CuriousG
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I think OP thinks he may be able to get out of the $10k due to a technicality and solicits advice on how to achieve this. When everyone here basically tells him to pay up he calls them judgmental.
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Very judgey group. Tough crowd.
ok, I took delivery of my refresh model s a month ago. I financed. On delivery, the delivery specialist looked up my payments and deposit from my credit union, and it showed my balance as zero. My tesla account online also read as balance zero, and the car showed as delivered. I drove the car home. Now one month later I get an email from my delivery specialist that I never gave them a check for $10,000 which was what he said we agreed to and he had my tesla opened back up to reflect a payment deficit of $10,000 and when do I plan on paying this. My response was that I took possession already, and they told me it was balance of zero, and that no car company would allow anyone to take possession of a car without full payment. He said that they submit the papers to California, and then the finance department found this "descrepancy". As it is now a month later, that money isn't readily available. Does anyone have any thoughts about this? If it turns out that it was a shortfall in payment due to their mistake, but they delivered, and now a month later they want more money, how should I proceed.
hypothesize? either you made the payments or you didn't! this is easy to discern by producing your proof of payment. either there is a physical check or there is a record of a wire transfer. It sounds like you're playing some sort of game here.I could, but I would rather just discuss. Let's hypothesize for a moment that they are correct in that there is a deficit of $10,000. If this were the case, and they made a mistake on the website which made them think that I was paid up at the time of delivery, and then they eventually realized their error a month later...where would we go from there? I know no car company that would allow you to take possession without full payment. If there ends up being proof that there is a $10,000 deficit do I wire them the money? Or do I say, I was paid up and you gave me my car, saying I was paid up?
So you want to hear from people who support your position that you do not owe the money that you obviously do, without providing supporting evidence for your case.I could, but I would rather just discuss.
Yes, you are trying to get out of something that you appear to owe (as far as I can tell, even though you offer no supporting evidence beyond your description of events) just because Tesla made an error.I'm not trying to get out of anything, when I picked up the car, they told me that the balance was zero, despite the original agreement calling for payment of $10,000 at delivery
Exactly.Sounds like you do owe the money and you know you do. You have the original purchase agreement, you know how much the car retailed for (plus fees and taxes), and you know how much you financed. If you were supposed to pay the balance of 10k when you took receipt of the car, you don't get to get a freebie just because the sales person made a mistake
Based on what you have posted, I would say you are looking for "a freebie", regardless of whether the Tesla employee or the Tesla back end payment system made the error.First of all, I am not looking for a freebie. Second, it would not be the salesman who made a mistake, it would be the tesla website which after receiving wired funds from my credit union considered the transaction paid in full. But I'm merely asking what my obligations would be in terms of timing of payment.
If you agree that you have paid 10k not enough, why wouldn't you pay the missing 10k?I could, but I would rather just discuss. Let's hypothesize for a moment that they are correct in that there is a deficit of $10,000. If this were the case, and they made a mistake on the website which made them think that I was paid up at the time of delivery, and then they eventually realized their error a month later...where would we go from there? I know no car company that would allow you to take possession without full payment. If there ends up being proof that there is a $10,000 deficit do I wire them the money? Or do I say, I was paid up and you gave me my car, saying I was paid up?
Mistakes are sometimes made. If you owe the $10K then you owe the $10K. Tesla may (should!) be willing to give you some sort of ‘freebie’ since it was their error e.g. free one, two or three annual service.Does anyone have any thoughts about this? If it turns out that it was a shortfall in payment due to their mistake, but they delivered, and now a month later they want more money, how should I proceed.
Award someone for trying to pull a fast one. Let me know if that works out, OP. lolTesla may (should!) be willing to give you some sort of ‘freebie’ since it was their error e.g. free one, two or three annual service.
Well, I've never heard of such a discrepancy in delivery of a $100,000 automobile. Except for my friend who also had a similar experience that was noticed in days, not a month.
Very confused. There is a contract you signed for the cost of the car. It's very simple to add up the payments made. If the payments are 10000 less than an error was made that is likely to cost employee his or her job. If a payment was made that wasn't credited than prove it and issue resolves.Thank you voice of reason and morality. I'm not saying that if I owe the money I want to refuse to pay it. But this is quite a crazy error on the part of a company of such magnitude.
But as I said, if the money isn't readily available, what are my immediate obligations if they are correct.
Thank you voice of reason and morality. I'm not saying that if I owe the money I want to refuse to pay it. But this is quite a crazy error on the part of a company of such magnitude.
But as I said, if the money isn't readily available, what are my immediate obligations if they are correct.
Although details are vague, Tesla made the mistake here not the OP. Assuming the OP is willing to pay the $10K, Tesla should be willing to give some sort of ‘freebie’ for good customer relations. A few hundred dollars or so isn't going to make a break Tesla. Again, it was Tesla's error and a rather large one at that.Award someone for trying to pull a fast one. Let me know if that works out, OP. lol