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Australian Model Y Waiting Room
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Winnieblue
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I am curious as to why Tesla is not reassigning VINs to GC customers if more shipments are coming.
Don Juan is likely to be the first large shipment of new Model 3. I hope they managed to get some Y's on board to help you guys out, but I suspect the thought would be that GC is much more likely to be released before DJ arrives here.
Nobody has received any VIN's for DJ as yet (we could also be wrong and it could be carrying BYD's or something else)
They're probably already assigned to more recent orders.
Doing it this way means that only the customers waiting on GC are annoyed/frustrated/financially stuffed/disappointed(--insert word of your choice here--). Brand damage is limited to GC orders.
I have some other concerns as the time drags on:
1) In NSW, despite having an order in the works, we may not get our $3K rebate. If enough other buyers get in ahead of us and the 25000 car limit is reached, we'll get nothing.
2) The battery packs have been sitting for much longer than normal. If they leave the factory at 100%, capacity deterioration could be a factor.
Even if only charged to (say) 70% and with the car in some kind of total shutdown mode, there could be some deterioration.
3) Tesla don't seem to do much in the pre-delivery area beyond giving the car a bath and organising registration. I get the impression that they wait until the customer (who may know nothing about cars) inspects the car and calls out problems before fixing issues.
Maybe someone who works for Tesla in Oz could comment???
They don't charge them to 100% for shipping, it's more like 50%.
From an SMH article on Dec 17, still 14,000 rebates left.
By the start of December, only 10,229 rebates had been paid, and 931 applications were being processed, data from the Department of Customer Service shows.
The remaining almost 14,000 rebates remain available to be claimed by NSW residents purchasing eligible vehicles in the state before the end of the year, regardless of whether the vehicles have been delivered before January 1.
Yes. I'm wondering about that too. They should be assigning cars from other ships to GC customers first.
Winnieblue
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I am beginning to have concerns with the battery health and exposure to any salt air that can cause corrosion...
This is a bloody mess. Tesla should be reassigning if more are coming. New orders can have a delay, it's called setting an expectation. If you tell new buyers there is a 2 month wait then hey they wait two months. If you tell GC customers there is a two month wait and then deliver months after that (and counting) whilst fulfilling new orders, that's a huge middle finger to many customers.
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I'm not worried about salt assuming they're inside like videos of car-carrying ships have shown.
Electronic systems on ships last decades without any issues. It's only really things that are exposed to the salt water that experience any noticeable degradation.
If they do that, delivery delays will just keep bumping along to more and more customers. As it is, we're only a handful of unhappy customers that they can easily brush off ("containment strategy").
They might have to bring out a fresh batch just for us if GC is ultimately refused entry, but for now, they don't want to upset any more buyers. That could get them a very bad rep. very quickly.
Winnieblue
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GC has something over 1500 Model Ys for the east coast of Australia, we're the ones posting on a forum but there's a lot of customers waiting.
Sent tesla a text with questions such as, possibility of - GC heading back to china failing bio security again, being reassigned a diff car, cancelling order.
Their response - Blah blah blah union strikes blah blah, biosecurity blah blah, we can't reassign you, blah blah, we are working so hard, blah blah thanks for patience.
Didn't address the cancellation question. Guess once they got your money its go and get F'ed. Swear this will be my first and last Tesla.
Their response - Blah blah blah union strikes blah blah, biosecurity blah blah, we can't reassign you, blah blah, we are working so hard, blah blah thanks for patience.
Didn't address the cancellation question. Guess once they got your money its go and get F'ed. Swear this will be my first and last Tesla.
Yeah, a lot of what they call "existing inventory" is just cars on the GC.
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