I agree with you that Rivian was trying to do what we all wanted. I'm just pointing out that when the IRS takes a look at this, they could easily say that none of us have a binding contract based on the wording of the Rivian Agreement they sent us.
I am an attorney (and also an early pre-oder holder), and in my opinion, the Agreement that Rivian sent definitely has some issues. My impression is that Rivian was trying to do the right thing by offering customers a way to utilize the "transition rule" that is currently part of the Inflation...