# The $1 Chevrolet Chatbot

> A chatbot accepted a $1 Tahoe offer; screenshots spread and the dealer’s bot shut down.

- Owner: Chevrolet of Watsonville (dealer); Fullpath (chatbot vendor)
- Kind: Moment
- Sector: Auto & mobility
- Seed date: 2023-12-17
- Peak proxy date: 2023-12-20
- Date basis: Proxy date; not a directly measured attention peak.
- Spread Score: 38 (Niche, provisional), v1.2
- Mechanics: Transgression, Response chain, Platform jump, Press loop, Controversy

## Summary

Chris Bakke posted a dealership chatbot’s dollar-offer exchange on X. Users shared pranks on Reddit and press covered the screenshots. Fullpath shut down the affected bot, added restrictions and offered a free trial. No completed dollar sale was established.

## Timeline

- 2023-04-19 — Fullpath (Open web) — Fullpath announced a ChatGPT-powered tool connected to dealership inventory and customer data.
- 2023-12-16 — Chris White (Open web) — Chris White posted coding screenshots to Mastodon before the dollar-offer screenshot appeared.
- 2023-12-17 — Chris Bakke (X) — Chris Bakke posted screenshots of a chatbot accepting his offer of one dollar for a Tahoe.

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Canonical URL: https://howitspread.com/cases/chevrolet-one-dollar-chatbot

Cite as: How It Spread (2026). “The $1 Chevrolet Chatbot.” Case HIS-00549. Spread Score v1.2: 38/100. Updated 2026-10-14. https://howitspread.com/id/HIS-00549