R1S Shop access live with lots of inventory!

[Christopher]

It's definitely a situation that is not ideal and shows the system needs some work. Regardless of all the technicalities in the background that occur (proximity to the service center, configuration, order date, etc.), an April 2022 order shouldn't be delivered before a 2019 order. That's a big difference in order time and I can understand the frustration. My brother-in-law that literally has the exact same config as the one I got from the shop has a 2019 preorder. He lives 30 minutes from me, even closer to the service center. Obviously, he's not happy. My R1S should have been his and I would have given it to him if there was even a way to transfer R1 Shop access. There are too many vehicles sitting on the lots that don't have owners matched to them and Rivian should do whatever possible to speed up the process to get those off the lots and sold. As terrible as the experience is when trying to buy a ticket on Ticketmaster, or a GPU on Newegg, I think opening up the shop to all pre-price increase reservations on a first come first serve basis, refreshing the page a million times a day, is better than what is happening now.

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[who764]

It's definitely a situation that is not ideal and shows the system needs some work. Regardless of all the technicalities in the background that occur (proximity to the service center, configuration, order date, etc.), an April 2022 order shouldn't be delivered before a 2019 order. That's a big difference in order time and I can understand the frustration. My brother-in-law that literally has the exact same config as the one I got from the shop has a 2019 preorder. He lives 30 minutes from me, even closer to the service center. Obviously, he's not happy. My R1S should have been his and I would have given it to him if there was even a way to transfer R1 Shop access. There are too many vehicles sitting on the lots that don't have owners matched to them and Rivian should do whatever possible to speed up the process to get those off the lots and sold. As terrible as the experience is when trying to buy a ticket on Ticketmaster, or a GPU on Newegg, I think opening up the shop to all pre-price increase reservations on a first come first serve basis, refreshing the page a million times a day, is better than what is happening now.

Please do not feel guilty about jumping the line, you got lucky, no need to apologize or be ashamed. Someone is always going to be upset, that’s just America. The sooner everyone realizes that the major corporations don’t really care about you and only about the bottom line, the easier living in this country/world will be. Congrats on the new Rivian, tell the haters to kick rocks.

 

[LazarusTaxa]

I FINALLY got access myself.. Happy to help:

 

[R1Sky Business]

I FINALLY got access myself.. Happy to help:

All Adventure!!!!!!

 

[robertrivian]

I FINALLY got access myself.. Happy to help:

This is the same units I see in Atlanta so I am not sure there is a west and east coast shop. Maybe they all are in Normal and we see what can be shipped anywhere. Almost everything has this new Adventure Off Road package that has pushed every vehicle for the pre increase customers above $80,000. This assumes the binding contract isn't binding in the eyes of the IRS and since it hasn't been challenged yet by the IRS, I want (if possible) to stay under the new limit. I guess we will know more on the 18th when Rivian has to report to the IRS the other half of the $3750 for mineral purposes (40% for 2023, etc).

 

[robertrivian]

I FINALLY got access myself.. Happy to help:

The yellow one is Launch but is the most expensive on the list.

 

[Southern R1S]

I FINALLY got access myself.. Happy to help:

Congrats! Hope you have the same luck with it that I did yesterday, and also hoping this means the ramp up is progressing well / deliveries are at least accelerating in certain areas.

Interesting that there are still no GW in the shop and just the one 1 LE (which is basically just an overpriced Adventure since it doesn't have the included wheel upgrade or LG paint option - so $300 more vs the same ADV shop configuration in exchange for LE badging - which I don't think anyone cares about - and the wrist band key).

 

[Southern R1S]

This is the same units I see in Atlanta so I am not sure there is a west and east coast shop. Maybe they all are in Normal and we see what can be shipped anywhere. Almost everything has this new Adventure Off Road package that has pushed every vehicle for the pre increase customers above $80,000. This assumes the binding contract isn't binding in the eyes of the IRS and since it hasn't been challenged yet by the IRS, I want (if possible) to stay under the new limit. I guess we will know more on the 18th when Rivian has to report to the IRS the other half of the $3750 for mineral purposes (40% for 2023, etc).

It's still unclear to me how the MSRP limits are going to apply to Rivian where the "MSRP" you're charged depends on the date you reserved rather than the date you buy. I assume we're safe to go by the Monroney (window) sticker since -- by law -- that is supposed to list MSRP, but seems odd if the manufacturer can ship identical vehicles on the same day and have two different MSRPs (based on reservation date) and cause 1 person to qualify and the other not to qualify...

 

[Dave711]

There are four in there now (4:25PM Pacific time)

Thanks for posting the pictures and letting me know. I have texted my contact to

Thanks, I appreciate it. Oddly enough, I didn't get a guide assigned until after locking the shop configuration and I also didn't get an email telling me I had shop access (I check daily and it was just there as an option when I logged into my account today).

FWIW, I did a First Drive on 4/1 and told them during that I was flexible and not planning to finance (though that may change with multiple people reporting that USSFCU is giving sub 4% rates on auto loans recently -- free money for anyone who can get that rate) and she said she was going to add notes to my account & that it would potentially help since Rivian wants to move units as quickly as possible so I strongly suspect that helped my timeline.

Please post a screen shot of "having shop access". I am checking daily after I was told that I would get shop access.

 

[tgo10000]

I just got access. I can see the same as the Atlanta’s ones. Someone earlier said took 8 days to get access, that would be about right from when I requested it.

 

[tgo10000]

Launch green blipped in for minute and was gone in the wind. I guess click fast ?

 

[Southern R1S]

Thanks for posting the pictures and letting me know. I have texted my contact to

Please post a screen shot of "having shop access". I am checking daily after I was told that I would get shop access.

See the image posted by tgo10000 two comments up from this reply. It's that green banner at the top of the page (which, once you get access, you'll be able to see when you're logged into your Rivian account and on the account or configuration page). You should also be able to access it via this URL when you are logged into an account that has been granted shop access: https://rivian.com/vehicle-shop/vehicle/list

As I mentioned above, I didn't get any sort of email, contact, or guide assignment before getting shop access -- when I looked Tuesday evening, I didn't have access and then when I logged back in on Wednesday morning I had it.

 

[JKDU]

I just got access. I can see the same as the Atlanta’s ones. Someone earlier said took 8 days to get access, that would be about right from when I requested it.

That was a response to my question about how long it took for people to get access to the R1 Shop. I actually got access today! So it was about 2 days for me. I see the same inventory as what was just posted too.

 

[robertrivian]

That was a response to my question about how long it took for people to get access to the R1 Shop. I actually got access today! So it was about 2 days for me. I see the same inventory as what was just posted too.

I wonder why these aren't moving very fast as it has been the same group of vehicles for at least three days now. They just added another Red and all but one is above $80,000 for pre March Shoppers.

 

[SoCalGuy]

Do we think they’re done building Launch Editions? I think someone earlier in the thread said they picked up a LE in the 7XXX VIN range last week but that’s probably the end of the builds given recent inventory, no?

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