Will they do this (inventory instead of new order)

[George Ambler]

Hi

Will Tesla “swap” my ordered model 3 (due May / June and at pre £5,000 price increase) for an inventory car at the price I paid? There is the exact spec car I’ve ordered on the inventory currently which is rather annoying!!

Thanks

 

[GeorgeSymonds]

You can try ringing and ask to be matched to it if its the same spec. Be quick, there were a bunch of MYs earlier and they all sold in about an hour, could be the same with the M3.

 

[George Ambler]

You can try ringing and ask to be matched to it if its the same spec. Be quick, there were a bunch of MYs earlier and they all sold in about an hour, could be the same with the M3.

I’m currently on hold to them … so will reply back here! I’m pretty sure I saw on a facebook group that they managed to do this.

 

[teaston]

I’m currently on hold to them … so will reply back here! I’m pretty sure I saw on a facebook group that they managed to do this.

Good luck, I was in the phone queue for 1hr 25mins before they answered yesterday!!

 

[George Ambler]

I’m 20 minutes in so far

 

[bc1979]

Quite a few people have been posting about this over the last few days and the answer is no they apparently won’t do it.

 

[jenp]

My experience (both on the phone and in chat) was that they’d match you, but you need to pay the price difference.

 

[George Ambler]

Yup, won’t do! She said she can match me to that car but would be at the new price and she was surprised when I said no it’s ok, I’ll wait to save myself £5,000! And then continued to try and convince me

 

[Cantonalegod]

Unfortunately the answer was always going to be no!

 

[GeorgeSymonds]

Daft really unless they're confident they can sell it for the full price. Give it to next Tuesday, a couple of days before the quarter end, and if they have any unsold stock, delayed deliveries, cancelled orders etc and they'll snap you hand off to get the car delivered this month.

 

[George Ambler]

Daft really unless they're confident they can sell it for the full price. Give it to next Tuesday, a couple of days before the quarter end, and if they have any unsold stock, delayed deliveries, cancelled orders etc and they'll snap you hand off to get the car delivered this month.

Exactly, plus my ordered one will go back into stock / inventory and sold at the higher price so they’re not loosing out in anyway?

Oh well, if another one / the same one appeared near quarter end I’ll give them another call and see and if not, waiting until May / June. Hope it comes earlier as my VW Golf is sold and going next Saturday and we’ll be living with just my wife’s electric Vauxhall corsa for a few months

 

[George Ambler]

So it turns out they will do with no hesitation at all on the third phone call! I’m picking it up this day Saturday in Southampton at my original order price, excited!

 

[WannabeOwner]

it turns out they will do with no hesitation at all on the third phone call!

Ahem! "They will do this when it gets really tight at end of Quarter and they are looking like they may have some unsold inventory"

 

[Nick77]

So it turns out they will do with no hesitation at all on the third phone call! I’m picking it up this day Saturday in Southampton at my original order price, excited!

Congrats. Well done for keeping on at them and not giving in.

 

[Kansalis]

It does make a degree of sense to Tesla for them to let the OP take the inventory car at the original order rate. It's a slightly older build, where the new one will have been more recent. I's not like they'll struggle to sell them! They'd have to let him have a car at that price anyway, so what difference does it make in reality?

Then again, I'm applying logic to the allocation process, which I think we all know is futile.