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That is exactly what the CS Mgr. told me, they want to get these trucks into the hands of early res holders.
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That is exactly what the CS Mgr. told me, they want to get these trucks into the hands of early res holders.
What I don't understand is why are they prioritizing early res holders for this and seemingly not for actual builds. Why would the prioritization be different for Shop than just building the trucks people ordered?
 
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What I don't understand is why are they prioritizing early res holders for this and seemingly not for actual builds. Why would the prioritization be different for Shop than just building the trucks people ordered?
These are builds that have been orphaned, people for what ever reason, whom are ahead of you and me in the queue changed their mind. I got the invite to browse "the Shop" and see if anything was to my liking. Why I was ahead of ksujeff99 in the process I have no idea. Why people with 2021 reservations are ahead of me with a delivered truck I have no idea, is this by design or error, some day we may know. This I do know, they only have so much capacity due to parts shortages. Per SC they could be pumping out a lot more vehicles if they had the parts needed.
 

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These are builds that have been orphaned, people for what ever reason, whom are ahead of you and me in the queue changed their mind. I got the invite to browse "the Shop" and see if anything was to my liking. Why I was ahead of ksujeff99 in the process I have no idea. Why people with 2021 reservations are ahead of me with a delivered truck I have no idea, is this by design or error, some day we may know. This I do know, they only have so much capacity due to parts shortages. Per SC they could be pumping out a lot more vehicles if they had the parts needed.
Understand all that. To me the prioritization list should be ostensibly the same for Shop and for custom builds. The people that are scheduled for delivery next month shouldn't be getting Shop invites. The Shop invites should be going to people that are 12-16 weeks out. Why would someone abandon a custom build that's supposed to be delivered in 6-8 weeks for something that they may not really want and will also be delivered in... 6-8 weeks?

If someone is an early preorder but 2023 delivery presumably the reasons for that still apply to the Shop. Either they are sticking with an option that isn't being built (after being told to change if they want it sooner... why would they change for the Shop?) or they live far from a service center.
 

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Understand all that. To me the prioritization list should be ostensibly the same for Shop and for custom builds. The people that are scheduled for delivery next month shouldn't be getting Shop invites. The Shop invites should be going to people that are 12-16 weeks out. Why would someone abandon a custom build that's supposed to be delivered in 6-8 weeks for something that they may not really want and will also be delivered in... 6-8 weeks?

If someone is an early preorder but 2023 delivery presumably the reasons for that still apply to the Shop. Either they are sticking with an option that isn't being built (after being told to change if they want it sooner... why would they change for the Shop?) or they live far from a service center.
I'm honestly baffled by your response. And I'm replying because it seems Rivian agrees with you, but why? Why shouldn't priority be given to people who preordered their truck first? We have no way of knowing what the correct combination of options is at any given time to win the delivery lottery. And the chances of the delivery windows changing again in the future are nearly 100%.

Why should a person be excluded from the R1 Shop when he would gladly take a different configuration if it meant earlier delivery. Rivian has told us that Ocean Coast, Max pack, Explore, non-powered tonneau, and R1S will all delay purchase. For the majority that don't have those options selected (and are somewhat near a service center) what other factors should be considered? My personal opinion is that even those options shouldn't matter. Someone who ordered a OC R1T, Explore, max pack, with a manual tonneau in November 2018 should get an invite to the R1 Shop before anyone who ordered after them.

All that said, if I were to wager in Vegas on R1 Shop invitations, I'd place everything I had on 2021 and 2022 preorders getting invitations starting next week.
 

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I'm honestly baffled by your response. And I'm replying because it seems Rivian agrees with you, but why? Why shouldn't priority be given to people who preordered their truck first? We have no way of knowing what the correct combination of options is at any given time to win the delivery lottery. And the chances of the delivery windows changing again in the future are nearly 100%.

Why should a person be excluded from the R1 Shop when he would gladly take a different configuration if it meant earlier delivery. Rivian has told us that Ocean Coast, Max pack, Explore, non-powered tonneau, and R1S will all delay purchase. For the majority that don't have those options selected (and are somewhat near a service center) what other factors should be considered? My personal opinion is that even those options shouldn't matter. Someone who ordered a OC R1T, Explore, max pack, with a manual tonneau in November 2018 should get an invite to the R1 Shop before anyone who ordered after them.

All that said, if I were to wager in Vegas on R1 Shop invitations, I'd place everything I had on 2021 and 2022 preorders getting invitations starting next week.
Perhaps I wasn't clear because I think we largely agree. Early preorders with eligible options (FE/BM, large pack, R1T) should have a close delivery window. By and large that seems to be the case. Why would I switch to something I don't want just to get it perhaps a few weeks sooner? If I was given a July-August window and got invited to the shop this week I'd peak out of curiosity but I wouldn't be taking anything from there.
 

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Just received my R1 Shop invite. They do move fast... started with 10 now down to 6 available.

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Just got my invite. All are Black Mountain and 21” wheels, no underbody protection. Not really much selection.
 

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From the extremely small sample size in this thread, it appears the shop invites are all on the west coast so far.

CA = 2
OR = 1
WA = 1

@SACDFJC & @nfrank did you have a guide assigned before getting the Shop invite?
 

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Perhaps I wasn't clear because I think we largely agree. Early preorders with eligible options (FE/BM, large pack, R1T) should have a close delivery window. By and large that seems to be the case. Why would I switch to something I don't want just to get it perhaps a few weeks sooner? If I was given a July-August window and got invited to the shop this week I'd peak out of curiosity but I wouldn't be taking anything from there.
Aaah, that makes sense. Thanks for clarifying.

The only complicating factor is that in “Rivian time” a lot can happen between now and this fall.
 

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was hoping i'd win the rivian lottery but instead gonna change my username to 'null'
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The people that are scheduled for delivery next month shouldn't be getting Shop invites. The Shop invites should be going to people that are 12-16 weeks out. Why would someone abandon a custom build that's supposed to be delivered in 6-8 weeks for something that they may not really want and will also be delivered in... 6-8 weeks?
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Because they really need it ASAP, they know the R1 Shop truck exists, and they don't believe their custom build will really be delivered in 6-8 weeks.
 

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Screen Shots Please!!!!! would love for someone who has access to the shop to take some screen shots showing all of the available configurations.
 

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