The Reddit post makes clear that they didn’t. They’d paid with a cashier’s check, which means the money was withdrawn when they wrote the check.
Tesla then never cashed it. That’s on them.
Tesla then never cashed it. That’s on them.
A casihiers check debits the money from you account on issue. As soon as the bank gives you the check, the money is out of your account. A cashiers check cannot bounce for this reason. Its why it or a wore transfer are the required payment type for large purchases of this type.