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The lucky gentleman appears to be an employee or insider with Rivian, or so I gather by forensically reviewing his Instagram account. :CWL:
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The lucky gentleman appears to be an employee or insider with Rivian, or so I gather by forensically reviewing his Instagram account. :CWL:
disagree. Unless you consider a quarter of the forum insiders.
 

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disagree. Unless you consider a quarter of the forum insiders.
I don't think a quarter of the forum has multiple Rivian bits of apparel / swag and has been present at multiple Rivian events. I believe that you do / have, but there are thousands of us who are members here and thousands of employees / past employees.

I may be wrong, but I think the likelihood is high.
 

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He's an employee. Not a secret. Look at all his posts, especially the Sept 8 post.
 

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"Employee" and "Customer" are not mutually exclusive. He's using his money to make payments (or he paid cash), it will be titled, insured and registered in his name.
 

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"Employee" and "Customer" are not mutually exclusive. He's using his money to make payments (or he paid cash), it will be titled, insured and registered in his name.
Yes we all know that. Still doesn't count as a real delivery to me.
 

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"Employee" and "Customer" are not mutually exclusive. He's using his money to make payments (or he paid cash), it will be titled, insured and registered in his name.
They are mutually exclusive if one is a preorder holder and the other isn't.

I don't have Instagram to see for myself, but you're structuring the last sentence as fact. Do you know this to be true, that the employee shown in the picture, was in fact a preorder holder, with a paid deposit? Or, are you thinking the employee was delivered a Rivian, so he had to be a preorder holder and would count as a legitimate September delivery?

I don't consider anyone that receives a Rivian as "gifted", (unless they paid a preorder deposit) to be qualified to count as delivered in September. This is what I don't know about the employee discussed, but it may be revealed in his Instagram posts.

Yes we all know that. Still doesn't count as a real delivery to me.
When I first read RJ's August update, I thought there would be some non-employee deliveries, and I'm not saying there hasn't been. I don't know. If there hasn't been, it was a misleading statement to me and I think some others too, that could have been worded way, way, way differently to avoid confusion. IMO, Rivian uses a lot of ambiguous statements. It seems everyone knows the employees were paid preorder holders. I would like to know how they know this, other than guessing. Do they reveal this information in their posts?
 

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I don't think a quarter of the forum has multiple Rivian bits of apparel / swag and has been present at multiple Rivian events. I believe that you do / have, but there are thousands of us who are members here and thousands of employees / past employees.

I may be wrong, but I think the likelihood is high.
I was referring to attending events. And exaggerating a bit.
 

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He's an employee. Not a secret. Look at all his posts, especially the Sept 8 post.
the post of his kids holding up a license plate?
 

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They are mutually exclusive if one is a preorder holder and the other isn't.
Anyone that uses their own money to purchase a vehicle is a customer. If or by whom they are employed is irrelevant.
The S1 filing laid out that at least some employees were given the chance to be early purchasers of LE vehicles (both R1T and R1S). They were put in the queue as preorder holders. They purchase the vehicle themselves, but then do get a $1K/mo subsidy for 24 months (as long as they stay employed by Rivian). Nice perk and a good way to help attract quality talent (and build loyalty, make employees feel appreciated, etc.)
 

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No. The 10 other posts. Like the one with the truck in the factory under lights.
So the one from today when it was being delivered? The things that seem most like he's an employee are from 2019 events where he seems to be the only person behind the "tape."

Either way, it's a paid delivery, which is great.
 

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So the one from today when it was being delivered? The things that seem most like he's an employee are from 2019 events where he seems to be the only person behind the "tape."

Either way, it's a paid delivery, which is great.
For example, this one.

Rivian R1T R1S What is your guess for the Day the 1st Rivian is delivered to a Customer? Screenshot_20211002-070454_Instagram
 

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They are mutually exclusive if one is a preorder holder and the other isn't.

I don't have Instagram to see for myself, but you're structuring the last sentence as fact. Do you know this to be true, that the employee shown in the picture, was in fact a preorder holder, with a paid deposit? Or, are you thinking the employee was delivered a Rivian, so he had to be a preorder holder and would count as a legitimate September delivery?

I don't consider anyone that receives a Rivian as "gifted", (unless they paid a preorder deposit) to be qualified to count as delivered in September. This is what I don't know about the employee discussed, but it may be revealed in his Instagram posts.



When I first read RJ's August update, I thought there would be some non-employee deliveries, and I'm not saying there hasn't been. I don't know. If there hasn't been, it was a misleading statement to me and I think some others too, that could have been worded way, way, way differently to avoid confusion. IMO, Rivian uses a lot of ambiguous statements. It seems everyone knows the employees were paid preorder holders. I would like to know how they know this, other than guessing. Do they reveal this information in their posts?
Do they all sit around a table and discuss how they can best mislead us? "Let's tell them guide contacts will start in May, but we will just contact a handful of people and then stop. We will start deliveries in Sept, but actually to a few employees. "
 

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He did take it home at least. Haha. Maybe the first Rivian at an actual home.

Rivian R1T R1S What is your guess for the Day the 1st Rivian is delivered to a Customer? Screenshot_20211002-071126_Instagram
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