Welcome! It's true that most tire shops are not able to handle a Rivian, and it's also true you should be very careful who you trust to lift it for any reason. Lots of stories here about clueless shops either trying to lift without pucks or lifting in the wrong spot.
If you have Discount Tire/...
Rivian is not in the business of stealing people’s deposits, but they are known for being very slow to issue refunds. I would continue trying to get clarification on this. Ask to escalate the question to a higher up.
Welcome Andy! The group that organizes most of the CO meetups that I am aware of is the Rocky Mountain Rivian Club. They are part of Rivianclubs.org, which is loosely affiliated with Rivian. I am not a paying member, but I still get notified of events and they do group rides, meetups, and...
I didn't change any words or meanings. Those are simply the words you chose to use ("abusive cash grab"). If you meant to use different words, that isn't really my fault. And I don't think I have authority to change the meanings of words? 🤔
Amazing how you have convinced yourself that Rivian's...
So you claim you will only charge at Tesla based on your unproven claim that Rivian's ONE idle fee rule is a "cash grab" without having any idea if Tesla's multiple, always changing idle/ congestion rules are actually worse.... got it. :CWL:
I don't charge at Tesla stations so it's not a problem for me. Maybe you could offer some real evidence that Rivian is actually making more money per station off of idle fees than Tesla?
I didn't "shrug off" anything. Rivian wasn't the topic of discussion here, were they? If anyone "shrugged off" anything it was you by trying to change the topic from Leon forcing his other companies to buy up his failures to hide the losses.
One could easily come to the conclusion that creating charging rules that are so confusing that most people cannot easily determine what fees, if any they might pay at a particular station is deliberate...and possibly "abusive".
Is it a congestion fee or idle fee charger?
Is it more than 50%...