Barda
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So mid September I was conducting my daily check of the website looking for any changes. To my surprise, I now had a guide named Mark assigned. I immediately reached out and asked him if he was my guide and if my process was finally moving (a little surprising because I was told Dec/Jan date), he replied āit must beā. Very exciting and nervous knowing things got real.
I received the email to lock my configuration the next day. I had my mind made up and locked my Rivian blue R1T on 20ā ATs.
as the days went by I kept in touch with Mark as I shopped around for financing. He was fairly responsive but always took a few hours or a day to get back to me. Finally everything lined up for me to pick my truck up on September 24th. That morning Mary from the Denver service center reached out to me to ask how I was planning on paying my remaining balance. I told her I could bring a personal check for my down payment or use my credit card if theyād let me to gain the points with plans to pay it right off. No luck on either of those options as she informed me they only accept certified checks or payment through Plaid (their online payment system). I never used Plaid, but I immediately set up an account and transferred my down payment. That was it, it was all setā¦ I was ready to pick up my R1T at my 4:30 appointment.
At 4:00, on my way out the door, I received a text from Mary. āHey Nick, it looks like city tax wasn't calculated in your amount. We are getting it fixed but there will be an additional amount due. We can do plaid for that as well. I am not currently sure how much that will be. It's being worked on right now.ā I was a bit shocked, I thought the $85k I came to stomach was my final numberā¦ no, Mary informed me they need to collect an additional $3550 from me before I can take delivery. This after I closed on my loan and exhausted my savings for my down payment. I had to tell Mary I would need to cancel my pickup and talk to my guide, Mark to see what my options are. I had to wait til the following Monday to get a hold of Mark. I asked him if he was aware of what happened and what my options were. He called me to apologize and said heād look into it and get back to me.
I never received a call back from Mark that day. I had to reach back out to him the next day via text. I got his automated response of āThanks for reaching out. I'm looking forward to chatting with you soon. If you've reached me outside of my business hours (M-F 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM CT), I'll be in touch as soon as possible.ā. I waited all day and never received a response. I text him the next day and still no response. I had to reach out to Mary to get Mark to finally call me. Little did I know, this was going to be a regular occurrence trying to get a hold of Mark. When we spoke he told me there was not much they could do and that I would have to talk to my credit union to refinance my loan. Understandably, I knew Iād have to pay the $3550 city taxes, but I was hoping Mark or Rivian might do something for the inconvenience. I asked him if there was anything that could be done to help offset it. He agreed it was an inconvenience and said he will look into doing something to credit me. I felt good at that point and grateful something was going to happen to help me cover that cost.
Days went by, I text mark each morning asking if he heard anything. Same non-response. Finally able to get Mark to call me by reaching out to Mary. Mark, was apologetic as always, so sorry for not getting back to me and after a discussion and emphasizing with me, he said he will talk to his supervisor to see what they can do and swore heād get back to me by the end of the day. I never heard back from Mark that day. I reached out to him via text the next day, no response.
I sent an email to Mark expressing my frustration and disappointment. What once was an exciting moment I had waited over a year for, has turned into one of the worst experiences I have ever had. An oversight on Rivianās part put me in a tight spot and his lack of communication had Only made it worse. I was frustrated and asked for wanted to know what my options were for the following scenarios.
1. what could be done with my current truck?
2. If I had to refinance, could I switch to a Glacier White color to help offset the cost.
3.What is the process to cancel my order entirely (not something I wanted to do, but I was devastated)
I never received a reply from Mark. I ended up forwarding that email along with an explanation to the customer service department. I waited a couple of days, but never received a response. Still trying to reach Mark with my daily text in the morning, I contacted customer service by phone. I explained my situation to Darcie. She apologized and said she would have a guide lead contact me. I waited 2 days, but never received a call. I called customer service back and told them I was expecting a call from a guide lead. The gentleman on the phone apologized and said heād have a lead follow up asap. Instead of a guide lead, I received a call from Mark the . Again apologizing and said he could unmatch me from my current truck and we could look for a Glacier white R1T. I was happy, we were making progress. That was the plan moving forward. Until I realized my credit union increased their rate by 1%. Refinancing, I may be subject to to rate increase. I immediately text Mark and told him not to unmatch me from my truck. To my surprise, he called me right back. He agreed that would not be ideal. I told him I could pull together the $3550 (at this point a couple weeks had elapsed and I was able to scrape together some money). I asked if they might be able to give me Rivian store credit for what I had to go through. He agreed that something should be done and that he would absolutely look into it. I was excitedā¦ I was gonna finally get my truck.
