An Additional $100 to Secure R2 Launch Edition?

[dfairris]

There is some skuttlebutt out there that those of us sent an email asking if we wanted the Launch Edition were also asked to plunk down an additional $100 to reserve this choice.

I was sent the email asking if I was interested in the Launch Edition, to which I replied "yes," but did not notice the request for an additional $100. Did I miss something, or is this indeed pure skuttlebutt?

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[godfodder0901]

There is some skuttlebutt out there that those of us sent an email asking if we wanted the Launch Edition were also asked to plunk down an additional $100 to reserve this choice.

I was sent the email asking if I was interested in the Launch Edition, to which I replied "yes," but did not notice the request for an additional $100. Did I miss something, or is this indeed pure skuttlebutt?

Sounds like a scam.

 

[captainjp]

Yeah, no.

 

[DuoRivian]

There is some skuttlebutt out there that those of us sent an email asking if we wanted the Launch Edition were also asked to plunk down an additional $100 to reserve this choice.

I was sent the email asking if I was interested in the Launch Edition, to which I replied "yes," but did not notice the request for an additional $100. Did I miss something, or is this indeed pure skuttlebutt?

Where did you hear this unfounded and inaccurate story? I frequent the forums and never saw this and it makes no sense.

 

[Dark-Fx]

They might've sent e-mails to people who expressed their interest in R2 but didn't make a reservation yet? That's the only way this would happen legitimately.

 

[dfairris]

I forget, now, the simple Google search that I typed in, but in the AI answer was a vague statement like "there are several sources that suggest if you are interested in the Launch Edition, you need to indicate this in the Rivian email and put down an additional $100 to secure this choice."

I thought maybe I missed something in the Rivian email asking about my interest in the LE.

 

[dfairris]

Here you go...

 

[Joe Hoffman]

It’s on the Internet, so it must be true.

 

[dfairris]

Nope, not that gullible. But, I'm keenly interested in the R2 (leaving for Denver today to see it in person), and don't want anything, including failing to plunk down an additional $100, to interfere with me getting it.

 

[Time2Roll]

Check your reservation account. Possible at time of configuration/order to ask for an additional token amount to confirm.

Don't put a check in the mail to Nigeria.

 

[godfodder0901]

Nope, not that gullible. But, I'm keenly interested in the R2 (leaving for Denver today to see it in person), and don't want anything, including failing to plunk down an additional $100, to interfere with me getting it.

Stop using AI for 'research'. It's only capability is to literally make stuff up. It cannot be trusted without independent verification of its claims.

 

[dfairris]

My post on the Forum WAS for independent verification. But, can I trust the responses? Perhaps everyone here desperately wants an R2 LE as well, and so aren't being truthful with me. Competition, eh?

 

[TTedP]

My post on the Forum WAS for independent verification. But, can I trust the responses? Perhaps everyone here desperately wants an R2 LE as well, and so aren't being truthful with me. Competition, eh?

I hope you were joking.

 

[CharonPDX]

Your "AI answer"'s only source for the "extra $100" claim is an "article" on a "news" website that is itself 100% AI-generated. That article uses an earlier article of their own as the "original source" - an earlier article that makes no such mention.

When AI gives you an answer, it usually gives you its sources. Rather than spread rumors and falsehoods on forums, you can just follow the links AI gives you. If it doesn't give you its sources, just ask it. Half the time, it will correct itself. When I asked Google AI "is there an extra deposit necessary to purchase a launch edition rivian r2 if I already have a deposit?" it gave me an answer similar to yours. When I asked it to confirm:

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