Apr 8, 2016
AEdennis So, it's been over a week and like over 100k+ other people, I stood in line for the Model 3. We were 240-242 (thanks for the count and some of your pictures @Mark Z ) in line and waited five hours from the time we arrived.
After reading what people experienced in their lines and talking with fellow Model 3 reservation holders, I wondered...
If the line we were in at Brea Mall (California) was the slowest during Model 3 Release Day
We were in line from 9:15 am and was done with our reservation at 2:16 pm (here's the blog).
How fast or how slow was the line you were in on 3/31?�
Apr 8, 2016
MikeC Pasadena: got there around 9 am and finally reserved at 1 pm. Not quite as slow as yours.�
Apr 8, 2016
eloder Arrived 5:30 AM, reserved at 10:04 AM (#11 in line) at Columbus
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Apr 8, 2016
MTN Ranger Arrived at 8:15am and got my reservation at 10:50am. BTW, 70th in line.�
Apr 8, 2016
ChadS I went in the afternoon, so I only waited 20 minutes. But my Dad got in line shortly before the store opened, and it took him just about 3 hours to get to the front. He was #442 in line. So yeah, his line went a lot faster than yours.�
Apr 8, 2016
SpiceWare I got in line at 11:00 at the Houston Galleria location. A Tesla employee was counting the line when I got there and I heard him say 200. I was done paying and walking back to my car at 12:35.�
Apr 8, 2016
TaoJones Arrived Palm Desert (California) from coastal Los Angeles county at 0600. My chair, and shortly thereafter, me, after making a proper double honey mocha espresso in the car, were #6 in line. Numbers #1-#3 had arrived the evening before from San Berdoo.
Doors opened at 1000, and there were reportedly 200 people in line as it trailed down the block and around the corner. I was done by 1007.
My rationale was that the extra hour's drive to a less-populated area would be better than waiting in a longer line after driving less. That, and I don't mind driving longer distances for some odd reason. The population of the desert cities this time of year might be 500,000. At 0530 there were 80 people in line at Santa Monica and 40 people in line at Burbank - both had hundreds in line as the morning progressed, and I understand that Pasadena was worse. My second option was Brea, but I figured they'd get quite a bit of traffic as well - and evidently from the post upthread, they did.
A friend reserved at the Santa Monica store late afternoon that day. No line of which to speak.
And so history was made. Fun stuff. Was glad to see, that evening, that the car didn't look bad, to boot. Was a little sad as well, as the Model 3 sure looked like a potential (down the road) Model S killer to me, but such would be the way of things. When your choices come down to the Model S or the Model 3, life is pretty damned good.
Besides which, one can expect that they'll differentiate the two models for awhile yet anyway. Think BMW 3 series versus BMW 7 series, for example, not to mention Mercedes, Honda, and to a different extent, GM.�
Apr 8, 2016
enigmata Burbank - went to store around 4:30pm and was confused why no one was there. In and out in 2 minutes.�
Apr 8, 2016
AEdennis What # were you in line? Did you find out?
Cool. How many order takers?
I was tracking that Galleria with pictures on social media.
Yeah, I wonder how many order takers�
Apr 8, 2016
physicsfita 77th in line in Cleveland, OH. Doors opened at 10:00, had my reservation completed by 10:35.�
Apr 8, 2016
eisbock Natick Mall, MA
Got there at 9:20am, reserved at 11:45am.
Probably 200ish people ahead of me based on estimations by me and the guy in front of me. Line was still back to my original location when I got out and stayed like that for another hour or so. Probably 400ish people through the line by 1-2pm.�
Apr 8, 2016
eloder Final count was over 230, we had barely anyone in line until 7:30-8 or so.�
Apr 8, 2016
MikeC Not sure, but I'd guess at least 300.�
Apr 8, 2016
zammboss arrived 5pm night before (4th in line) order done by 9:05am. 300+ people in line in Montreal�
Apr 8, 2016
MTL_HABS1909 Camped out starting Tuesday at 6pm or so. 2nd in line. Reservation confirmed and out the door by 9:07am on the 31st.�
Apr 8, 2016
AEdennis Good planning... We had a lot of San Bernardino and Riverside folks that showed up in Brea... Plus (as you can see from my blog post and earlier in the thread) it was DARN SLOW. (until just before we placed our order and three more order takers showed up.
