My SA said no to the ACH transfer (either push or pull), cashiers check works. OK, fine, $10 and 40 minute wait for approvals of that size.
Got update offer to pick up what I ordered mid-December (free paint) last Friday, 3/1. Looked over car for 1.5 hours, brought wifey for extra skeptical eyeballs, my own microfiber cloths, one damp, one dry, 2L water + bucket just in case.
Car looked perfect inside and out with the exception of three paint chips, two on driver's rear door and another on the hatch near the hinge, and a small scratch on the charging door (easily replaced). There was some adhesive residue on the black trim at the top of the door body that needed removal with some chemical they had (I thought it was chipped/scratched), but it cleaned up perfectly.
There were a few other small scuffs I could buff out or just ignore, but not these chips...the bigger chip on the door (about 1/4"x1/8") was 'repaired' likely by these guys who made the white go away, but left a mess...didn't fill the chip, raised paint around it, just an amateur job. The other chip on the door was very small, but near the top so the white really showed. The chip on the hatch was about 1/8" square.
When asked what can be done about replacing the door and hatch, and explaining repainting was not acceptable to me, got the run-around, depends on what the body shop says, manager wouldn't come out to talk, so I basically said I didn't feel good about this car and would like to reject it. As my first purchase, I was unsure about what this really meant, and the delivery girl was really nice about it and explained she would need to put a 'hold' on my order for 2 days to avoid having the same VIN reassigned to me and then, well, I'm back in the queue. I accepted, she put the hold on it, and I left with the unsigned paperwork. App says this is my one and only hold, if I don't accept the next car, they'll cancel the order.
Took the cashier's check back to Capital One and they refused to deposit the check back into my account the same day. Said there's a 24hr hold on it, so come back tomorrow. Well, no, I'm busy all weekend, so there's at least 3 * $14/day of interest lost...annoying...next time I'll just look over the car really well FIRST and since the bank is just a mile or so away from the SC, will get the check after passing my inspection.
I missed all the drama about the front camera, which I think I would really appreciate given my tight garage and parking curbs.
So I'm unsure what's going to happen next...order was for a MSP Red 19" black yoke...yoke probably makes it fairly rare.
Certainly have some regrets, but given I don't plan to pay the ridiculous prices for PPF and how it's been stated the paint chips easily, it'll probably get chipped up anyway. Given a similar situation, I will probably accept it.
Was I dumb to reject? What would you have done?