lbowroom
Plaid, white on black, CF, 8/27/21, Track Pack
Love your perspective and your story. Can’t wait until Electrek turns it into a made for TV drama.
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Zaker89
2021 Model S LR / Red-Black / Since 07.31.2021
Hang in there, I have exact same story with a little different timeframe
We'll get a VIN soon
IamGaryGnu
Endless IBS
btw, FWIW i've read where some folks had their 19" wheels "upgraded" for free to 21" wheels. i may be in the majority, but i do NOT want 21" wheels. no how, no way. I"d likely object and wait for the 19" (note, if i really get offered it for free, and the car sooner, i'd likely cave, like when i say no to dessert at a restaurant....)
the 21" to ME represent:
1) less rubber, more rim damage on my crappy roads, and
2) the need to buy winter tires. Maybe another set of rims, but at the very least either a tire swap, or purchase of all season tires as the 21" only come with summer.
i avoid all that with the 19". yes i think the 19's are ugly, but hey, don't judge a book (or wheel) by it's cover....
IamGaryGnu
Endless IBS
Well, according to Tesla public relations... Oh. Never mind.
Tholland
Plaid/Black&ebony/21in wheels/OD- 5/31/21
I can relate to how you felt about that video.Good to know that video had something more useful than conversations with his daughter.
I was upgraded to free 21's but it was an EOQ incentive. It was not required, I could have declined and waited for the 19's.btw, FWIW i've read where some folks had their 19" wheels "upgraded" for free to 21" wheels. i may be in the majority, but i do NOT want 21" wheels. no how, no way. I"d likely object and wait for the 19" (note, if i really get offered it for free, and the car sooner, i'd likely cave, like when i say no to dessert at a restaurant....)
the 21" to ME represent:
1) less rubber, more rim damage on my crappy roads, and
2) the need to buy winter tires. Maybe another set of rims, but at the very least either a tire swap, or purchase of all season tires as the 21" only come with summer.
i avoid all that with the 19". yes i think the 19's are ugly, but hey, don't judge a book (or wheel) by it's cover....
IamGaryGnu
Endless IBS
bananaheim
Member
Same here. I'm doing the Tesla delivery date shuffle. Saturday July 26-Aug 09; Yesterday: July 27-aug 09; Today: 28-Aug 11
GrnSqrl
LR,blk/blk,19”,rcd 8/25;VIN4392; only waited 235d
I’d rather be shuffling than not dancing at all.
Zaker89
2021 Model S LR / Red-Black / Since 07.31.2021
I just figured out everyone getting Edds between July something - early August is located west coast which takes about 3~4 days to get delivered after getting VIN.
My SA told me it would take 3 days for ready to pick after getting VIN. So still there's a chance to get a delivery by end of this month if we get VIN before Wednesday.
I bet August 3~8 though.
My SA told me it would take 3 days for ready to pick after getting VIN. So still there's a chance to get a delivery by end of this month if we get VIN before Wednesday.
I bet August 3~8 though.
I will just share the post to what i was referring to. There is dialog about it. Being offered 21s and taking them, is not a bait and switch. As someone else stated, you have the capability to decline and wait for 19s.btw, FWIW i've read where some folks had their 19" wheels "upgraded" for free to 21" wheels. i may be in the majority, but i do NOT want 21" wheels. no how, no way. I"d likely object and wait for the 19" (note, if i really get offered it for free, and the car sooner, i'd likely cave, like when i say no to dessert at a restaurant....)
the 21" to ME represent:
1) less rubber, more rim damage on my crappy roads, and
2) the need to buy winter tires. Maybe another set of rims, but at the very least either a tire swap, or purchase of all season tires as the 21" only come with summer.
i avoid all that with the 19". yes i think the 19's are ugly, but hey, don't judge a book (or wheel) by it's cover....
Post in thread '2021 MS 19” Tempest Delivery Tracking'
2021 MS 19” Tempest Delivery Tracking
Since I am sure I will get flamed for “fawning to support Tesla”, please point out where this post “supports Tesla”. If you feel like you were “bait and switch”, take up the legal course against Tesla.
And I thought I was the only one! Thanks for sharing.
Bill Price
Active Member
IMHO, your chances are just as good getting the Plaid in July 2021 as mine are of getting the Plaid+ with the 4680 batteries next year. YMMV.
yerEVan
Active Member
Last time I’ll say this. It totally is a B&S. Why? Because by 2 weeks before EOQ they knew damn well 19’s were not shipping anytime soon and still said June, even if you lived above the shed outside of the freemont factory garage in an efficiency, you still would not get the car until who knows when.
That is misleading. I don’t truly care because I’m driving a great P3D right now so I’m happy, EV-wise.
I just don’t like the (as someone else said) opaque and pretty much worthless communication. I don’t need the car. I just want half decent honesty and transparency.
That is misleading. I don’t truly care because I’m driving a great P3D right now so I’m happy, EV-wise.
I just don’t like the (as someone else said) opaque and pretty much worthless communication. I don’t need the car. I just want half decent honesty and transparency.
Talked to SA in Tysons VA about it this morning and he's seeing many more Plaids being delivered now than LRs, so probability of Plaid being delivered in 2-3 weeks is higher.
Having a VIN doesn't seem to mean anything these days. My SA hasn't been able to provide ANY additional info and can't explain why the delivery date continues to be pushed back every single day. VIN assigned on 7/15 with a delivery window near end of July. It pushes further out every day and is now Aug 8 - 11. Tomorrow it will be Aug 9 -12 and so forth.
AnselmDante
Porn Stunt Double
Being offered 21's with a promise of a faster delivery, and then not delivering, would be a bait and switch. Tesla has definitely done this to several members here.
When you order carbon fiber interior, and then they offer you the lower cost wood trim instead. That is the LITERAL definition of bait and switch. Get you to commit to a purchase, and then convince you to settle for something else, because the thing they promised is not available, or would cause you additional inconvenience. In this case, the carbon fiber trim is exclusive to the Plaid, but they tell you to take a lesser trim option at the same price.
There are several other examples here, but in a nutshell, offering a product, and then convincing you to accept a lesser quality option at the same price is bait and switch. It is done by convincing the consumer the sunk cost, in this case time, would not be worth getting what you initially wanted.
yerEVan
Active Member
Any chance that SA knows if there are 19’s
. I’m obsessed.Who promised you this? SAs? Tesla has never straight out said “upgrade your 21s and you get your car sooner”. Hell, we are seeing people upgrade to 21s and still sitting at October.
Offered. Not the only thing being delivered. You still have the option to wait for carbon fiber (or 19s or whatever) and get what you ordered. They are delivering almost every config (with the exception of white interior it seems), just look at recent deliveries and photos. Not at the speed any one wants, but they are delivering it.
Who “convinced” you? You have the right, as the customer, to say no. You also have the right to “settle” (In my opinion) or accept what is being offered to get your car earlier versus waiting for what you wanted. It is not like Tesla has a gun to your head forcing you to take delivery.
As I said earlier, everyone is (rightfully) pissed off about the delay(s), the delivery process, the sequence of cars being delivered and the list could go on. Not debating that and align with everyone on that. But stating it is a bait and switch is wrong. Also said, if you were bait and switched take the legal course. Hopefully you remember to opt out of arbitration.
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