So, confirmed your information.
Burbank had some news coverage though... Then again, Channel 7/KABC and I think Chanel 4/KNBC is "around the block" from that location.
I assume that this was the Cleveland/Lyndhurst Sales, Service, and Delivery Center (with a Supercharger (for Center/not public use) in the Service Area in the back). I remember being there in 2015 on our Cross-Country Roadtrip 2015. Nice, friendly service there. Was the guard bird (a Canada Goose) still around? (or did he fly South for the Winter)
Yeah, there were still a ton that added on while we kept moving, I would estimate 500 total...
Cool. Saw your video post in this thread. I actually included your (Montreal's) line experience in the rain in my blog-post.�
Apr 8, 2016
AEdennis You guys in Montreal are INSANE! I was following Christian Roy's Twitter Feed (@TeslaTaxi) and saw your line while we waited in the mall�
Apr 8, 2016
Bongos3 San diego fashion valley 230pm no line 3 mins.....�
Apr 8, 2016
AEdennis There was still a line of about 200+ people behind us at that time in Brea Mall.�
Apr 8, 2016
McHoffa Charlotte NC doors opened at 10, and I was #27 in line (arrived at 7am). Once inside, the line split into two lines, so I ended up being about #20 in the store to get mine in, but there was an internet connection issue that delayed the reservations by a little bit (I think people were about ready to get out their pitchforks!). Mine went through around 10:30am.�
Apr 8, 2016
jchau Brea mall. got there 830. Left at 1130�
Apr 8, 2016
Twiglett Austin, TX got there about 9am and was still only 260th
got done at about 12:30-ish and the line was still around the building.
once the total got over 360-370 I quit counting but it was easily over 400�
Apr 8, 2016
cjtylr Got to the Orlando dealership around 9:45 AM, was out the door around 11:50.�
Apr 8, 2016
Craig9080 Decatur, GA Arrived at 10:00 and reserved at about 11:30�
Apr 8, 2016
Pilot Steve Washington square mall Portland Oregon arrived at 4:40am mall security told me to leave and come back at 6am. Drove around mall for 30 minutes then got in line at 5:10am. I was number 9 in line. Reserved at 10:05am�
Apr 8, 2016
Sp4rky Las Vegas, NV Store.
Got there at 8:30am. Was shocked to see the size of the line. Considered getting breakfast, but sacrificed calories for the cause. I was about the 100th (guy 7ish people in front of me officially counted 90 in front of them) person in line.
Got done shortly before 10:30am. Five stations, super efficient in my opinion.�
Apr 8, 2016
chipmunk I had the exact same experience, but at the Brea Mall location where the OP waited forever. I went at 4:30pm and there was only one person in front of me. They told me I had just missed the rush.�
Apr 8, 2016
houdini Remember everything is Australian Eastern standard daylight savings time
Arrived 5:00am, 4th in line, doors opened 8:00am, served 8:05am, out the door about 3 minutes later. 3 people taking orders. Line of about 40 people as I left.�
Apr 8, 2016
ummgood I was in Austin with you. I got there at 7:30am and was number 106. I left the showroom at 11:15am they opened at 10.
Someone right behind me checked the sign up list when they got done and tweeted that there was 431 people on the list at about 11:20.�
Apr 8, 2016
Justmurr Arrived 8:15am EST on the 31st in the King of Prussia mall (outside Philly) was about 45th in line by my unofficial count...walked out around 10:30am EST with my reservation and shirt for my daughter (they ran out of adult sizes already).
it was exciting to see several hundred people there as I walked out. I'd guess 250 or 300?�
Apr 8, 2016
NC-3 Raleigh NC had three people processing reservations, and the line movedwell. Heard it was about 2.5 hours for those who were there when it opened. I went at lunch and the wait was down to 1.25 hours.�
Apr 8, 2016
LarryG66 Bethesda, Md: 15-25th in line. First person in line at 4:00am. I got in line at 6:30. Three or four hundred in line by time I placed my order at 10:10 am.�
Apr 8, 2016
physicsfita That would be the place! I didn't see any Canada geese. It was raining and cold. I just wish the Michigan legislature didn't make it so I had to drive nearly three hours each way to reserve!�
Apr 8, 2016
AEdennis I wonder if there was some sort of internet connection issues (getting used to the style change to lowercase Internet)... because @jchau was at Brea as well:
That's only 45 minutes ahead of me to line up, but an hour and 45 minutes earlier to complete the registration.
