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Stratos Aircraft to offer refundable deposits

By Ben Sclair · July 21, 2009 ·

Stratos Aircraft is now accepting deposits for the Stratos 714 Very Light Personal Jet. Stratos is also launching the Assurance Deposit Program as an incentive to attract early buyers who want to reserve their purchase position. This program assures buyers that their deposits will be held in escrow, and can be refunded at any time.

Stratos Aircraft established this program to avoid the missteps of some aircraft manufacturers, that have-in some cases-caused customers to lose their deposits. The Assurance Deposit Program is designed to hold deposit funds in interest-bearing escrow accounts at Wells Fargo Bank where the funds remain secure until applied to a progress payment that is made after a formal aircraft purchase agreement has been signed.

“Placing a deposit on a long lead time item like an aircraft shouldn’t cause the consumer discomfort in parting with their hard-earned dollars,” stated Kevin Jordan, Chief Sales Officer at Stratos Aircraft. “When you order a new Stratos 714, you don’t ‘part’ with your money, you simply move it to an interest-bearing account for future use. It’s liquid and it’s refundable,” concluded Jordan.

Stratos Aircraft 714
Stratos Aircraft 714

Depositors receive a copy of the Wells Fargo-Stratos Aircraft escrow agreement, and further assurance that deposited funds will only be invested in United States government or government-guaranteed securities. And because people’s lives, needs, missions and desires change, Stratos pledges that Assurance Deposit funds are fully refundable at any time until applied to a progress payment – no questions asked.

To learn more contact Kevin Jordan at (541) 647-9611. Interested parties attending EAA AirVenture are encouraged to visit Stratos at space #320 and sit in the full-size cabin mock-up.

About Ben Sclair

Ben Sclair is the Publisher of General Aviation News, a pilot, husband to Deb and dad to Zenith, Brenna, and Jack. Oh, and a staunch supporter of general aviation.

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