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Yeah it smells to me like the OP/owner never got the title, didn't follow up on why he hadn't gotten the title yet, and didn't give Tesla a working way to conta
by ufmace 3y ago
Yeah it smells to me like the OP/owner never got the title, didn't follow up on why he hadn't gotten the title yet, and didn't give Tesla a working way to contact him. So it's a relatively minor paperwork screwup which should have been resolved easily but was drawn out and escalated due to errors on both sides.
The remote lockout is really lame and attention-getting, especially for the tech crowd, but any auto finance org would have repossessed in that situation. And I'm sure every auto finance org has experience with deadbeats who don't pay and ignore all communication attempts until the repo man comes.
- lapcat 3y ago> any auto finance org would have repossessed in that situation. And I'm sure every auto finance org has experience with deadbeats who don't pay and ignore all communication attempts until the repo man comes. That wasn't the situation. The vehicle was already paid for upfront with a bank cashier's check, which the Tesla representative admitted that Tesla had the entire time. There was no missed payment. You never get your car repossessed if you never financed it in the first place. That's probably why the emails sounded like a scam.
- ufmace 3y agoThey thought it was the situation. It was a mistake, which should have been fixed easily, but they had no way to get in touch with the owner.
- alphabettsy 3y agoHe contacted them before it was towed. They still had an opportunity to correct the mistake.