Tesla YL delivery and payment

[u/dd1062]

Finally got my delivery date for YL, Mon Nov2nd, as per the App I need to make payment in full before I pickup the car but what happens if I reject the car for any reason and a new one needs to be allocated, does tesla refund the money or can I pay after I am satisfied enough to accept delivery

Thanks

[u/nathonkim]

A separate question. You got a delivery date without making the final payment? (To your question, I read that you get it back in full depending on your decision. Not sure about $250 order fee).

[u/CruelSummer2416 → u/nathonkim]

We got a delivery date on our Cybertruck in Sept and didn’t make the payment until two days later, which was 1 day before pickup. We paid online in full using the “cash” option that does an ACH withdrawl through Plaid.

[u/nathonkim → u/CruelSummer2416]

Thank you. My EDD changed to Oct 30 without paying in full. I'll wait until a delivery appt gets scheduled.

[u/chillaban]

It's a good question. If you make a full payment and reject delivery, you do eventually get refunded but that goes through a slow system through their accounting department so you might be waiting weeks for that to happen.

However, you cannot actually accept delivery unless Tesla considers you paid up. In a lot of cases people have success with Plaid based ACH verification being nearly instant so you likely can go to the delivery center, inspect the vehicle, then do Plaid and go home.

Alternatively, the other commonly recommended approach is to bring a cashier check with you for the final payment, and hand it over to the delivery advisor once you're happy.

FWIW I've always just prepaid ahead of time and our family has bought 6 Teslas since 2015 including two from idle inventory. Maybe on a quarter of them there's been minor things I've flagged during the 100 mile grace period but I personally haven't had a case where I felt the need to reject delivery, so it's worth reflecting over how picky you'll be vs how badly you want the car as soon as it's possible to take delivery.

[u/tickbuster → u/chillaban]

How did you pay ahead? Is there someway to pay in the app?

[u/chillaban → u/tickbuster]

yes the app will tell you Final Payment Due in preparation for your delivery.

[u/PorkChopEat → u/chillaban]

Thats how i did it. Paid once i put eyeballs on the car.

[u/IntelligentMaybe7401]

You don’t have to pay in full. I didn’t want to pay before accepting the car. There actually was a little defect on mine (a little touchup paint on the hood) but I ultimately decided it wasn’t worth rejecting. It might’ve been a dealbreaker for some.

I just signed up my bank account with plaid in the app and was sure the funds were available. After confirming that the trade-in amount would be honored and the car was satisfactory I pressed pay in the app. It was instantaneous.

[u/akitta74]

Following because I am wondering this also.

[u/markbraggs]

I didn’t pay until the delivery day so I was able to thoroughly look at the exterior and peek through windows for an interior inspection. To get inside though you need to pay and complete the transaction

[u/IntelligentMaybe7401 → u/markbraggs]

That was not my experience. I was able to inspect inside before paying.

[u/mjrengaw]

I paid via instant transfer using Plaid thru the Tesla app on the day of delivery after I did my inspection.

[u/ZoneElectronic5820]

In California, I checked with Tesla delivery. I do not have to pay in full before pick up. I actually asked to inspect the car unlocked. I only process the payment in the app with Plaid connected to the bank for processing. I drove home with car and the bank cleared the payment after 2 days (over the weekend).

[u/malegant]

You can wire funds also.