Can anyone tell me if Tesla will accept a personal check for the full amount at the time of pickup? I can’t find it on their site and I want to be prepared for delivery.
Ordered mine Sept 27th. Can’t wait!
Ordered mine Sept 27th. Can’t wait!
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You can also bank transfer the amount. I’m about to do that… a check is so old school dealership
Where at?I had no problem with them accepting a large personal check
Many of us don't see a reason to pay for a car before it's in front of us, ready for us to take the keys. I actually did prepay for a car once, but for most car purchases in my life, I've paid as I picked up the car, whether it's new or used, dealer or private seller.Why not just use ACH? Same principle and easier
Yeah, the Plaid process is a security issue given you are trusting your entire online bank account to a third party (it's not using some kind of controlled authorization like OAuth), but it seems it's getting quite popular, as a lot of places use Plaid now. One way to address the security issue is to set a temp password, use it only for this transaction and change it immediately after the money is over.Many of us don't see a reason to pay for a car before it's in front of us, ready for us to take the keys. I actually did prepay for a car once, but for most car purchases in my life, I've paid as I picked up the car, whether it's new or used, dealer or private seller.
Personally I do trust Tesla to eventually get me the car I ordered, so I considered pre-paying, but ultimately I just didn't see a reason to. Certainly Tesla doesn't need my money to build the car in today's market. There's no such thing as a highly custom Tesla build, and if I didn't end up buying the car, someone else would in short order! (Actually I ended up spotting a config I wanted in inventory a few days after I ordered, so probably what really happened is I took someone else's cancelled order. )
Now for ACH itself...if I was going to prepay, I would be fine with normal ACH. However the Plaid payment service Tesla uses for ACH requests your banking login and password. DO NOT GIVE THAT OUT, not ever, not to anyone! Asking customers to give that out is a HORRIBLE security practice.
If you want to prepay for a new Tesla I suggest wiring the money. The wire instructions should be in your MVPA (Motor Vehicle Purchase Agreement), if I recall correctly.
You could open a bank account now, write yourself a check, cash it with the new bank, and have the money ready for Tesla on Tuesday.I know this thread is pretty old now, but I'm taking delivery this Tuesday (6/21/22) and Tesla informed me they do NOT take personal checks anymore. So it's either cashier's/certified check, or ACH or Plaid system or wire transfer.
Since my bank is nearly 1000 miles away, I guess it's ACH or plaid (this is what I get for moving and not switching banks lol).