Delivery bumped. Was supposed to be tomorrow at 6am, just got a call at 4:45pm confirming that I'll have a check for them. Yeah, no, I already sent you ALL of my bank information to schedule the funding request, last week. They wouldn't schedule my appointment without it. But of course my ISA has dropped off the map as soon as I provided the funding info, and the woman who called me to ask about the check keeps insisting things that aren't true, such as:
* They cannot submit a funding request to my bank (plenty of other ISAs have done this, and it's how I've bought cars in the past)
* ACH transfers are immediate
She kept insisting she can't deliver a car if there's no money, but was not helpful in telling me how to get it. Insisted on rescheduling (obviously, given no money), so I said I couldn't commit to anything earlier than next Thursday without talking to my wife first (she has next thursday off), and I was told they can't hold a car that long. Thanks?
So we rescheduled for 5:15pm tomorrow at the factory because she was sure as long as I submitted the info for payment, they'd have the money immediately.
Anyway, I'm in the process of trying to submit a DFR myself *on behalf* of Tesla, which my bank recommends against (but says should be okay as long as the 'dealer' doesn't complain that it was done without their agreement), and then.. magic happens? The woman who called insisted that the ACH payment will go through automatically; my bank says it'll be submitted same day as long as it's in before 4pm Central, but I'm pretty sure tomorrow afternoon will come and go and they won't want to release the car to me because the money didn't magically appear like it would with a wire transfer, but whatever. I just hope they figure out that they're not going to release the car to me *before* I fight the godawful east bay traffic at rush hour tomorrow.
*shrug*
EDIT: Update, the funding request wants copies of title applications and so on, none of which I have, and the emails from my ISA and also the language on my Tesla account both say they will "prepare the documents for [your] bank" and "We will coordinate payment with your bank". So I'm guessing it'll be next week some time.