Yup... Lots of folks where I was too.
Out the door of a mall, or was this a free standing location?
Thanks.
I wonder if you saw the Transport Evolved folks... They were interviewing folks at that location.
Yeah, I would say, 30 minutes to go 100 people, that's efficient.
They added three more order takers (for a total of six) just before it was time for us to place our orders around 2:14pm. So, throughput picked up significantly. (like a Supercharger augment (Harris Ranch anyone?))
I saw that with Tweets from Tesla AU folks. I had a contact in Melbourne that went at his lunchtime and there was no line by then.
Good thing the Texas Triangle is now connected to the rest of the SC network.
Tesla will have to complete I-80 from Ohio to New Jersey through PA for these folks. One has to go South to Maryland right now to travel via SC.
That is pretty efficient for those three folks.
You might want to check out the Teslaroadtrip folks... They're doing a great event in May near you... (Near being relative, I'm in California)�
Apr 8, 2016
favo Yep. Arrived at 10am, done at 12:30pm.�
Apr 8, 2016
coralcaves Austin, TX 287 in line. Got there just after 9am. Out the door at 12:45...line was still around the block when I left.�
Apr 8, 2016
Steepler2k Marrietta, Georgia. I got there about 9:15 and was somewhere in the upper 80s in line. 4 people taking orders and I was taken care of right about 11.�
Apr 8, 2016
Garlan Garner Chicago - Grand Avenue. Arrived at 4. Second in line. Out of the door at 10:05�
Apr 8, 2016
johnnyS I went to Buena Park about 5:30 p.m. and there were two in front of me. The order takers were exhausted.�
Apr 8, 2016
AudubonB Got to Anchorage 10:00; still waiting.
Oh, right. They've not opened the store yet. Why didn't anyone tell me?!?�
Apr 8, 2016
Big-Al I arrived to the Tyson's Corner-Tyco Road, Virginia store at 8:30 am and I was #115 or so in the line. I was out of the store, reservation made, at 11:05 am. From the moment the store opened at 10:00 am, it took me around an hour to make a reservation.. I think it moved at a good pace. There were probably some 150-200 still in line when I left at 11:10 am.�
Apr 8, 2016
johnny2five Anyone go to the Buena Park store early? Heard they started at 9am.�
Apr 8, 2016
HiDustin Hawaii showed up at 11:00 am no one in line was out by 11:10! I heard there was about 70 people in line at 10:00�
Apr 8, 2016
Seir Denver, arrived at 8:00 to a deceptive line (store is in a mall), looked like a dozen people and I was told to head upstairs. Saw a secondary line of about 80 people, figured that was pretty good, got the end and was told to head outside in the snow. The line out there was about another 100 people or so. They started taking reservations around 11am, so waited outside about 3 hours, got into the mall and waited another hour or so. I think in the end there were another 400-500 people behind me.
Loved every minute (except when I couldn't feel my toes)...�
Apr 8, 2016
jchau opps i left at 1230. 4 hour wait�
Apr 8, 2016
Bruin1996 Palm Desert here. Got there around 8:30 am.. Was about 60ish in line. Finished reserving 2 model 3's right after 11:00 am.�
Apr 8, 2016
Don B. I was flying to Las Vegas from Sacramento on 3/31, but went to tesla from the airport. Took about 10 minutes and reserved my Model 3 at 2:50pm with no one in line.�
Apr 8, 2016
AEdennis That's faster than what we had. What number were you in line?
That seems a little faster than Brea...
Not too many people in line there. Must be the effect of expired GA State incentives... Can you imagine what the price would have been if GA still had its state incentives.
That's a SIX hour wait (or five minutes according to when they opened metric).
Still earlier than online orders.
Funny! Latest is SC all the way to Alaska (according Elon's latest tweets...) just no word of when that portion of SC network would be complete
How many order takers?
