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[imeothanasis]

The beauty of GG is that anyone can assemble and disassemble it. 2 years before I desided to make the first mechanical cig in history just to reach this purpose. And the purpose was that users would not send me anything back in Greece for repair. Only me would be the guy that would send parts to users because all people could be able to replace a faulty part.
My thought was right and for 2 years now only very few people send me back their units because they didnt understand what exactly they had to do.
Now we have to go one step further. And this step is that if users can assemble and dissasemble a GG unit then they are able to assemble a new GG item like Iatty.

I am not able any more to assemble units. I cant do it because I am not a chinese guy. I never worked like this, I always was working with my mind, so this proccedure is too painful for all of us for 4 reasons:

1. I dont like assembling its a very boring job if you have to do it for e.g. 500 or 1000 units!
2. Assembling doesnt leave me time for anything else anymore and I dont like this, its not my style
3. I am very very tired
4. I cant make enough units for all my friends and everytime we have the same problem: Availability.

To speak the truth I need 1 month to assemble Iatty and its resistance inside. I think that I will get dead after this prossedure

Ok guys, I need more time to think nice things for all of us. Dont forget that I am a user too (and a heavy one) so I need more satisfaction as you do. So I have to make more things. Maybe I need a factory that will make what I want but this is not possible and it will take too much time.

So the best of all is to send all units unassembled and GG users will assemble them. 10 mins work for one man is nothing but 10.000 mins is like a mountain that someone has to climb. I am sure that you totally understand me.

Of course I will make a very detailed video about what I do before I send a unit to the market so everyone will do exactly the same.

Of course if my sellers have requests for assembled units they can deside if they want to do it and they can also deside the selling price.

What do you say guys?

 

[silentt]

I think that's a great way to do it. If you make a video and we can learn everything will be perfect. I like that we get to know our devices and study them so if anything happens we can fix it.

 

[atavanhalen]

I am good with that, especially because this means that you will get things to market quicker. It is kind of a bummer that if you miss a sale then you may have to wait for 1 to 3 months for that product to come back in stock and if this can bring that time frame down then I am all for it. I think a few may be deterred by it but then again gg has made a pretty big name for itself and it would be hard to get people to stop buying it even if they have to put it together.

edit; I forgot, I do really think it will be very very important that you have very detailed high definition videos for people to watch though. Also, it might be a good idea for the sellers to provide a link directly to a pdf download of the user/ assembly guide.

 

[Moshmarr]

I think this is a great idea. I totally understand why this would be necessary for you, and assembling my own GG will be a great way to get to know how everything works together. Imeo deserves time to enjoy his own handiwork and family/friends as well.

 

[RippleInStillWater]

You mean all that time between releases has been solely Imeo's hands getting tired from cranking on the tubes?!?!?!? I have figured all this stuff out and if I can, there isn't a soul alive that shouldn't be able to do the same. I think printed instructions enclosed with the tank or mod would be the way to go also.

Good idea, Imeo!

 

[imeothanasis]

vanalen your advices are really nice and I have to do what you said, I agree to all of them.

Mos, thank you buddy. But the thing is that I will still have no time for all those nice things you said. I will just have some time to rest a little more and think in a better way.

Thanks Ripple and silentt that agree with it

 

[UKtarget]

Thats cool Imeo.
The ironic thing is the first thing most of us do is disassemble our GG's before we even use them wether it be to put Vaseline on the threads or just to see how it all goes together.

 

[Zoranth]

Imeo, Unassembled is just fine. Between your Video, the illustrations, the Wiki and Users Guides, no one should have any problems at all.

+1 for shipping unassembled

and to be quite honest, I would vote for that on all your products

 

[lee72]

Sending them out assembled will be fine. I'm sure everyone understands. The whole point of the iAtty is that it is user serviceable so we will have to do it ourselves anyway.

