Stop Telling Us You've Canceled Your Order
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nooneinparticular
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I have thought of canceling my order a few months ago because it didn't feel like it was coming due to the super combo streak of bad luck the team had. Nevertheless I didn't give in because I knew I was going to regret it if I did and also because I wanted to support this awesome effort to make a kickass open source handheld. Even though I was considering canceling I have nothing but respect for the open pandora guys working their butts off and (probably) getting yelled at by girlfriends/wives for spending so much time and money in 'some stupid plastic thingy'.
I applaud thee!
I applaud thee!
CoLDSToRAGE
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My wife ordered mine for Christmas '09.
I'd been following progress for a year or so, and in October '09 I thought, "OMG! It looks like it's actually going to happen...".
So I made some very 'unsubtle' hints for a few weeks, and on Christmas day I opened a ring box with a lovely message inside telling me I had a Pandora, but that it wasn't coming for Christmas, but sometime soon thereafter.
At first I felt a little bit guilty that I'd not supported the project from the get-go, and that I was simply jumping on the passing train, now I knew it was a safer bet.
However, going by the unofficial (but seemingly pretty accurate) production page, it looks like I will possibly get it around November this year. So in fairness to myself, I'll have waited a year in any case - so I don't feel too much like an interloper anymore, LOL!
I have been tempted to take the 'one nubber' offer... seriously tempted. I could get it, and even if it didn't work 100% I could order some spare parts later to fix it. But sods law dictates that wouldn't pan out, so I'm going to hold out for mine. I think I'm probably around 35xx in line - I don't know for sure.
I seem to recall Craig saying that if you wanted your Pandora THAT much, then just get on the train, go visit him and build it yourself... or did I just imagine that? B)
I'd been following progress for a year or so, and in October '09 I thought, "OMG! It looks like it's actually going to happen...".
So I made some very 'unsubtle' hints for a few weeks, and on Christmas day I opened a ring box with a lovely message inside telling me I had a Pandora, but that it wasn't coming for Christmas, but sometime soon thereafter.
At first I felt a little bit guilty that I'd not supported the project from the get-go, and that I was simply jumping on the passing train, now I knew it was a safer bet.
However, going by the unofficial (but seemingly pretty accurate) production page, it looks like I will possibly get it around November this year. So in fairness to myself, I'll have waited a year in any case - so I don't feel too much like an interloper anymore, LOL!
I have been tempted to take the 'one nubber' offer... seriously tempted. I could get it, and even if it didn't work 100% I could order some spare parts later to fix it. But sods law dictates that wouldn't pan out, so I'm going to hold out for mine. I think I'm probably around 35xx in line - I don't know for sure.
I seem to recall Craig saying that if you wanted your Pandora THAT much, then just get on the train, go visit him and build it yourself... or did I just imagine that? B)
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craigix said:
Shipping at what rate though? When you sprinkle few hundred this week, few hundred next week, etc.. you make your customers worry at the end of the queue. Along with the fact your still short (on hand) of certain parts for the 4000 units, i.e. boards/cases.
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bog off will you, go make your own handheld and stop endlessly critisising the efforts of everyone else with every post you make. its boring. we know its not vapour and that this stuff is taking time now go annoy nintendo or somethingspaceballs3000 said:
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renegadechic
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if you've been following this guys posts you'll know exactly what i am getting at
LineOf7s
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I'm still waiting for someone to have the balls to post the first "I've just got my Pandora! And I'm cancelling!" epic-combo thread.
It's not beyond the bounds of possibility someone could get it, not like it and try to return it for a refund... is it?
It's not beyond the bounds of possibility someone could get it, not like it and try to return it for a refund... is it?
LiquidG said:
It is a bit odd, as now it's at least confirmed to not be vapourware. That said, now that people have actually reviewed them they might be seeing it's not something they want to wait for anymore.
I for one, if I were considering buying it would be interested to know why someone else has cancelled - they might have noticed an issue that I wouldn't have thought of until getting the unit. Of course I decided a long time ago that the Pandora wasn't for me, and haven't really seen anything to change that, but it's still interesting to know. If there isn't anything useful in the thread, click back and move on. I don't see why people are getting in a hissy fit over it, aside from it breaking morale.
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nooneinparticular
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It could be because they need the money and/or lost their enthusiasm for the little black monster. They got reminded of their preorder by all the new exciting buzz around the panda and checked how far they are in the queue. Lucky for me I'm easily excited by fancy pancy pieces of hardware like the pandora, I can see myself sitting on the couch with my little panda on wifi. Screw smartphones, gimme my pandora!
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