You can return your deposit within 7 days, and then only until the end of April
Xiaomi is actively growing the base of potential owners of the company's first car: if in the first half hour the volume of pre-orders amounted to 50 thousand, then by the end of the first day it was fixed at the level of 88 898 cars. And most of these orders will turn into purchases for two reasons: first — Lei Zun admitted that the car (at least in the basic and medium configurations is sold at a minus), the second — You can get your deposit back only if you act very quickly.
A deposit of 5 thousand yuan (approximately 695 dollars or 65 thousand rubles) can only be returned within three days. But due to the fact that the car is a new product, and people are now actively lining up for test drives, this period has been extended to 7 days until the end of April. After 7 days, the deposit amount is blocked, it becomes non-refundable and the user-configured car is sent into production. If a potential buyer is confident in his desire and the chosen configuration of the machine, then he himself can block the deposit — the machine will be put into production earlier.
There are few people willing to return the deposit: as of noon on March 29, only 469 requests for refunds had been received.