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Model 3 reservations ($1000 down) will be accepted in Tesla stores....
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I'm being a great sport, those deposits cost money. Besides, without knowing if multiples or proxies are allowed, this way is safest (he doesn't say the waiting & registering for him have to be at the same time,) and he seems fine with fooling around anyway.
EDIT: Not to mention this way he isn't forced to be the guinea pig, so I can work all the kinks out and have the process down.
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strider
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US cars will undoubtedly be shipped first so in theory those waiting in line for store openings on the East Coast will be first. But if the first GP (not founders) shipments are near an end of quarter they may prioritize West Coast shipments (or even Bay Area) so they can avoid shipping delays and count them sooner for earnings. They have done this w/ Model S in the past.
Further, with Model S there were 4 separate reservation lists (I haven't paid attention to Model X). Founders, Signatures, Roadster Friends and Family (R-list), and General Production (P-list). They were delivered in that order regardless of reservation date. We know there won't be a Signature Model 3 but no idea of they'll have a "current customer" priority list or not. Although that seems unfair from Tesla's view it makes sense. Current customers are much more likely to be supportive of early car teething problems than a new customer. And Tesla has yet to deliver a model without significant teething problems and I expect Model 3 to be the same. It took Tesla a few thousand Model S's to get the kinks worked out. Those of you clamoring to be #1, be careful what you wish for.
1051
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I just checked with my local store and they order from the same website we do, they do not have a special url. So if we can order on the 31st from a store we should also be able to order from our home on the 31st.
Umm....I don't think it is beyond Tesla's technical ability to make an order web page only for dealers for March 31st.
Brad_SC
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Tesla doesn't have to worry about the URL, I'd bet just about anything that in store they are using a VPN... just think about it.
That would make sense if the central time zone starts at noon, mountain at 11 and pacific at 10am. Yesterday I was at the store in Boston and they had no information to provide but that was certainly no surprise.
Mark Z
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That will allow the West Coast buyers to get some extra sleep in the Pacific time zone!
To speed the process, maybe Tesla Motors will have a PDF form to print and fill out. Better yet, if we already have a Tesla account, we might just log on at the store.
Like Apple Computer with pre-reservations, do we get two lines on the 31st, one for the non-account holders and one for the account holders?
Better yet, Tesla should request that new customers create their Tesla account before visiting the store. That would save a LOT of time.
At this point I'm pretty sure the folks in the stores are not privy to procedures that will be used on the 31st. I just called the Paramus-Route 17 location in NJ for the second time in 10 days*. Both times I was told they would be starting to take reservations at 10 AM, but didn't have much else in the way of details. Pretty different from what sunkat was told. I'm pretty sure the rules will be company wide and that no one is deliberately misleading callers, thus my conclusion that headquarters hasn't told the stores the plan yet.
*I get the urge to call at least once a day, but for now I've been able to fight it off. I suspect that will become more difficult in the next three weeks:smile:. I did manage to get the day off of work so I can go to Paramus around closing time on the 30th. I am hoping to meet some of you as the line builds just after I arrive.
vjason
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This made me curious so I called the Raleigh store just now. For them, nothing has changed. Normal business hours, payment via credit card or Paypal only (no cash or checks accepted).
It would be nice if they would just make a formal announcement so we don't have to bother our local (or not so local) Tesla locations to see if anything has changed.
It would be nice if they would just make a formal announcement so we don't have to bother our local (or not so local) Tesla locations to see if anything has changed.
Mark, would that be a My Tesla account on the website? I just signed up and the only information it asked for was name and email address.
Mark Z
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If you visit the Tesla forum, does the account allow a user name?
If not, then it could be a way to get on the Tesla mailing list, and that's a good thing, since Tesla seldom sends out email.
The original poster saying 1PM EST start was from the East Coast.
Maybe they intend have west Coast stores start taking orders at 10AM PST, which would be 1PM EST so that customers start making deposits at the same time.
So, West Coast wouldn't get to "sleep in", but rather East Coast would so that they start reserving at the same time as the West Coast.
Mark Z
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I'll be at Rocklin with my Model XI know one other person who is going to join me on the 31st at the Rocklin store, so that makes at least 3 (if you're planning on going too).
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