Performance Waiting Room

[Glenn90]

When submitting "final payment" online you can pay using routing # and checking acct #.

I asked my Tesla delivery specialist, and he said they would accept a personal check for the balance at time of delivery. (I'm not comfortable paying the balance online before I take possession of the car; I was prepared to get a cashier's check from the bank, but apparently it's not necessary.)

 

[Dan203]

I don’t even have checks. So I'll either need to use a card, an electronic transfer, or cashiers check.

 

[Hawk1]

Finally got a VIN in the source this morning. Order 8/10 Red/Black for delivery in Atlanta

Got the txt from Tesla delivery scheduled for 9/18 in Atlanta

 

[EBG-13579]

I was told I should see a vin in time to schedule delivery by the end of the month. But of course no guarantees. White/white 8/15. TX

 

[cOoTeR]

I got a text from someone at Tesla inside delivery today saying there were some incomplete details in my Tesla profile. It gave my trade offer and asked if I wanted to go ahead with the offer reply YES. I did and informed them that there was a payoff on my trade that is not showing in my Tesla account. They replied that the needed a picture of the title. I again told them I had a payoff and the amount of the payoff. They asked for the per diem amount and payoff due date. I am awaiting for that info from my credit union and informed them of that but no response. It seems to me like it's an automated system that gets human monitoring when it gets an unexpected response. Still no VIN in source code.

Order date 8/31 performance white/ white fsd in AZ.

 

[MikeInNTx]

Still no vin and no word... white/white performance ordered 7/29 in Arizona.

Ugh.

same here, in texas

 

[ICUdoc30]

Quick update

Email from my loyalty advisor, all she said is your vehicle should done soon but couldn’t tell me more than that.

Socal Blue/white config 8/14 and mod on 8/27

 

[MPLS_lakes]

From the survey we should start seeing our VINs in the Bay Area after you since you are next in line with your 8/7 Performance order.

My rep said mine will be done 9/11-9/13 with delivery latest 9/15. Have you tried calling (888) 518-3752

I hope you are right, but there are zero White/Black builds minus two that slipped by to the East Coast...

 

[Brnn]

My god. So after all this nonsense above, nothing changed. I happened to chat up support who transferred me to sales chat. They were able to pull the financing/credit app and make the edit design button appear. I guess once your credit application is submitted you are locked into a config. Regardless it finally got fixed and didn't take but a few minutes. I was able to manually change the design.

I'm not going to be happy if they double ding my credit with two hard inquiries. It's Tesla so that's a 50/50

Keep your credit frozen so you can control hard pulls and ID theft. It’s free now.

 

[jhawk74]

I don’t even have checks. So I'll either need to use a card, an electronic transfer, or cashiers check.

Same. I don't have checks or even a brick-and-mortar bank. I'm 100% online banking, so I'm hoping I can either use debit, use my account info, or pay online.

 

[jhawk74]

8.3: ordered white/black FSD
8.24: text it would be 3-4 weeks (first communication)
9.10: VIN showed up in source code (still not on page)
9.11: scheduled delivery for 9.20
9.20: will be a Tesla owner!!!!

 

[Phlier]

How are you all paying your downpayment? Can I use my debit card?
I have my cash sitting in my checking account.

Cashier’s check. I don’t think debit would be accepted.

I used a credit card. MasterCard, to be exact. And no, it's not a debit card, it's an honest to goodness credit card. No problem at all.

 

[jhawk74]

I used a credit card. MasterCard, to be exact. And no, it's not a debit card, it's an honest to goodness credit card. No problem at all.

I'd rather use my credit card and get the points! Then just pay that off haha.

 

[Phlier]

I'd rather use my credit card and get the points! Then just pay that off haha.

That's exactly why I did it.

 

[bdub85]

Do you get updates like for your vin via email?

 

[Phlier]

Do you get updates like for your vin via email?

Not usually, no.

 

[Dan203]

Most car companies don't want to accept credit cards for the down payment because the fees are high. 2.5% of a your typical down payment is a LOT. I put $30k down on my last car. Had I put that on a card the dealer would have paid $750 in fees. That's a big chunk of the profit for most dealers.

Now Tesla being a direct seller might not care as much. Perhaps their margins are high enough to absorb the fee.

 

[Phlier]

Most car companies don't want to accept credit cards for the down payment because the fees are high. 2.5% of a your typical down payment is a LOT. I put $30k down on my last car. Had I put that on a car the dealer would have paid $750 in fees. That's a big chunk of the profit for most dealers.

Now Tesla being a direct seller might not care as much. Perhaps their margins are high enough to absorb the fee.

Oh man, I didn't even think of that. I wouldn't have used a CC (or even a debit card) had I though of it. I want the money to be going to Tesla, not the already rich-beyond-reason CC companies. :/

 

[ck1891]

Most car companies don't want to accept credit cards for the down payment because the fees are high. 2.5% of a your typical down payment is a LOT. I put $30k down on my last car. Had I put that on a card the dealer would have paid $750 in fees. That's a big chunk of the profit for most dealers.

Now Tesla being a direct seller might not care as much. Perhaps their margins are high enough to absorb the fee.

This isn't true at all. MOST will accept credit cards. Because the choice is actually 1) Paying CC processing fee, or 2) Losing a chance to close a deal right then and there. Any dealer, OEM, sales person, etc. would pay a processing fee if it meant saving a deal.

I've bought cars at BMW, Mercedes, GM, Porsche, etc. and put hefty down payments $10K-$50K on a CC with zero issues. They didn't even flinch and I got to get a bunch of reward miles!

Additionally, Tesla's profit margins are horrible given how expensive their cars are. This is due to heavy investment costs and lack of capacity to drive scale that the big automakers already have. Sure, their margins may be higher than GMs, but it's a fraction of what it should be if Tesla had it's *sugar* together.

 

[Trevorlaird]

So , Finally got a chance to post on here , have been lurking since my order!

Order date 17 Aug 2019
Model 3 performance ,Blue Ext , White Interior , FSD ....... Its my dream car without all the maintenance and gas, I have never been so excited for a car.

Delivery will be to Vancouver BC Canada, Financing was a matter of hours but that is where the speed ended, nothing since , no VIN.

But! I did call the delivery center today and she told me that there is currently 600 cars on the way to Vancouver! so crossing my fingers that mine is in there!