Mark reached outa few minutes later asking what specifically I was looking at in the Rivian store. Personally I didnāt have anythingspecific in mind, just hoping Iād be able to put it towards something down to road. Since I didnāt want to tempt fate by leaving it open, I told him I was looking at a spare tire or that gear tunnel shuttle. No response after that. Again I waited til the next day and followed up asking if that was feasible. Again I received his automated response, but no reply. I messaged him again asking him to call. He called me about an hour later, again apologizing and mentioned that he would speak with his boss and get back to me. Well at this point I think you probably know how that went.
A few days passedā¦ I sent my morning text asking for an update, never racing a response. Finally I ended up contacting customer service again. I explained my situation and asked to please be assigned a new guide. The representative apologized and said theyād have someone contact ne immediately. That person ended up being Mark. Again, he apologized profusely for not getting back to me sooner. I told him I was passed the apologies and just needed a solution. I mentioned it had been 3 weeks since I was scheduled to pick up my truck. He had strung me along to a point where I was no longer excited about the R1T. I told him I would pay the $3550 in taxes to close the process. For the inconvenience I asked if he could simple look to get me a spare tire. That is allā¦ He agreed that something should be done and he was going to talk to a supervisor to see if that was feasible . I asked him to please keep me on the line while he did so. He kept me on hold for a bit before asking if he could call me back.
I ended up receiving a text from Mark a couple hours later saying he was waiting for a call back but would let me know as soon as he heard anything. That was Friday. A text to Mark this morning with no response. I called customer support requesting a new guide. And that is where I am.
So with all that said, what would you all do? Am I being petty or expecting too much asking for a spare? Did any of you have any issues when finalizing their deal?
I just donāt know what to do or what can be done. Thanks for hearing me vent if you made it this far lol.
i did visit the service center and saw my truck sitting there. The only Rivian blue R1T in the lot. So close, yet so far away.
I received the email to lock my configuration the next day. I had my mind made up and locked my Rivian blue R1T on 20ā ATs.
as the days went by I kept in touch with Mark as I shopped around for financing. He was fairly responsive but always took a few hours or a day to get back to me. Finally everything lined up for me to pick my truck up on September 24th. That morning Mary from the Denver service center reached out to me to ask how I was planning on paying my remaining balance. I told her I could bring a personal check for my down payment or use my credit card if theyād let me to gain the points with plans to pay it right off. No luck on either of those options as she informed me they only accept certified checks or payment through Plaid (their online payment system). I never used Plaid, but I immediately set up an account and transferred my down payment. That was it, it was all setā¦ I was ready to pick up my R1T at my 4:30 appointment.
At 4:00, on my way out the door, I received a text from Mary. āHey Nick, it looks like city tax wasn't calculated in your amount. We are getting it fixed but there will be an additional amount due. We can do plaid for that as well. I am not currently sure how much that will be. It's being worked on right now.ā I was a bit shocked, I thought the $85k I came to stomach was my final numberā¦ no, Mary informed me they need to collect an additional $3550 from me before I can take delivery. This after I closed on my loan and exhausted my savings for my down payment. I had to tell Mary I would need to cancel my pickup and talk to my guide, Mark to see what my options are. I had to wait til the following Monday to get a hold of Mark. I asked him if he was aware of what happened and what my options were. He called me to apologize and said heād look into it and get back to me.
I never received a call back from Mark that day. I had to reach back out to him the next day via text. I got his automated response of āThanks for reaching out. I'm looking forward to chatting with you soon. If you've reached me outside of my business hours (M-F 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM CT), I'll be in touch as soon as possible.ā. I waited all day and never received a response. I text him the next day and still no response. I had to reach out to Mary to get Mark to finally call me. Little did I know, this was going to be a regular occurrence trying to get a hold of Mark. When we spoke he told me there was not much they could do and that I would have to talk to my credit union to refinance my loan. Understandably, I knew Iād have to pay the $3550 city taxes, but I was hoping Mark or Rivian might do something for the inconvenience. I asked him if there was anything that could be done to help offset it. He agreed it was an inconvenience and said he will look into doing something to credit me. I felt good at that point and grateful something was going to happen to help me cover that cost.
