Tesla not following reservation order numbers

[REM]

I don't think Tesla ever said the reservation was any kind of place in line ...

Technically correct ?

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[cvalue13]

His number shouldn't be 11280 three days later, I was next day and I have 11284.

Maybe he lied and he's in front of you ?‍

again, a lot of people are confusing when the submitted their pre-order and when they received their confirmation email

and for normal people who haven’t lived and breathed this every day for 3 years, it’s not unreasonable for them to go “yeah when did I place my order, let me look in my inbox for when I received my confirmation email - oh, that email time stamp must be the moment I submitted my order”


so, he doesn’t have to be lying to be merely reasonably mistaken

 

[REM]

Write them an email and, as crazy as this sounds, send them a postcard with you lazily photoshopped into the driver's seat of a CyberTruck.

I'd send it to the HQ office and address it to:

Attn: department of redundancy department

Get creative and ask nicely. You'd be surprised how much internal attention this could get and someone somewhere may slip you into the founder's series or bump you up in whatever line they have established.

 

[FRSandro]

Bayarea Ca resident, 112751, ordered during the live event, address is on file, no dice.

I'm totally OK now with people trying to flip it despite risking being sued, or selling their foundation series config invite.

I changed my mind 100% after seeing how opaque Tesla has been with the reservations.

If it's random or whatever, just say it outright that it's not a time based order.

Letting us waiting years assuming it kind of was, was a mistake, imho.

 

[Startreknerd]

again, a lot of people are confusing when the submitted their pre-order and when they received their confirmation email

and for normal people who haven’t lived and breathed this every day for 3 years, it’s not unreasonable for them to go “yeah when did I place my order, let me look in my inbox for when I received my confirmation email - oh, that email time stamp must be the moment I submitted my order”


so, he doesn’t have to be lying to be merely reasonably mistaken

Yea mistaken too didn't mean in malice on the friends intent.

I certainly ordered next day, don't remember when the email was.

 

[Jhodgesatmb]

I have zero budget constraints surrounding the purchase of any version of the truck and I still can not understand people foaming at the mouth to overpay for one asap knowing they are signing up for teething issues with the trucks and eating a mountain of depreciation in the process.

The teething aspect you mention is certainly real but some people buy vehicles for their use and focus less on resale value. For example, the last 3-4 cars I bought new I paid off over 6 years and the resale value then was probably quite disconnected to first or second year depreciation. In this case I do not intend to ever sell my Cybertruck unless it sucks (which I am banking on it not) so depreciation won’t even be a concern.

also, though I will buy an early model if offered, I would not characterize it as foaming at the mouth so much as just wanting to put an end to the wait. My time and stress have value (to me).

 

[VR Driving]

Technically correct ?

People who reserved after the delivery event are also getting Foundation Series invites.

 

[REM]

People who reserved after the delivery event are also getting Foundation Series invites.

I guess we're not turtlely enough for the turtle club

 

[CyberGus]

Elon is my hopium dealer

 

[TyPope]

afterall, if a person from eg TX and a person from eg CA both hit submit simultaneously, the person in TX ordered exactly two hours earlier

Wait a second... If it's 4pm in Texas, it's 2pm in California. The California person would be the one two hours ahead if Tesla goes strickly by date/time of order.

 

[PilotPete]

Bayarea Ca resident, 112751, ordered during the live event, address is on file, no dice.

I'm totally OK now with people trying to flip it despite risking being sued, or selling their foundation series config invite.

I changed my mind 100% after seeing how opaque Tesla has been with the reservations.

If it's random or whatever, just say it outright that it's not a time based order.

Letting us waiting years assuming it kind of was, was a mistake, imho.

"Letting" you assume??? If Tesla said something that implied a strict "first come, first served" policy, I might agree with you. But all they did was give you a reservation number. They attached no meaning to it, didn't say a word about fulfillment order, nothing. However, someone out there totally and completely independent from Tesla made a spreadsheet to track numbers, and THEY implied there was a correlation between your number and the order in which they would fill the order. Tesla has never put one ounce of validity to the "Reservation Tracker". So I have to ask, how is this Tesla's responsibility to clarify? What did they do wrong? How are they responsible for someone believing a lie on the internet? Why should they even know what you believe, much less care?

You claim Tesla has been "opaque". This, to me, no different than the people in October slamming Tesla for not releasing the specs on the CT yet. Why is it their responsibility to operate the way you WANT them to? Even if that isn't in the best interest of the company? Poe said it best in 1845 "“You are young yet, my friend,” replied my host, “but the time will arrive when you will learn to judge for yourself of what is going on in the world, without trusting to the gossip of others. Believe nothing you hear, and only one half that you see." The internet has only reinforced that concept.

I'm late to the game when it comes to the reservations. I have two, and neither are anticipated (by me) before Tesla reaches a point close to the full ramp up. I got no dog in this hunt. I expect Tesla to do whatever is best for the rapid and smooth rollout of the CT. AND I expect that plan to change WEEKLY as service centers get up to speed, as the reservations change, as production changes, and as the CT incrementally changes. And I don't care if someone takes "cut-sies" in front of me. I understand what it is to develop a product, hardware and software, and to have "Targets" that change over time. Nov 2019 outlined the "targets" of the project. During development, the targets change.

 

[cvalue13]

Wait a second... If it's 4pm in Texas, it's 2pm in California. The California person would be the one two hours ahead if Tesla goes strickly by date/time of order.

shhhhhh

 

[PilotPete]

Wait a second... If it's 4pm in Texas, it's 2pm in California. The California person would be the one two hours ahead if Tesla goes strickly by date/time of order.

Unless they both hit the enter button when they saw the clock turn 10:00am. Then the TX guy is 2 hours earlier. Then again, he did say "simultaneously".

Now if the TX guy hit the enter button as the live stream showed the truck, and at that exact same moment, an Aussie guy hit the enter button, then they didn't even hit the button on the same day. But at the speed of light, how much sooner would the TX guy's entry get to TESLA than the Aussie guy's entry?

 

[Gilbertus]

I wonder if we're seeing a sort of advertising tactic. Why go through the numbers in order when you can cherry pick numbers that can spread the CT as wide as possible. I dunno. I'm just guessing. Cybertruck is a billboard. Plop one billboard in each big city in the beginning, work out from there. That's kinda how they planned their showroom move, right? New York, San Jose, Buena Park, San Diego, Tampa, Miami, Chicago, Seattle, Houston, Boston... They're going big cities and wide out first, numeric order second.

Why would you do that, if you know that the last reservations up to date will be delivered in 8 years ? Why they even would promote the car in any way ? If my books would be filled until 2030 I wouldn't spend any money on ads. Are they afraid that 90% of the reservations will be canceled ?

 

[Sjohnson20]

I’ve pre-ordered 3 Teslas and they never go in order of reservation number. And every time people are upset.

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