I arrived at Buena Park before 9:00 AM. The line was very long, more importantly, there was nowhere to park nearby... So, that's what made us go to Brea.
Still earlier than me. 11:00 AM Hawaii time is 2:00 PM Pacific Time, if I'm not mistaken... And I reserved at 2:16 PM Pacific. (six minutes later than you.)
That's hardcore. I think you beat the weather that Montreal had to deal with. (they had rain and you had snow...)
Thanks for the clarification, that means we were pacing the same.
We got a lot of folks from San Bernardino and Riverside in Brea.
Tesla store in Vegas? Still a line at 2:50pm?�
Apr 8, 2016
Josh the German My son and I needed one BBC roundup of the most famous football match ever watched on cell phone: Brazil one Germany seven ("Klose scores! Historical! Germany two Brazil nil! And Miroslav Klose is the alltime worldcup record goalscorer!"
Regards from Germany
Josh�
Apr 9, 2016
Nosken Sacramento/Rocklin, CA. #7 in line, arrived around 6:00PM night before. When the store opened at 10:00 AM sharp, over 500 people in line. 7 reservation stations meant I was reserved around 10:03AM. They were very efficient! By 3:30PM the line as done. Total for the day around 4:00PM was close to 700. People arriving that morning were waiting on average 3 hours. A couple local news stations were live around 6:00AM. Surprisingly, the reporter from KCRA was very good, and was very accurate on Model 3 information.
Many of us in the local NorCal-Reno Tesla Owners and SacEV, volunteered to help orchestrate line control and information dissemination, freeing up the employees to take reservations. Thanks to Bonnie, Laura, and Omar et al, for organizing this. Laura and I discussed at 6:30 AM if the 80 copies of the Tesla trivia test she made for line sitters would be sufficient, but it was not even close. We provided donut holes and orange juice to those waiting in line while answering questions.
As a 13 month P85D owner it was a pleasure to sit in line, and help out. The day went off without a hitch.�
Apr 9, 2016
ZAKEEUS I reserved at the Houston Galleria, I was 40-50th in line when the mall opened at 10:00, I was done and walking around the mall at 10:35.�
Apr 9, 2016
cheekeman I was at the Toronto (Lawrence) location and it was awesome. Staff there was very good. Showed up for about 5:45am and was #42 in line. They let us in at 7am to lineup inside from the rain and took our reservations at 9am. I was out the door for 9:45am.�
Apr 9, 2016
Bruin1996 "We got a lot of folks from San Bernardino and Riverside in Brea."
I drove from Riverside county to Plam Desert mainly to avoid the horrible 91 west slog. I actually test drove and ordered my Model S at the Brea mall store. The shorter lines at Palm Desert was a fringe benefit.�
Apr 9, 2016
b0r3dguy I went to the Santa Monica - 3rd Street Promenade Store right after I got off work. Arrived to the line at around 6:45am PDT with about 75 people ahead of me. After store opened at 10am, I got my reservation done by 10:40 am. I was pretty impressed how quickly the line moved!�
Apr 9, 2016
mrfeb14 Dublin,CA was 69th in line arriving at 4:45am. Was done at 10:28am. There were 6 reservation takers that I counted (4 on iPads and 2 on imacs)�
Apr 9, 2016
kelly Scottsdale Fashion Square Mall - Arrived 7 am and was handed ticket #88 by the infamous (to everyone there that day) "Ticket Guy." This was a non-Tesla person who had the foresight to bring a roll of raffle style tickets. Came in handy because security wasn't allowing a line in front of the store, or allowing anyone to gather in front of the store. When they did allow a line, everyone had a ticket and knew where to line up.
Made my reservation at approx. 10:25.
