Reserving your Model 3

Re:Reserving your Model 3 by jacquesm on Monday March 21, 2016 @01:17PM (#11329726)

The Model S has been out for a long time now, it looks as if that's a pretty bad way to deal with downpayments.

Here in nl the law is pretty strict about downpayments, if you accept a downpayment you have to keep the item in reserve for that particular customer. That's easy enough to check with a vehicle (they have a VIN after all).

At a minimum you should get some compensation for financing them to the tune of $5K over a longer period of time.

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Re:Reserving your Model 3 by greglindahl on Tuesday March 22, 2016 @09:22PM (#11341400)

Tens of thousands of people have successfully used Tesla's reservation system.

I'd bet that if Tesla took reservations in NL at all that they complied with the local law. For example, in the US it doesn't turn into a firm order until you go through the final feature pick right before production. Before that either side can cancel for any reason. That might make it not a downpayment in NL.

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Re:Reserving your Model 3 by zeckalpha on Monday March 21, 2016 @07:56PM (#11333281)

Is it a down payment? Or an option?

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Re:Reserving your Model 3 by tamana on Tuesday March 22, 2016 @07:21PM (#11340760)

Cars they don't exist yet funny have Vin yet

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