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Might be seeing the light at the end of tunnel:)
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I forgot to add to my post that just giving my name was enough to find me as I told the person I had a job number and Tesla number. Answer: don't need it, have you right here.
Way to go.
877 961 7652 is the number I have that goes direct to tesla energy support.
Another milestone that went smoothly. Payment.
Half now(card credit limit) going smoothly although CC company has yet to register a few hours afterwards this payment yet. Made payment from my credit union account to CC to take effect tomorrow. Then, as soon as that transaction tales with CC, final payment, maybe by Friday or early next week.
Now, I will have a 1% payback from Amazon.
Half now(card credit limit) going smoothly although CC company has yet to register a few hours afterwards this payment yet. Made payment from my credit union account to CC to take effect tomorrow. Then, as soon as that transaction tales with CC, final payment, maybe by Friday or early next week.
Now, I will have a 1% payback from Amazon.
Another milestone that went smoothly. Payment.
Half now(card credit limit) going smoothly although CC company has yet to register a few hours afterwards this payment yet. Made payment from my credit union account to CC to take effect tomorrow. Then, as soon as that transaction tales with CC, final payment, maybe by Friday or early next week.
Now, I will have a 1% payback from Amazon.
Yeah, that's a nice little bonus. I was really surprised Tesla would accept a CC for payment - I figured they would be okay taking one for the smaller down payments, but not a lot of companies like paying the CC fees for such large transactions. But I guess Musk did make a nice chunk of change from PayPal back in the day. Either way, if you can get 1% (or more) back from a CC by paying that way, it is another item to take into account when calculating the pricing.
aesculus
Still Trying to Figure This All Out
Yep, me too lol. I use my CC for everything I can and just pay it off at the end of each month. When I found out that I could do a CC with tesla for the entire amount even, I was surprised. I checked and checked because I was sure there was going to be some sort of "2% processing fee" or something like that, but nope.
I did the entire thing on one CC transaction, then checked the next month and no extra fees or anything. I had checked but didnt believe it, lol.
aesculus
Still Trying to Figure This All Out
Thats how I did it actually (through paypal, as a CC). Once paypal allowed setting up of a CC as the primary form of payment, I use it a bit more.
Mentioned PayPal above - that is exactly how they handled it with me. Not sure how all the contracts are handled, but I paid $1,000 a while back to secure the reservation, then $2,500 when we agreed to move forward, and 50% of the remaining balance each at material delivery and after passing inspection. Everything except the first $1k Tesla issued me an invoice in PayPal which I could pay using any payment methods PayPal supports, including CC.
aesculus
Still Trying to Figure This All Out
I did not use PayPal but at this point I cannot remember how I did it. I thought they just gave me a web transaction site and I put in the CC info and it was done. This was back in early January.
JPP
Active Member
I canned Tesla Fin Ops (they sent me an e-mail with invoice and phone number) and gave them my CC info over the phone for 2 PWs & gateway etc. Easy. No need for PayPal.
strange - i paid the deposit (it has been so long that i don't remember the amount) but since that transaction no one at tesla has asked me to pay anything more. weird that they would not have a standard process for this.
I believe that poster has a solar roof, which seems to have a different pay flow than powerwall install.
Yeah, it looks like there are some differences, though you might think they would standardize on something - Paypal, their own system, or whatever - for handling payments. Just for clarity, for the solar roof, with a process starting in 2019, there was first a $1k refundable deposit to get in line. Then, when I made it to the front, they asked for another $2.5k (also refundable) to complete the detailed plans (and initially, they planned to come out in person and fly a drone over the house - but turns out being in the DC area, that takes all sorts of time, so they eventually went to using satellite and other images) and then 50% each (non-refundable) at material delivery and passing inspection. The first $1k I paid when filling out whatever form was on Tesla's website for that, and the rest I paid after receiving a PayPal invoice.
While I understand Tesla not breaking up Powerwall installs into as many payments, it does seem odd they wouldn't issue those invoices in PayPal as well, but it is not surprising that they inconsistent.
For me, they did issue it via paypal. I was told that I could pay it over the phone with a human, and they would process it, or that they would issue it to me via paypal. I got the impression that the human would be punching it into paypal anyway, lol.
Strangely enough, I felt better about doing it electronically through paypal vs giving my CC to a human who would have the knowledge that I had a large enough credit limit to put 18k on a charge on that card. I wanted the digital receipt and since I verified that I would not pay some "processing fee" when using paypal, I did it that way.
I paid $100 to get started, and didnt pay the balance till after installation and passing city inspection. Once the city inspection passed, they sent me a bill for the balance, and told me (in very nice terms) that the balance was due before they would submit for my PTO with the utility.
I already had solar so the powerwalls were fully operational, etc, and no issues running them, but I went ahead and paid the balance to try to get the PTO as fast as possible.
Interesting. They sent the email bill before city inspection. Still no inspection but it works.
Half paid Wednesday and other half next week.
Discovered that credit card company doesn't run a real time update for available credit even though the automated response( lack of humans) does indicate payment received and charges made.
Since you already had solar, I assume you were pumping the excess kW back onto the grid already. Is that correct? If so, to do that didn't you already need and have PTO?
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