The store staff told me later the line pretty much died out at 2 pm and they estimated 800 reservations made by that time.�
Apr 9, 2016
Ltespd I think I was at the slowest store. UTC San Diego. Got in line at 9;30 am, Was done at 2:30 pm. 5 hrs. There were hundreds of people ahead of me when I got there.�
Apr 9, 2016
AlisoJames Stopped by the Costa Mesa, CA location around 2:30 p.m. No one in line. Walked in and made my deposit and was gone in 5 minutes. I had heard that current owners would be prioritized based on when you took delivery of your Model S/X/Roadster so saw no reason to line up early. Our neighbor across the street went to the Mission Viejo, CA location at 8:00 a.m. and was in line for 3 hours.�
Apr 9, 2016
tmoz Got there at 10:30 and got out at 1:15. Should have arrived at 12:30 as there were only about 50 people behind me.�
Apr 9, 2016
Jarrod Garnand I reserved at the woodland hills, ca mall location. Got in line @ 2:45 am, second in line. Was the first one out at approx 10:03. The line was ridiculous behind me. It took me 4 min to walk to the end of the line, and I walk fast. 4-500 people easily.�
Apr 9, 2016
Mark Z As AEdennis mentioned earlier, I arrived at Brea about 9:20 AM to find the line with about 315 people. I estimate the line at 400 by 10 AM based on other reports. I had a feeling this line would move slowly.
My plan was to go to Fashion Island, but I stopped by Costa Mesa about 10:20 to check on the situation. 6 persons were taking orders and Tesla staff said every 30 seconds a person would enter. The line was at 244 when I got in line (30 minutes had expired, so 60 may have been served earlier). The estimate to be done by 12:30 PM worked perfectly, as the Tesla employees were processing the reservations as fast as possible (120 an hour).
Since Brea had 3 people taking reservations (4 later that day), I was able to return to Brea and chat with AEdennis and his family. It was an exciting day to reserve a place in line for an amazing new Tesla designed electric vehicle.�
Apr 9, 2016
freeform1999 I was there around 10:30 and there was at least 350 in line... got out around 1pm and there was still a few hundred in line.
I believe the store had around 500 swipe their card by 1pm.�
Apr 9, 2016
EMP40 Arrived Sacramento Rocklin at 8:40 and was 245 in line; done at 12:15�
Apr 9, 2016
Big-Al
At the Tyson's Corner-Tyco Rd., Virginia store there must have been 6 order takers. To be honest, I was so excited I didn't pay much attention!�
Apr 9, 2016
pmich80 There was probably about 500 people at my store and i was about 200th. Opened at 9am and i probably got my reservation around 10:10? It went pretty quick!. Very efficient. They had 4 computers running at once.�
Apr 9, 2016
Gen3Joe 18 hours
Got in line at 4pm the previous day and was done with reservation at 10:02 on the morning of the 31st. I was 3rd in line at the Walnut Creek store.
There were 350-400 people in line when the doors opened at 10am. When I drove by after lunch at 12:30 there were still around 150 in line.�
Apr 9, 2016
shrspeedblade I was at the other end of the Walnut Creek line, about #375 I'd guess.�
Apr 9, 2016
tenstringer009 I went to the Palo Alto store (on El Camino NOT Stanford) and arrived around 7:45 or 8am. Based on what I heard, I was ~80th in line, and I was through the reservation process by ~10:20am. They had a pretty efficient set-up; I'd guess 10+ employees taking reservations on computers, iPads, etc.�
Apr 9, 2016
Gen3Joe Wow! Yeah I saw the line come full circle all the way around the block and back to the store front shortly before the doors opened. I probably looked right at you as I walked out. The construction crew across the street continued all through the night with their masonry saw the night before. We didn't get much sleep so was super glad to be done.�
Apr 9, 2016
Jim R Another who lined up in Montreal - in the rain! I drove in from Ottawa, arrived at 7:20 AM. Paid at 10:20 or so. Tesla guys were sharing their umbrella to those in line that didn't have one.�
Apr 9, 2016
kaikara Took us 2.5 hours at Yorkdale in Toronto.�
Apr 9, 2016
dvhart Washington Square mall, Portland Oregon. Arrived at 7am (3 hours prior to opening) and landed about number 100 in line. Tesla brought cookies somewhere along the way. At 10 the line started moving, and by 10:50 I had my reservation. 3h 50m.�
Apr 9, 2016
EasterEgg I was in line @ Pasadena around 6:30am, I was #60 ish, I was also done at 10:30am.
After I walked out of the store, the line was wrapped around the block, for 2 corners.
