So...I’m back. Just spoke with Bill at the Tesla mother ship in Vegas. Super nice guy, and I have to say every time I have called Tesla (either Vegas or local) they have been very polite and patient. Anyway Bill said the whole notion of matching people to “inventory” cars isn’t really the case. He said an email went out to a few people about something similar and that quickly got turned into an internet rumor about inventory cars being available. He also said the thing about 1 year of free supercharging isn’t accurate or at least isn’t official yet. Then he looked at my account and (again) said I have no VIN and no DA assigned, but based on my order date in late June I am very close. He kept saying “you’re so close, you’re so close, I would wait for your car to be built.” His estimate (grain of salt) was that I should hear something from a DA within a few weeks and should have the car by the end of October. In fact he said he expects all late June / early July orders to be delivered by the end of October. So hang in there
@the_danimal !!!
OK, let me be clear on this: Bill is wrong. Do not be patient. Do not wait.
If you ordered in late June and you don't have a DA assigned,
something has gone wrong with your order. The computer system is not putting your order into production because something is wrong with your order in the database.
Make sure that the following things are correct on your order in the computer system:
-- there should be a delivery location assigned
-- your $2500 (or $3500) order payment should be credited (as should your initial deposit)
-- your payment method should be marked (cash if it is cash)
-- your options should all be marked, and correctly
-- your name, address, contact info, and so forth should be correct
-- a DA should be assigned to you
-- your order should be going into "processing"
Multiple people have gotten the false and inaccurate instruction to "wait" when there was something screwed up in their database entry -- their orders only started processing when someone fixed the computer data problems. Make someone at Tesla go through your order entry in the database and make sure all the data which needs to be there is there so that the order can be "processed". It seems that the computer system may need an extra "kick" as well, since at least one person had to have a manager intervene to get things going.
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Perversely, if you're getting delivery dates "assigned", even though they're being cancelled on you and it's not being delivered on that date, it's a good sign: it means your order is being processed properly in the computer system.