{"id":115,"date":"2020-06-15T08:27:58","date_gmt":"2020-06-15T15:27:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tunnelinsider.com\/?p=115"},"modified":"2023-11-09T18:23:49","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T02:23:49","slug":"elon-musk-sells-20000-boring-company-flamethrowers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tunnelinsider.com\/elon-musk-sells-20000-boring-company-flamethrowers\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk sells all 20,000 Boring Company flamethrowers, fast!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When selling <a href=\"https:\/\/tunnelinsider.com\/elon-musk-sells-600000-of-the-boring-company-hats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">50,000 Boring Company hats<\/a> isn&#8217;t enough for Elon Musk, he needs to challenge the status quo and sell the next coolest gadget; a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Flamethrower\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">flamethrower<\/a>! BAM!<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re not talking a few hundred units, or a few thousand units, Musk\u2019s fire sale of his Boring Company \u201cflamethrowers\u201d raised $10M, selling out all 20,000 units, despite warnings from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">U.S. Department of State<\/a> and a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Miguel_Santiago\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">US politician.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Who would have though that flamethrowers could be so cool? They are when Elon Musk decides they are!<\/p>\n<p>However, Elon can&#8217;t just sell Boring Company flamethrowers without making one work for it, you make it enticing by announcing it over Twitter then putting a password protected page on The Boring Company&#8217;s website. In order to buy one, you had to guess the password.<\/p>\n<p>Fun right? Not-so-much. After an overwhelming amount of traffic to the site and demand for the flamethrower, The Boring Company removed the password-protected page allowing for the purchase. Thank you!<\/p>\n<p>A couple of days later, Musk, tweeted that all the $500 flamethrowers were sold out and that they would be shipping out Summer of 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Our managing company, <a href=\"https:\/\/rocketone.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rocket One Inc.<\/a>, was lucky enough to secure a flamethrower. Were you able to get one also? We want to hear from you in the comments below or by <a href=\"https:\/\/tunnelinsider.com\/contact\">contacting us<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When selling 50,000 Boring Company hats isn&#8217;t enough for Elon Musk, he needs to challenge the status quo and sell the next coolest gadget; a flamethrower! BAM! 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