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Who else was shorted a fancy pelican case? I guess that a benefit of picking it up at the plant?
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You read my mind. The other entry point that he has into RIVIAN is through his connection to Magna. What I find remarkable about Kyle's channel is that it is entirely sponsored by Magna.I don't know if Kyle will share but I still come back to the Kyle/Magna/Klein connection. As others here have mentioned contract work makes for blurry employee status and didn't the interwebs recently announce a delivery of an S to a 'non-employee' with an existing 'relationship' to Rivian?
This would seem to fit that scenario...
Speculation: Kyle's audience includes industry insiders and decision makers, or Magna is helping him grow into doing so. There have been a few focused videos on OoS showcasing Magna...What I find so unique about that is that Magna isn't a consumer facing company. I'm not sure what sponsoring Kyle's videos does with respect to Magna's public outreach or communication strategy.
Yeah some of his promos specifically mention working at magna.Also staffing? Car geeks like to watch...
I think you are on to something.Speculation: Kyle's audience includes industry insiders and decision makers, or Magna is helping him grow into doing so. There have been a few focused videos on OoS showcasing Magna...
Also staffing? Car geeks like to watch...
This happens in financial services too. Companies with virtually no need to broadcast for public reach run expensive ads during sports...because C suites watch sports.
I didn't even know that was a thing. Must be with my bracelet.Who else was shorted a fancy pelican case? I guess that a benefit of picking it up at the plant?
It must be.. My guide has not eta on mine.I didn't even know that was a thing. Must be with my bracelet.
Was never not asked to share photos so...Yeah some of his promos specifically mention working at magna.
I tried to get my truck earlier and then I won the Rivian lottery and got my truck earlier, no thanks to myself. But my reservation was from 2019, so it's not like I actually line jumped.Random Person on here who ordered in 21/22 and got a Guide contact and their Truck:
Everyone be like OMG you won the Rivian Lottery etc.
Kyle from OOS who will be contributing a lot of time and effort to test the truck, finding all its flaws (which he has done before) and will ultimately make the vehicle better for all of us making it a WIN/WIN for Rivian, Consumers and more (Granted for Youtube Profits):
Everyone be like omg fuck that guy lol.
Also Rivian is to to blame if anything because it WAS a Smart calculated move, if given the same opportunity every one of us would do the same.
Kanundrum my issue is he isn't being transparent about it and is trying to convince us that his status, either as a YouTuber or as someone who is sponsored by Magna which has ties to RIVIAN did not influence his ability to secure a truck.Random Person on here who ordered in 21/22 and got a Guide contact and their Truck:
Everyone be like OMG you won the Rivian Lottery etc.
Kyle from OOS who will be contributing a lot of time and effort to test the truck, finding all its flaws (which he has done before) and will ultimately make the vehicle better for all of us making it a WIN/WIN for Rivian, Consumers and more (Granted for Youtube Profits):
Everyone be like omg fuck that guy lol.
Also Rivian is to to blame if anything because it WAS a Smart calculated move, if given the same opportunity every one of us would do the same.
Agree 100% but still wrongI am cool with it. I like the dude.
And Launch edition!!!Ok let’s say four months (and that might be generous). That is significantly faster than three plus years.
He already had a guide after a couple months of order....interestingI'm not sure this explains how people are jumping to the front of the line. This would only apply if the reservation que was much, much shorter.
Regardless of what configuration someone selects today, there are literally over a thousand other people with that exact configuration that have been waiting a very long time. Maybe if you pick a rare color you could get the number down into the hundreds, but there certainly aren't any configurations with zero other people waiting in line.
I'm quite confident that you will not find a single configuration that is somehow so unique nobody else in line has thought of it.