 

[jinoo]

I agree with having the items disassembled. Being able to assemble and disassemble is a huge adavantage for me because I become more familiar with GG products. Iatty is the same for me, too. To use the Iatty for lifetime, I gotta be able to do it myself anyway. I'm very sure that Imeo is going to put an awesome video to help us with assembling. So are we having Iatty's earlier if we decide not to have those assembled?

 

[lee72]

Also if you need a volunteer to build them I will gladly give my time.

 

[silentt]

Get some rest and take a break Imeo. Start relaxing your mind and think about other things except 500-1000 iAttys lol.

 

[Poppa D]

Imeo,
I see problems and confused customers in the future.
Notice the number of battery and rethread questions you get now.
Imagine the "I wrecked it, now what?" That are going to pop up.
Have you considered getting a helper?

 

[silentt]

I can see the problems and threads coming up but we have very smart people in the GG family that can help. All problems can be solved by simply asking Imeo a question.


edit: i'm not saying I'm one of the smarter ones since i'm so new with the GG, but I have faith we can all assemble the iAtty and learn about it.

 

[clavit]

I'm with you all the way Imeo!
There will propably be a few users who are unable to assemble their GG's. The assembly procedure is also quality control, and if you sell them unassembled, a few users may get GG products with defective threads.
But then again, what would you rather do: assemble 1000 Iattys, or replace 5 because of defective threads?

 

[mwebmaster]

Great idea - I will totally support it, I guess many of your customers Imeo would not need a video or manual to get iAtty or GG assembled and working
Well outsourcing manufacturing on some external factory (even in mid-asia) is quite brilliant thing too, presuming it would be totally under control and management of Imeo as author
We all know high quality standards not easy to achieve but it is possible in modern China (look at even chip flashlights build quality)

 

[hifistud]

no problem here - disassembled is fine by me...

 

[jacktan12]

Assembly is fine with me....my only concern is that all the parts are free from little defects like the SS GGTS connector problem that delayed the launch.....if there are any defects, and with the speed the GG sells at these days, you may find that the defective GGs are already in the hands of hundreds of GG lovers before the problem is identified.

If you have to check and QC the parts before sending out to the GG sellers, it's almost doing the job of assembling it completely. I would guess that you would need to assemble it completely to make sure everything fits together....no?

To put it another way, with Imeo's personal standards of engineering and quality, I don't believe that he would actually accept less than perfect, or as close as you can get. To trust that every part is perfect and send out to the world to be assembled by the end user runs the risk of having little defects going undetected until all of them have already arrived at their destinations, which will make addressing the problem a worst case scenario.

p.s. Sorry for the rambling.....just my

 

[Zoranth]

The main thing he is saying that wont be assembled are the wick and coil as it is very time consuming. I feel quite confident that he either has or will check the machined components as he usually does.

Zor

Assembly is fine with me....my only concern is that all the parts are free from little defects like the SS GGTS connector problem that delayed the launch.....if there are any defects, and with the speed the GG sells at these days, you may find that the defective GGs are already in the hands of hundreds of GG lovers before the problem is identified.

If you have to check and QC the parts before sending out to the GG sellers, it's almost doing the job of assembling it completely. I would guess that you would need to assemble it completely to make sure everything fits together....no?

To put it another way, with Imeo's personal standards of engineering and quality, I don't believe that he would actually accept less than perfect, or as close as you can get. To trust that every part is perfect and send out to the world to be assembled by the end user runs the risk of having little defects going undetected until all of them have already arrived at their destinations, which will make addressing the problem a worst case scenario.

p.s. Sorry for the rambling.....just my

 

[Almighty]

I have to agree with that, ive been vaping for only a couple months, and I first started with a precise, just received my SS GGTS today, and btw this is truly a piece of art, and I cant wait to see all your future inventions, so for the assembly part, im pretty sure I can do it well with a video, and im no veteran vaper, so everyone here can do it, you deserve not having to do all the boring job , more time for you and for your mastermind