orangewhip
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I know I wasn't a part of the initial group of people who made their pre-order, and that there are still a lot of people in front of me in line, but I must say I am getting pretty discouraged waiting for my Pandora.
I got in on the end of the first batch, on November 10th, 2009 to be exact and received an email saying that the Pandora would be "Expected release end of November/early December."
Now obviously that never happened and I have been quietly and patiently waiting for it. I an now looking at over a year and a half wait, for something I was told was going to be at maximum a month.
I understand this is fine with a lot of people and many people have been waiting much longer than this.... the problem I have, is that I was never a part of the "movement" to build this thing, I never ordered the other hand-held devices that came out previously. I was simply a consumer that saw an article online about the Pandora on a different website, came to the Pandora website, read about it's specs and what it could do, saw there were a few left for the initial order, and was told it would be no more than a month wait. So I bit the bullet and ordered.
I have been waiting and reading the forums to pass my time since the day I ordered, patiently waiting, seeing all the banter back and forth about nubs, and keyboards, and China, Premium Orders, and LCD cables, etc... I have since bought an iPad, and Android Tablet, 3 iPhones, a Nexus One, etc... but I have still be waiting for my Pandora.
I keep checking my order date with other pre-purchasers on the threads, have never once emailed to ask where my position was/is, have never posted on the forum until this point.
And I am now to the point, where I may just cancel my order... the wait has made the love wear so thin, that even if I received my Pandora tomorrow, I am not sure I would want it anymore. I have many other hobbies that I could use this money towards that I know would happen.
The biggest frustration with all this, is that if I wasn't web or tech savvy and didn't know what a forum is/was, and I didn't read all the posts on it on a daily basis.... if I were just simply a consumer who thought the product looked interesting and was told I could buy one and have it within a month, then I would have probably called the police by now.
I have NEVER received 1 email since the day I ordered my Pandora, not a thing about the delays, asking if it would be OK to sell Premium versions, when I could expect my Pandora, nothing.
Again, I know this is OK for those of you who were all over this from day 1, and for me it is SOMEWHAT ok, because I know enough about the web and forums to keep abreast of the situation, but for a regular "Joe" to go onto the site, buy this, and then hear absolutely NOTHING from the day they ordered it, well.... it is 100% unacceptable.
As a matter of fact I believe I have been EXTREMELY patient, but this thing was a 40th birthday present that was almost 2 years ago now...and, well... I really don't know what else to say.
I am highly disappointed... and am doing everything in my power not to cancel my order.
Let the flame war begin....
I got in on the end of the first batch, on November 10th, 2009 to be exact and received an email saying that the Pandora would be "Expected release end of November/early December."
Now obviously that never happened and I have been quietly and patiently waiting for it. I an now looking at over a year and a half wait, for something I was told was going to be at maximum a month.
I understand this is fine with a lot of people and many people have been waiting much longer than this.... the problem I have, is that I was never a part of the "movement" to build this thing, I never ordered the other hand-held devices that came out previously. I was simply a consumer that saw an article online about the Pandora on a different website, came to the Pandora website, read about it's specs and what it could do, saw there were a few left for the initial order, and was told it would be no more than a month wait. So I bit the bullet and ordered.
I have been waiting and reading the forums to pass my time since the day I ordered, patiently waiting, seeing all the banter back and forth about nubs, and keyboards, and China, Premium Orders, and LCD cables, etc... I have since bought an iPad, and Android Tablet, 3 iPhones, a Nexus One, etc... but I have still be waiting for my Pandora.
I keep checking my order date with other pre-purchasers on the threads, have never once emailed to ask where my position was/is, have never posted on the forum until this point.
And I am now to the point, where I may just cancel my order... the wait has made the love wear so thin, that even if I received my Pandora tomorrow, I am not sure I would want it anymore. I have many other hobbies that I could use this money towards that I know would happen.
The biggest frustration with all this, is that if I wasn't web or tech savvy and didn't know what a forum is/was, and I didn't read all the posts on it on a daily basis.... if I were just simply a consumer who thought the product looked interesting and was told I could buy one and have it within a month, then I would have probably called the police by now.
I have NEVER received 1 email since the day I ordered my Pandora, not a thing about the delays, asking if it would be OK to sell Premium versions, when I could expect my Pandora, nothing.
Again, I know this is OK for those of you who were all over this from day 1, and for me it is SOMEWHAT ok, because I know enough about the web and forums to keep abreast of the situation, but for a regular "Joe" to go onto the site, buy this, and then hear absolutely NOTHING from the day they ordered it, well.... it is 100% unacceptable.
As a matter of fact I believe I have been EXTREMELY patient, but this thing was a 40th birthday present that was almost 2 years ago now...and, well... I really don't know what else to say.
I am highly disappointed... and am doing everything in my power not to cancel my order.
Let the flame war begin....
