Mine was honored.How successful have people been in getting someone to honor your old price? This is when you have already booked a car from inventory. Basically, you have 2 bookings under your name. I want them to honor my old price, badly
. I've already spend $4K (when the color and the wheel changed) of the potential $7,500. So, I am doubly ______. But hey, my wife is happy that she got her preferred color - Red. So, bottom line, happy wife - priceless .
My initial order was MYLR (5 seater) W/W/19" on 1/30. Thanks to the forum, where I learned that there are some MY LR available in Cleveland area and by that time the $55K limit (to quality for IRS tax credit) on 5 seater was increased to $80K. We had to choose White exterior as white interior was a must for me and my wife to remain under $55K. Anyway, I found a R/W/20" in Cleveland on Thu 2/16 and called my SA Fri 2/17 morning. He was able to match my order number to the car showing up at Cleveland location and I had to pay $4K extra (Red+20" wheels). I hear many here did not have good experience with SA (or texting 510 number), but all my SA has been good in terms or responsiveness. So, this is my story - good luck.
So you did not have 2 bookings at the same time before reaching out to SA, right?
I suspect this aspect of the "customer relations" process is very low on the priority list BECAUSE they are a data/tech company with a very Silicon Valley mentality.
What doesn’t make sense to me on this line of reasoning is…then why don’t I get a call from an SA when a car *very* close to mine is available? Or an option to be notified this way? Or why are there so many cars sent to Cleveland as inventory and only able to be registered in a handful of states where no one has ordered one like it? Many people want a more expensive version, but are scared to change their order and be pushed back further or ignored by SA’s when they ask about an inventory car. A few have been successful, but it seems more like exceptions than any sort of corporate strategy.
This is a perfect example of higher price got prioritized first. There are still a few naive people wanting to believe it’s a logistics or supply chain constraint issues, LOL
Looks like our batch of white/white cars are finally going to be built. I got the same text this morning with OD 1/14 and EDD 3/6-3/20. SoCal area
A couple of us are in a similar situation with a MYP OD b/w 02/01 and 02/05. I would wait for another week to see how it goes down with those orders. MYP OD to DD has been around 30 days so if there is a significant delay over Mid-Late Jan orders we'll know by end of next week.
I'm highly doubtful that's possible but I hope someone else more experienced with Tesla can confirm. I know Tesla can install official Tesla accessories for you but you have to buy it yourself and bring it during service. I don't think they would just hand you free 19 inch tires even if they had them on hand.
I feel this cause of all this high anxiety, uncertainty, and maneuvering by Tesla and we buyers was caused by hapless politicians and bureaucrats for creating a bill that could not be administered properly. Consider the difference in our attitudes and decisions if there was clarity from the beginning. Place the blame where it squarely belongs...
So you did not actually get the swapped car for the same price prior to the price increase It sounds. Nor did you swap for the same car/options. Had you found a MYLR W/W/19” in inventory, but yours had a EDD in April ish, according to what I have been told, you would not have received that car in inventory for the same price. You would be paying the increased price for the same car you had on order. Do I have that right?
@greenearth2129 was fortunate to have their original pricing honored. I was told by a SA that if I swapped for an 'in inventory vehicle' I would have to pay the current price. On the other hand, if I edited my order and was subsequently matched by Tesla, then my current pricing would be honored. Perhaps the friendly SA, with a little slight of hand, did this on greenearth2129's behalf.
