I just sent another, e-mail. I hope to get a response. If anyone hears from him please let me know.
Same. The total is now 4 emails, 2 voicemails and a facebook post with no response. in a few days, the USPS shipping notice will be 4 weeks old with no updates.
For the record, the expectation setting is my issue here. I'll explain.
I ordered my custom box at the beginning of May this year. At the time, the website FAQ outlined custom orders would take 1 - 2 months. No worries. that is an absolutely reasonable period of time to hand craft a device like this.
At the beginning of August I hadn't heard anything about the status of the order so, I started to wonder about the device since the expectation had been set that 2 months was manufacture time. When I looked at the site FAQ again, I saw that the timeline had been increased to what it is today. Again, no worries - he must have gotten more orders than expected. These things take time.
Sept 4 I get the shipping notification from USPS. This is great! the device is ready and the waiting is coming to an end... it is on its way here.
which, of course, hasn't happened. It is still in "in formation received from sender" (which means a label was printed but, the box was not given to the post office to send - the next status is "item received by post office") status with USPS
There is an expectation that is set when you get a shipping notification that your purchase will, in fact, ship - that is the purpose of the shipping notification. This is true in any industry with any purchase. The fact that a shipping notice has gone out but, the device has not been delivered to the post office in almost a month is inexcusable.
If any company sent a shipping notification but did not ship the item for nearly a month, every reasonable person would be on the phone or sending email to find out why. Amazon (and others) will refund purchases or resend orders that have a tracking number, show they have shipped, and still have not made it to the post office after a week or so much less a month.
If any individual purchased a device from the classifieds here, got a shipping notification and it sat in the status "in formation received from sender" for this long, people would be up in arms. ECF mods would be working on getting money back. PayPal would be disputing the funds, likely refund the purchase, and go after the seller.
I have no issue waiting for devices that are of high quality. I know these are of high quality and work well... that is why I bought one. i would also be fine if I was still waiting for manufacturing to complete as well - sometimes, creating things takes longer than expected.
I do have an issue with it taking nearly a month to get the box to the post office so it can be sent.
And, as Col. asked above, if anyone hears from him via any form of communication, please let me know as well.