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Hello everyone,
I'm a new customer of EZRobot and order my robot kit last Friday. I was told it would be here today. Needless to say it did not arrive today due to whatever reason, DHL just didn't make the delivery. This was going to be a very nice birthday present, but now its not. Some areas for improvement:
1) Faster responses on orders / questions or even phone/live chat.
2) Ship from USA or CA and not from China. (Only Apple seems to be able to do this on time.)
3) Use UPS or FedEx for US shipments as I have never not received a package on time from them, unless weather delay.
Needless to say, we are still wanting to get the robot and its my fault waiting till last Friday to order. If I would have ordered from MakerShed, I'm almost certain I would have gotten it in time.
Anyways, had to rant/vent, as a kid is involved and I dont like to disappoint.
Keith
Welcome to the EZ Robot community first off. I'm sorry to hear that DHL was unable to deliver within the expected time frame. Partnerships are made with various retailers like makers shed or robotstore as a dealer so the purchase is more local, but of course if you prefer to make the order internationally then there can sometimes be tiny hiccups , like customs processing for example. It may be best to buy from the closest physical retailer in the future for fast delivery. The only thing about international purchases is the patience in waiting. The good news is the early supporters before you made purchases and waited for months while the manufacturing facility and the plastic injection molds were created. However when you ordered the products were ready to ship. Update us on when your get your order , it's fantastic to see open box videos and initial impressions. Please be mindful ez robot is a young startup and these are products recently released to the market so the features are rapidly developing and adding capabilities for android and apple products. Have a great day !
The product is that good... Just wait until you and you son/daughter start using the ezb4...
Congrats and enjoy.... Happy birthday to you son/daughter by the way...
Saying that, I am pretty sure the EZ Robot team are still surviving on a steady diet of Kraft dinner and pizza in order to keep costs down...
Seriously, post a question and it's answered within hours, sometimes minutes (and if I'm on the ball sometimes seconds!). The exception comes when questions are regarding orders since we don't know any details however the live tracking should answer all questions there
Welcome to the jungle community
I'm the type that always leaves feedback, good, bad or what I experienced. First I should not have waited till last minute. I know what its like to wait like you Richard, as I back a lot of Kickstarter projects, sometimes forgetting what I backed.
I'm actually glad I found the EZ-Robot and DJ Sures information / videos. Looks like my kid and I will be in great company. Only bad thing is, I had promised him a nice present tomorrow, but DHL let me down, as it was out for delivery but never made it to my house.
Anyone know if and how I can get the v3 version and older software?
Thanks again!
Keith
Keith, I do agree with you however... US manufacturing is still next to none in the world.... I do try to buy from US and Canadian manufactures whenever I can....
As soon as the last release of the software that supports the v3 is released, DJ has said that he will keep that version available on this site and continue on with the software for the v4 only.
At some point, they will discontinue support for the v3 and at that point, DJ will post the last version that supports the v3 for download. There is not a place to download back copies through ez-robot. Some people keep copies of old versions on their computers for themselves. Ez-robot doesn't do this.
Yes I'm interested in the EZ-b's you have, right now off top of my head I can remember where I read something on these forums that v3 only supports a feature that I was thinking about. (Maybe I was dreaming, got way to much going on)
Thanks everyone for your input...
China does really good work. It's unfortunate that the stigma of poor workmanship still follows China to this day after they have proven their capabilities time and time again (Apple, Samsung etc.) When poor quality comes from China it's typically due to the company, not the manufacturer, cutting corners. when making a mold you get to choose what type of steel is used. German steel, which is some of the best in the world, is an option that the majority of companies go with and is well worth the additional funds up-front.
It's kind of funny, German steel tooled on the exact same machines in USA as in China costs 5 x as much. Until North American manufacturing companies begin to offer competitive prices I can't see a major shift towards North American manufacturing.
The other issue is supply chain. If all of s sudden business blows up and you need to create 100x more product, you'd be done for in NA. You can't just hire that number of workers over night and gather all the electronic supplies required in a timely fashion. In China, they can bring on 10,000 temporary workers overnight if needed.
I believe that the changes are slowly happening that will enable competitive manufacturing in North America. It simply isn't a viable option from a business standpoint today.
Anyways got the EZ Robot today.
Just curious if ARC wants pictures of boxes, parts, etc to help improve overall quality and satisfaction. Again not criticizing, just wanting to help if I can to make a great product even better.