Is it allowed to sell CyberTruck reservation to another person?

[lint101]

I noticed eBay is selling CyberTruck reservations for those who want to skip the line and get one immediately. Is that possible to do?
I see some selling for over 5K? I've got two reservations and one ready to be delivered. I'd be tempted to transfer that one if it's possible.
Thoughts?

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[Darth abbott]

I noticed eBay is selling CyberTruck reservations for those who want to skip the line and get one immediately. Is that possible to do?
I see some selling for over 5K? I've got two reservations and one ready to be delivered. I'd be tempted to transfer that one if it's possible.
Thoughts?

You cannot transfer a reservation. People sell them by selling their entire Tesla account. It's hard to say whether or not Tesla will do anything to prevent it. My guess is they will not as they have not in the past. People did the same thing with model y reservations. And Tesla didn't stop that and that was actually costing them money because people were selling reservations that had a locked in price lower than what they were currently selling the car for. In this case people made reservations four years ago and are not able to buy the truck or don't want it and are selling their reservation to people who want a truck and are going to buy one, and are willing to pay to skip the line. And I mean if you make a reservation today you're not getting a truck for 5 years at the earliest so who can blame them. Tesla's in the business of selling cars not managing a line to buy it, so it's probably not going to change anytime soon. But for you, you can't sell one reservation on your account you'd have to sell both reservations because you have to sell your entire account.

 

[lint101]

Thanks for the detailed information. Very helpful. I'll consider it since each reservation is on a separate account. So it would be easy to do that.

 

[Darth abbott]

Thanks for the detailed information. Very helpful. I'll consider it since each reservation is on a separate account. So it would be easy to do that.

Oh right on! Yeah then you should be good to go. I would definitely write a disclaimer on your listing that all sales are final once the accounts transferred. And that there are no guarantees.

 

[Jhodgesatmb]

You cannot transfer a reservation. People sell them by selling their entire Tesla account. It's hard to say whether or not Tesla will do anything to prevent it. My guess is they will not as they have not in the past. People did the same thing with model y reservations. And Tesla didn't stop that and that was actually costing them money because people were selling reservations that had a locked in price lower than what they were currently selling the car for. In this case people made reservations four years ago and are not able to buy the truck or don't want it and are selling their reservation to people who want a truck and are going to buy one, and are willing to pay to skip the line. And I mean if you make a reservation today you're not getting a truck for 5 years at the earliest so who can blame them. Tesla's in the business of selling cars not managing a line to buy it, so it's probably not going to change anytime soon. But for you, you can't sell one reservation on your account you'd have to sell both reservations because you have to sell your entire account.

And if you have any vehicles in the account what happens to them? A lot of people reserving cybertrucks were/are Tesla owners.

Personally, though you provide viable scenarios why someone would want to sell their spot, my guess is that the overwhelming number are greedy bastards that don’t give a damn about anything other than what ‘they’ want. You may be right that Tesla may not go after them but I would love to see them do it.

 

[Cybergirl]

Does Tesla allow a reservation to be transferred to a family member, not sold?

 

[mhaze]

Does Tesla allow a reservation to be transferred to a family member, not sold?

My sister recently passed away, and had an early Ct reservation. I too am curious about this question.

 

[Cybergirl]

My sister recently passed away, and had an early Ct reservation. I too am curious about this question.

I'm thinking that your sister's Tesla account could be transferred to your or another person as long as there's not another Tesla vehicle on the account, and you are able to access the account. As far as I can see every profile item is changeable.

 

[Gigahorse]

Wonder if it would get sticky if you needed service/warranty work and just transferred the tesla/email account?
Seems pretty risky for the buyer and seller, especially with that 50k lawsuit threat hanging out there.

 

[Darth abbott]

Wonder if it would get sticky if you needed service/warranty work and just transferred the tesla/email account?
Seems pretty risky for the buyer and seller, especially with that 50k lawsuit threat hanging out there.

50K lawsuit is for reselling a truck. People doing account transfers to transfer reservations of doing it before the sale. You're not going to get sued because you bought a reservation or get sued because you sold the reservation. The risk is completely on the buyer, there's no guarantees that Tesla on our reservation if they find out it was an account transfer.

 

[Jhodgesatmb]

Does Tesla allow a reservation to be transferred to a family member, not sold?

We have both of our Teslas shared across two accounts. That might make transferring easier but maybe not necessary?

 

[Synergy]

...I too am curious about this question.

I've been looking for an early res and I got an update from tesla if you're still curious/interested in this

 

[mhaze]

We have both of our Teslas shared across two accounts. That might make transferring easier but maybe not necessary?

Having her credentials, yesterday I accessed her account and tried to change the email address to one of mine - but not the one I use for my Tesla account. It would not allow changing the email. Big ‘Change Denied’ splash screen.

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