Preorder Starts June 24 (email)! - How to Preorder Your Slate

[cadblu]

For those impatiently waiting to get their preorders in, here’s a count down timer to help pass the time…..

Countdown to Slate Preorder

 

[AKrietzer]

For those impatiently waiting to get their preorders in, here’s a count down timer to help pass the time…..

Countdown to Slate Preorder

Can you add a Buy-It-Now button? 😆

 

[cadblu]

Can you add a Buy-It-Now button? 😆

Ha! I already have 150,000 bids on this bad boy...

 

[LoneWolfo6]

Reserve, Preorder!

Apple would not be what it is today if they would have said in 2007 “preorder your iPhone, and we might get it to you sometime in 2010?”

 

[LoneWolfo6]

I completely agree. I think a lot of people are going to have to make the conversion choice with a lot of unanswered questions (even with the 30-day deposit window) and that's a big ask. Even early deliveries are likely far enough out that it's not crazy to say "I've waited this long, what's another 6 - 12 months if it gives me a chance to have all my questions answered before making a commitment."

Hah! I am still waiting for Tesla to work out all the bugs in the Cybertruck, including the price gouging $40k to $50k increase.

Can’t wait to see Slate errors in action.

 

[GaRailroader]

Reserve, Preorder!

Apple would not be what it is today if they would have said in 2007 “preorder your iPhone, and we might get it to you sometime in 2010?”

Apple had a market cap of $174 billion in 2007. Slate is a pre-revenue start-up. That is like comparing apples to oranges, pardon the pun.

 

[LoneWolfo6]

Apple had a market cap of $174 billion in 2007. Slate is a pre-revenue start-up. That is like comparing apples to oranges, pardon the pun.

Slate is Amazon just a smallest of small sliver. LOL

 

[thespacecowboy]

Slate is Amazon just a smallest of small sliver. LOL

is it? Bezos, through Bezos Expeditions, not Amazon, invested an undisclosed amount of money. It was in a round that apparently raised $111 million from all investors in that round, but not all of that is from Bezos.

And, evidently, Bezos’ rep is no longer on the board. No reason to believe he or Amazon are meaningfully involved

 

[GrizzlysGhost]

is it? Bezos, through Bezos Expeditions, not Amazon, invested an undisclosed amount of money. It was in a round that apparently raised $111 million from all investors in that round, but not all of that is from Bezos.

And, evidently, Bezos’ rep is no longer on the board. No reason to believe he or Amazon are meaningfully involved

Yep, this supports most of what I've read; really irks me when Slate keeps being labeled as "Bezos-backed" or "Amazon Truck" etc. As I understand it, he has very little to do with the financing of Slate, and nothing at all to do with it's development.

 

[LoneWolfo6]

Ha no wonder why after we reserve we don’t get two day shipping. LOL.

 

[cadblu]

Does anyone else find it somewhat amusing that the June 24th announcement aligns with Amazon Prime Day (June 23-26)?

It’s a prime time to pre-order the Slate truck!

 

[LoneWolfo6]

Ok, tell me again, why am I ordering this now if we have to wait one to two years to get one step closer to driving one?

Almost as bad as Jeep Recon, Ram Rev, and or Rivian R2 wait?

Still waiting since 2019 for my $39k Cybertruck so guess I am used to the abuse!

 

[FC49er]

Ok, tell me again, why am I ordering this now if we have to wait one to two years to get one step closer to driving one?

Almost as bad as Jeep Recon, Ram Rev, and or Rivian R2 wait?

Still waiting since 2019 for my $39k Cybertruck so guess I am used to the abuse!

Where you getting one or two years?

 

[thespacecowboy]

Ok, tell me again, why am I ordering this now if we have to wait one to two years to get one step closer to driving one?

Almost as bad as Jeep Recon, Ram Rev, and or Rivian R2 wait?

Still waiting since 2019 for my $39k Cybertruck so guess I am used to the abuse!

I haven't seen anything to indicate it'll take that long. Deliveries are currently advertised to start later this year, which tracks with their initial announcement last year. We'll know later this month when our individual delivery windows are. I'm sure if a lot of the (refundable) reservations convert to actual orders there's a chance that some of the late reservations or no reservation pre-orders might be a year out, but how many reservations are actually going to convert into orders?

Even if they surprised everyone at $20k for the base truck, how many of the 160k reservations would actually convert into orders? More than if the truck is $25k but even at a super low price they might be looking at 25-30% conversion optimistically.

 

[Nivek]

The amount of misinformation and assumptions made by people is actually mind blowing. Slate has been pretty clear yet there still seems to be mass confusion.