tesla, only to be left high and dry.”
Rasetarinera said she reached back out to the representative and “expressed the profound disappointment and damage inflicted on my business."
“I outlined how their actions had disrupted my operations, strained my staff, and tarnished my trust in doing business with big corporations,” she added in the Facebook post.
Despite facing “temporary setbacks,” Rasetarinera said Tesla’s actions “will not deter me from pursuing my passion and serving my community with integrity and pride."
“And though the scars of this experience may linger, they serve as a testament to the strength and resilience of small businesses everywhere,” she concluded.
Neither Rasetarinera nor Tesla immediately responded to PEOPLE’s requests for comment.
source: people.com
