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Jerome Werling is a prospective Cybertruck owner who paid $1000 non-refundable to convert his Cybertruck reservation into a binding order. Jerome made this decision in June amid the Cybertruck shortage.
Jerome’s thought process was to put in his order early, and by the time he wanted a Cybertruck, which was in December, he would not have to deal with a long wait time.
Jerome shared his predicament online in the Tesla Cybertruck group on Facebook. Jerome writes, “I wasn't expecting my order to be ready this quick. The Cyberbeast is ready for pickup as soon as Tuesday. It is located in Houston, and unfortunately, it came too quickly, and I'm not ready. I have a $1000 nonrefundable deposit and a $100 deposit that will apply towards the purchase.”
Finally, he adds, “I'm Looking to sell my account to get my funds back. Does anyone know someone who is interested in getting a Cyberbeast as soon as Tuesday?”
Jerome's post includes a screenshot of his Tesla app reading…
Schedule your delivery
We expect your delivery to take less than 15 minutes. All persons listed on the registration must be present to sign at delivery. If you are trading in a vehicle, all registered owners must be present.
Tesla has given him a four-day window from August 27 to August 30 to schedule the delivery of his Cybertruck.
Looking at the comments, other prospective Cybertruck buyers share similar stories of unexpectedly quick delivery dates. Francisco Garcia writes, “When did you order? I want to change my order to a Cyberbeast. I ordered Tuesday and got VIN Wednesday and it’s ready for pickup, lol.”
A few days back, we also covered the story of another prospective Cybertruck buyer who was assigned an immediate Cybertruck delivery date upon ordering. This person, too, was inquiring online about how to push his Cybertruck delivery date.
Going back to Jerome, he is clearly not ready for the Cybertruck; however, it doesn’t appear that a lot of individuals are interested in taking his order off his hands.
One of Jerome's first responses was from Travis Williams, who wrote, “You are past registration, so it's stuck in your name.”
In response, Jerome shared a couple of screenshots from his Tesla App showing that he has yet to provide registration details and that he can pass on his vehicle to anyone.
On this point, since Jerome hasn’t yet provided registration details, the EV maker appears to have pushed his delivery date options from August 27/28 to a delivery window between August 28 and August 30.
Looking at the comments, people still appear uninterested despite Jerome clearing up that he has yet to provide registration data. One group member wrote, “Why would someone pay $1100 when they can order their own and get it next week? Suck it up and take the loss.”
Another added, “The majority of people can go through Tesla to get a Cyberbeast. I know if I were in the market for one, I wouldn’t be buying an account from somebody on Facebook when I have my own account.”
Overall, the sentiment is that Jerome shouldn’t have signed a binding order if he isn’t capable of taking delivery of a Cybertruck.
What’s baffling here is that, only a few months ago, people were paying tens of thousands over MSRP to skip the line and get a Cybertruck earlier.
However, Jermoe now has to struggle to give away his Cybertruck order, which is for the relatively less available Cyberbeast, at a $0 profit.
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Update: The original post has been deleted. Perhaps Jerome found a person to take his Cyberbeast off his hands, or maybe the moderators removed his post for violation of some specific group rules.
Image: Courtesy of Tesla, inc.
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Tinsae Aregay has been following Tesla and the evolution of the EV space daily for several years. He covers everything about Tesla, from the cars to Elon Musk, the energy business, and autonomy. Follow Tinsae on Twitter at @TinsaeAregay for daily Tesla news.
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