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Fisker lost track of millions of dollars in customer payments for months

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Re: Fisker lost track of millions of dollars in customer payments for months

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They've also slashed prices https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-27/fisker-sl... . Presumably that's on existing inventory as the manufacturing is paused. So even if they do cash your check it won't be as big as it used to be.

It looks like bankruptcy is imminent. If they do go under does that mean there would be no one there to collect the telemetry? Would an electric car made by a bankrupt company be the first electric car not to constantly be spying on its owners?

Re: Fisker lost track of millions of dollars in customer payments for months

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“Checks were not cashed in a timely manner or just lost altogether” only in the US of A, or movies from 70s, something like this.

To be fair, my mother is in a protracted situation with one of Europe's largest banks and the UK government's savings scheme. She made a transfer of a sum of money to the savings scheme but the bank refused for various reasons, yet the savings scheme acted as if they had received it. She now has the lump sum in both the bank account and the savings scheme with both of them claiming everything is fine and refusing to…

OP was commenting on the use of cheques, which is comical in the rest of the world. Banking errors can happen anywhere.

Re: Fisker lost track of millions of dollars in customer payments for months

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

For something as valuable as a car, they definitely can. You still agreed to pay them. However, you can decide to take the whole thing to court and see what a judge thinks about it. In a way, they screwed up and that may affect the contract.

They might have a case to keep the car! There are laws around sending people packages and then demanding payment. I think it was to stop trolls from mailing you garbage and demanding payment afterwards… I’m not a lawyer, them having a purchase agreement in place probably changes things, but a clever lawyer might be able to make a case

How are they going to register without a title?

Re: Fisker lost track of millions of dollars in customer payments for months

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>In a few cases, it delivered vehicles without collecting any form of payment at all That's crazy. I'm curious what happened in those instances. I suppose it depends a lot on the jurisdiction, but can Fisker come back and demand payment, or did those people just get free cars?

I was utterly confused until I realized this is not Fisk*a*r the scissor maker.

Fiskars

Re: Fisker lost track of millions of dollars in customer payments for months

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post #3

“Checks were not cashed in a timely manner or just lost altogether” only in the US of A, or movies from 70s, something like this.

To be fair, my mother is in a protracted situation with one of Europe's largest banks and the UK government's savings scheme. She made a transfer of a sum of money to the savings scheme but the bank refused for various reasons, yet the savings scheme acted as if they had received it. She now has the lump sum in both the bank account and the savings scheme with both of them claiming everything is fine and refusing to…

Guess she should close the savings account and see how much they send her?

Re: Fisker lost track of millions of dollars in customer payments for months

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

For something as valuable as a car, they definitely can. You still agreed to pay them. However, you can decide to take the whole thing to court and see what a judge thinks about it. In a way, they screwed up and that may affect the contract.

They might have a case to keep the car! There are laws around sending people packages and then demanding payment. I think it was to stop trolls from mailing you garbage and demanding payment afterwards… I’m not a lawyer, them having a purchase agreement in place probably changes things, but a clever lawyer might be able to make a case

Those laws are for sending things unsolicited. In this case, the customer asked for the car and agreed to pay for it. The company failed to process the payment. Very different scenario.

Re: Fisker lost track of millions of dollars in customer payments for months

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post #3

“Checks were not cashed in a timely manner or just lost altogether” only in the US of A, or movies from 70s, something like this.

To be fair, my mother is in a protracted situation with one of Europe's largest banks and the UK government's savings scheme. She made a transfer of a sum of money to the savings scheme but the bank refused for various reasons, yet the savings scheme acted as if they had received it. She now has the lump sum in both the bank account and the savings scheme with both of them claiming everything is fine and refusing to…

"Bank error in your favor. Collect $200."
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