The line defiantly got allot worse past 9am.�
Apr 9, 2016
Subhuman Oak Brook center Chicago subsurbs. Got there about 9:15 reserved about 11:30. Estimate about 200 hundred in front of us when we arrived. They had one person on a computer and one person on a tablet taking reservations. I got the tablet person. I thought it went pretty quick.�
Apr 9, 2016
JenniferQ Guess I'm glad we were in Texas by mistake for this. Arrived at Galleria Houston at 930a to be told there were about 300 in line and all done by 1130a.�
Apr 9, 2016
Seagrave7 Canoga Park-Topanga store. Arrived at 2:45am. Was 1st in line. At 10am we had ~300 people behind me.�
Apr 9, 2016
murse Columbus arrived at about 2:30 and was done in a few minutes. I walked the long way around assuming there was still a line but nope!�
Apr 9, 2016
LittleHobo Vancouver. In line at 6:15am, 48th in line according to those already there. Done by about 10am. Very glad to have taken part this way.�
Apr 9, 2016
Big Dog Got to Newport Beach ~8:00 am, and was approx. 115 in line. Line likely tripled by 10 am (but just guessing...). I was complete with the res by 11:05 am.�
Apr 9, 2016
SCW-Greg Yeah I was there at 2:30am, circling, kept getting booted by security three times, finally went for breakfast at 4am. Came back at 5:30 and yep security caved and allowed the line to form. By that point, I was 14 in line, but I think because of the way they handled the multiple registration points once the store opened, I may have been number 7 registered and out the store.
I believe there were more than 500 in line by 10am, but they had 7 registration points, three iMacs, and 4 tablets. So the line I'm told was handled shortly after 1pm. Not counting all the walk-ins after that. Process was very efficient, about a minute per person (with no hiccups).
Here's the line outside at 9:45am (not counting the 60 of us that were allowed to wait inside) sped up 2x
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Apr 9, 2016
cjtylr The Orlando location is a freestanding dealership located on a cul-de-sac type street with two other dealerships - Mini and Land Rover.�
Apr 9, 2016
AEdennis I've heard of "World Cup" babies (from victorious countries)... But I guess you had a Soccer Model 3 Reservation
Yeah, I was following Rocklin posts via @bonnie on Twitter. I even featured one of her tweets on my blog post.
Now comes the difficult part... waiting.
One of the confirmed early reservation places... I wonder how much sooner Canada deliveries start after US. (and whether BC gets it before ON)
I went East to Buena Park and Brea, so that was against traffic, but understand the desire to go counter-traffic.
That is impressive.
Seems inconsistent on what the count is for equipment for order taking.
That "Ticket Guy" is pretty smart. Good line management. I guess Tesla can learn for Model Y.
Depending on what number you were in line... That's about the same pace as Brea. We got in line at 9:15 AM and got out at 2:16 PM (also 5 hours)... However, proper count of time spent for purpose of Tesla speed is hours from the time the store opened (10:00 AM in Brea's case) and what position you are in line (we were 240-242) (and were lapped by @Mark Z who came by and went to Costa Mesa instead.)
@Ltespd Do you remember how many order takers you had?
That makes sense @Mark Z was at that location and got out as #220 by 1:30pm, I believe...
That's the worst... As slow as the line was at Brea, at least it grew behind us...
I guess you got folks from Simi and points North? (like Brea got Riverside and San Bernardino folks).
It was nice to meet all the new (to Tesla and EV) folks reserving for Model 3, but something about hanging with fellow Tesla fans as you @Mark Z The fact that you lapped us inspired my blog post (and this thread.)
And I'm sure some of those swipes were for 2 Model 3 reservations and not just 1.
That's about 2 hours faster than us and we were 240-242 at Brea.
As slow as it seems our store was, I'm still glad to have lined up and did a little Tesla and EV advocacy to those that are joining us in ownership.
Wow and they opened early. Which store again?
Your part of it was 18 hours... Tesla's part was 2 minutes for you!
That is still faster than me... We were 240-242 and out at 2:16 PM... You were #375 and out at 2:00PM
That is pretty good.
You guys deserve a medal... though I love some of the pictures from social media. It kept us thanking our blessings being in a nice climate controlled mall in Southern California.
What # in line?
That mall looked very busy, wonder if you met up with the Transport Evolved crew? They were filming for their EV site.
And that's in the middle of Old Town Pasadena... Did they have police assisting with the crowds? We had mall security in Brea.
