Knightshade
Well-Known Member
Yeah, assuming you took a screen shot, or have an email or something that states it's deliverable and they're now cancelling because they were wrong just do a chargeback on your card.
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My $250 deposit [why can I not get my deposit back?]
- Thread starter SolarBob
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Hey there, If I were to cancel my reservation (before getting the VIN on the MYLR- placed in April) am I only losing the $250 (non-refundable) or will I also be charged the $2500 destination fee? Or does this only apply after delivery? Thank you!
kaimanson
Member
Just the $250....the next in line will get your Vin and pay the $2500 destination fee.
Gotchya! Otherwise if I wait and get the VIN THEN I’ll be charge the rest fee…just making sure I understand
Thank You!(Destination not rest)Gotchya! Otherwise if I wait and get the VIN THEN I’ll be charge the rest fee…just making sure I understand
stopcrazypp
Well-Known Member
Actually even after VIN assignment you can walk away from the deal and only owe the $250 order charge (which is now no longer a "deposit," it's an order charge which is collected even if you go through with order). All the other fees are due at delivery (including the destination charge). At least that was my experience at end of 2020 with delivery in CA.Gotchya! Otherwise if I wait and get the VIN THEN I’ll be charge the rest fee…just making sure I understand
You can even reject delivery (I believe up to 3 times). If you reject too many times however, you may be put on a blacklist for that model.
BigNick
Infamous Fat Sweaty Guy
and even though the contract says you may be responsibile fore the destination fee it doesn't happen because demand is so high. The only time you would ever be on the hook for the destination fee is if they shipped the car to your SC then you cancelled your order. Then if there was no one else in the area waiting for the same configuration or willing to purchase that configuration and they had to ship it to a different location you could be on the hook for the difference in shipping fees.
No it's because people took advantage of the $100 refundable deposit thing. People would just pay $100 and sit on a spot and never buy. Then they get their money back.
So i ordered a new tesla last year around the same time. Sept 2021.
I work for the government as a federal civilian employee and i got called to do some international work in the uk.
I couldn't accept delivery of the car since i was international. Did not have my phone with me for security reasons when i went to the uk so tesla couldn't get a hold of me and i guess my car went to someone else.
Long story short. I went into a local tesla store and they said i could not get a refund for the $250.00USD nor could i get the car at the old price which was almost 5k cheaper.
There has to be so way to either get a refund of the 250 or get the car at the old price?
The leave was unexepcted. I had to be in the uk within a 24hour notice window.
I work for the government as a federal civilian employee and i got called to do some international work in the uk.
I couldn't accept delivery of the car since i was international. Did not have my phone with me for security reasons when i went to the uk so tesla couldn't get a hold of me and i guess my car went to someone else.
Long story short. I went into a local tesla store and they said i could not get a refund for the $250.00USD nor could i get the car at the old price which was almost 5k cheaper.
There has to be so way to either get a refund of the 250 or get the car at the old price?
The leave was unexepcted. I had to be in the uk within a 24hour notice window.
If the estimated delivery dates were reasonably accurate I could understand Tesla refusing to refund in all circumstances. But they aren't remotely accurate for a lot of customers. And to make it worse the dates constantly change making it impossible to plan ahead.
I had my car totaled in late June and ordered a brand new 2022 to replace it. When I ordered my EDD was Jul - Sep. It quickly moved to October, then November, then finally late December. So I ordered a used one and called Tesla before cancelling the old one. Given that my delivery window got pushed back nearly 4 months in the first 3 weeks from the time I ordered, I had no vehicle (because my car was totaled), and I ordered a used one directly from Tesla I just asked that they credit my $250 deposit towards the used one. It really pissed me off that they wouldn't be reasonable about it and do that.
What are you gonna do though? It is the best car for the money and I really wanted another one so I put up with it. Free $250 for Tesla and someone else gets a P3D+ in midnight silver a little earlier than expected.
I had my car totaled in late June and ordered a brand new 2022 to replace it. When I ordered my EDD was Jul - Sep. It quickly moved to October, then November, then finally late December. So I ordered a used one and called Tesla before cancelling the old one. Given that my delivery window got pushed back nearly 4 months in the first 3 weeks from the time I ordered, I had no vehicle (because my car was totaled), and I ordered a used one directly from Tesla I just asked that they credit my $250 deposit towards the used one. It really pissed me off that they wouldn't be reasonable about it and do that.
What are you gonna do though? It is the best car for the money and I really wanted another one so I put up with it. Free $250 for Tesla and someone else gets a P3D+ in midnight silver a little earlier than expected.
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