Days went by, I text mark each morning asking if he heard anything. Same non-response. Finally able to get Mark to call me by reaching out to Mary. Mark, was apologetic as always, so sorry for not getting back to me and after a discussion and emphasizing with me, he said he will talk to his supervisor to see what they can do and swore heād get back to me by the end of the day. I never heard back from Mark that day. I reached out to him via text the next day, no response.
I sent an email to Mark expressing my frustration and disappointment. What once was an exciting moment I had waited over a year for, has turned into one of the worst experiences I have ever had. An oversight on Rivianās part put me in a tight spot and his lack of communication had Only made it worse. I was frustrated and asked for wanted to know what my options were for the following scenarios.
1. what could be done with my current truck?
2. If I had to refinance, could I switch to a Glacier White color to help offset the cost.
3.What is the process to cancel my order entirely (not something I wanted to do, but I was devastated)
I never received a reply from Mark. I ended up forwarding that email along with an explanation to the customer service department. I waited a couple of days, but never received a response. Still trying to reach Mark with my daily text in the morning, I contacted customer service by phone. I explained my situation to Darcie. She apologized and said she would have a guide lead contact me. I waited 2 days, but never received a call. I called customer service back and told them I was expecting a call from a guide lead. The gentleman on the phone apologized and said heād have a lead follow up asap. Instead of a guide lead, I received a call from Mark the . Again apologizing and said he could unmatch me from my current truck and we could look for a Glacier white R1T. I was happy, we were making progress. That was the plan moving forward. Until I realized my credit union increased their rate by 1%. Refinancing, I may be subject to to rate increase. I immediately text Mark and told him not to unmatch me from my truck. To my surprise, he called me right back. He agreed that would not be ideal. I told him I could pull together the $3550 (at this point a couple weeks had elapsed and I was able to scrape together some money). I asked if they might be able to give me Rivian store credit for what I had to go through. He agreed that something should be done and that he would absolutely look into it. I was excitedā¦ I was gonna finally get my truck.
Mark reached outa few minutes later asking what specifically I was looking at in the Rivian store. Personally I didnāt have anythingspecific in mind, just hoping Iād be able to put it towards something down to road. Since I didnāt want to tempt fate by leaving it open, I told him I was looking at a spare tire or that gear tunnel shuttle. No response after that. Again I waited til the next day and followed up asking if that was feasible. Again I received his automated response, but no reply. I messaged him again asking him to call. He called me about an hour later, again apologizing and mentioned that he would speak with his boss and get back to me. Well at this point I think you probably know how that went.
A few days passedā¦ I sent my morning text asking for an update, never racing a response. Finally I ended up contacting customer service again. I explained my situation and asked to please be assigned a new guide. The representative apologized and said theyād have someone contact ne immediately. That person ended up being Mark. Again, he apologized profusely for not getting back to me sooner. I told him I was passed the apologies and just needed a solution. I mentioned it had been 3 weeks since I was scheduled to pick up my truck. He had strung me along to a point where I was no longer excited about the R1T. I told him I would pay the $3550 in taxes to close the process. For the inconvenience I asked if he could simple look to get me a spare tire. That is allā¦ He agreed that something should be done and he was going to talk to a supervisor to see if that was feasible . I asked him to please keep me on the line while he did so. He kept me on hold for a bit before asking if he could call me back.
I ended up receiving a text from Mark a couple hours later saying he was waiting for a call back but would let me know as soon as he heard anything. That was Friday. A text to Mark this morning with no response. I called customer support requesting a new guide. And that is where I am.
So with all that said, what would you all do? Am I being petty or expecting too much asking for a spare? Did any of you have any issues when finalizing their deal?
I just donāt know what to do or what can be done. Thanks for hearing me vent if you made it this far lol.
i did visit the service center and saw my truck sitting there. The only Rivian blue R1T in the lot. So close, yet so far away.
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