My deal-breaker is not just losing a portion of the $7,500 tax credit.
I'm offended by Tesla's unfair treatment of early orders, as they purposely delayed them and gave priority to later orders. There is no transparency at any point.
You’re right, in that there’s no transparency.
But it’s exactly because of that, none of us know what or why they do things that you think is delaying orders or prioritizing others.
People need to stop making assumptions.
Did my order get prioritized before someone else, because I bought an
MYP? Some would like to think so, but haven’t these folks ever thought… maybe the order was someone else’s, with a much earlier OD, that was cancelled… or worse, rejected? I saw a “panel” alignment issue with the hatch and bumper. There are a couple of weird gaps with the front bumper trim. Maybe there was a previous person that rejected it. But, I’m fine with it.
I mean, I’ve seen orders with selected paint colors and tow, etc on MYP. Meaning they’d be considered “higher margin,” right? They’re still waiting. Hell, there’s a guy across town from me also still waiting for almost the same order as mine (OD, trim, color, everything).
I’ve also seen plenty of brand new “basic” MYLRs (white, 19” wheels, etc) with temp plates rolling around here too. Hell, I had to wait almost half an hour after my delivery appointment time, because of “plain ‘ol” MYLR ahead of me was taking their time.
So again, we just don’t know. Making claims they’re purposely doing this or that is rather pointless because of it.
SA comes into picture after vin assignment only right?
An SA can come into the picture at any time. One SA at the SC even said to me it would’ve been more informative if I had spoken to them to make the order as they could talk me through the rest of the steps and timing. But since I did it on my own (like many others), I’m basically at the whims of “whatever, whoever, whenever” that processes the orders.