You had LESS order takers and was completed about almost three hours faster than us (we were 240-242 in line and out at 2:15 PM with THREE order takers)
I was toying with a cross-country trip to reserve at an "Eastern Timezone store" for a California delivery.
Mall Security let you in at 2:45 AM! Wow a lot of folks at mall locations were kicked out until much later in the morning.
How few were in line at your location?
What time did they start? Was this another 9am store? Vancouver, Canada or Washington?
That's fast. How many order takers?
That is much faster than ours. Seven order takers is like a huge supercharger location versus some of the 2 stall configurations.
Thanks... That's what my first choice was, but no place to park within an easy walk, so I went to our alternate location (the slow one that is the subject of my blogpost and this thread.)�
Apr 10, 2016
infeza Arrived at 8:30am, Doors opened at 9am, out by 9:20am. Not bad. Chadstone, Victoria, AUS�
Apr 10, 2016
AEdennis How many people were in line?
First to reserve in the planet, but probably one of the latter countries to take delivery.�
Apr 10, 2016
EldestOyster San Diego UTC...We were done 12 minutes after the store opened. But I have to add the 13.5 hours in line when the store wasn't open (actually it was open until 9PM). Someone had talked to the staff--they were expecting 10-12 employees, and there were perhaps that many, but only 3 or 4 reservation takers. Don't know how that happened, but as someone suggested, maybe that's all the working tablets they had. We were 32nd by head count, but we should realize that it ranged from a pair of people reserving one car, to one person reserving two. It seemed to go rather quick once the doors opened.
There were about 60 in line by midnight, 120 by daybreak, and then it took off from there. 300-500 when the store opened, and a lot of people are saying 1000-1500, but I don't know how they would have counted. I got no sleep that night, and ended up chatting with another group that wasn't sleeping either. I had planned to show up at 8 or 9 AM, but at 6PM the previous evening, my wife suddenly got the bright idea of heading down right away. And so I suddenly found myself witnessing a part of history.
I heard that the Mission Valley mall kicked people out until morning, but I have no confirmation of that.�
Apr 10, 2016
AEdennis Yeah. Lots of malls kicked people out and prevented overnight and early morning line ups.�
Apr 10, 2016
Mark Z This goes back to the Apple iPhone days when the line at Brea was so long that I decided to drive to Fashion Island. It turned out the wait was much shorter for the iPhone at that location. Driving south worked again for a Model 3 reservation. Costa Mesa was suggested by a Product Specialist at the Brea store prior to March 31 since many would not think of it as a store location.�
Apr 10, 2016
EVNow 3.5 hours. The line was very long 700+. 6 order takers.�
Apr 10, 2016
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Apr 10, 2016
LittleHobo Sorry, messed up that last post (used to a different forum software).
It was Vancouver, Canada and I had my exit time wrong. They let people in at 10:00am and I was done by 10:32. At 48th in line it means they were doing better than one person per minute.�
Apr 10, 2016
beakmeister Buena Park CA store opens at 9 am, an hour earlier than most other So. Cal. stores. I arrived at 8:30 about 300-400 in line. 9:10 am a guy who was in line since midnight had his order in. There were 5 or 6 employees taking orders and I got done just after 11 am. The line then had 150-200 people still waiting.�
Apr 10, 2016
AEdennis With six order takers, still moved pretty fast.
9am opening. Man, I was there maybe 8:50am before making the drive to Brea... Oh well�
Apr 10, 2016
plug Arrived at 8:30a, out at about 10:15a in Monterey. I was about 50th in a line of about 150.�
Apr 11, 2016
Seagrave7
Nope. Our lineup was outside the mall, prior to the mall opening. Mall Security did not let us inside until ~6:15am.�
Apr 12, 2016
agabriel I arrived at 9:15 one day prior to registration and I was the second in line at Dublin Store. Waited 25 hours !�
Apr 12, 2016
AEdennis So, you waited for a few minutes to place your order!
I was counting for the speed of the line once Tesla was open.�
Apr 12, 2016
Twiglett Hey you were just behind me�
Apr 12, 2016
SCW-Greg It's interesting how fast we all moved through the lines, just a matter of minutes. But oh those minutes!
Those minutes can be the difference of year in production (or more).�
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