I guess it wasn't meant to be at this time.
Boogers! I had to work today and missed not just one, but two mini's up for adoption!
Congrats to the new owners!
Hi all.
So you want to hear a sad tale?
Before I became a crazed Zenesis orderer I had stumbled onto another site and ordered a (cough) competing device. Some of you might know this device as the one that is made in Croatia. You think the wait for these is bad, try waiting for one of those.
So I ordered several months ago and it was not supposed to be here until the end of March. I got really excited when I was told that it would ship early. Of course I felt some guilt too as I was hoping to have a Zenesis by now that I could have tried. Different makers and different devices. I appreciate the differences between the two.
I am leaving town tomorrow and originally had really hoped that I would have one of these devices to take with me. Mind you this is the first time I have left town on a real vacation in well, maybe ever. I too own my business and the chances to leave town are few and far between. I finally snapped a couple of weeks ago and made reservations to somewhere sunny. My employees were actually the ones that encouraged me as they probably just want me to leave them alone
I have watched the updates from zen and have a pretty good idea of when mine are coming from him. Suddenly last week I found out that the other device had been sent and it seemed like it may just hit before my trip. It was going to be close. Even yesterday I thought I would probably just miss it as it seemed like it would come monday after I had left already.
Last night I had a chance to purchase a mini. To be honest, my motivation was to be able to have one to take with me on my first vacation. I came close to pulling the trigger. I decided I should really let someone else who does not have as many on order get it to have as a spare or one for another juice. Right after I sent the PM letting it go I hit refresh on my USPS shipping update on the other device and it was in town! Holy cow! I thought. This is Karma. I let someone else have that one and I am being rewarded! I called the PO and ran over there to pick it up. I was excited to have my hands on a genesis device. I was excited to get started learning first hand about this world. I better. As I mentioned earlier, I have many of zen's devices coming and this is my future.
I get home rip open the package and begin to examine. I notice some oil and look online for instructions as to how to clean it. People tell me it comes apart easily and that it should not be a problem
I see a screw below the tank that looks crooked. I assume this releases the tank. I turn, SNAP! Hmm. that sounded weird. On inspection, I realized I literally snapped the screw off something that should not have been undone.
I panicked. I researched. I emailed the maker. Yup, I broke what no one thought was possible to break. Yet, somehow, I was not done.
I went to the hardware store. I found what was a temporary solution that would allow me to use this device while I was out of town. At least get some pleasure from it.
I was excited that at least temporarily I had a fix. I came home. I read how to remove the tank. I did it. Perfect. Then I went to put it back on. Hmmm. The screw was not going back in one of the holes. I realized there was some epoxy in the bottom holding one of the tubes in and while putting it back in, I pushed the tube through loosening it up. I broke something else.
I know this is the Zenesis thread, and believe me I do not want to take anything away from that. I have made a significant investment in Zen and his devices. This post in no way is written to talk about competing devices to take any of the spotlight away from Zen's. It is just my sad tale and because you are my friends, I thought I would share and maybe get some sympathy. Also, to highlight (and perhaps support what libertariaNate was asking when he thought I was buying another device) what a novice (read idiot) I am.
also, this is written for another reason. I am writing as a thank you to lorderos33. He has helped and offered to help in a way that is unbelievable to me. He is helping so that the wait on the return of this device is not nearly as long as it could be. He is a amazing person and a wonderful resource. We are extremely lucky to have him around.
I guess the interesting piece of this is that the zenesis will still be the first genesis type of device I ever try.
Nothing wrong with buying non Zen devices imo, I'm a gadget junkie myself that tends to build collections without realising and mods aren't any different
Hi all.
So you want to hear a sad tale?
Before I became a crazed Zenesis orderer I had stumbled onto another site and ordered a (cough) competing device. Some of you might know this device as the one that is made in Croatia. You think the wait for these is bad, try waiting for one of those.
So I ordered several months ago and it was not supposed to be here until the end of March. I got really excited when I was told that it would ship early. Of course I felt some guilt too as I was hoping to have a Zenesis by now that I could have tried. Different makers and different devices. I appreciate the differences between the two.
I am leaving town tomorrow and originally had really hoped that I would have one of these devices to take with me. Mind you this is the first time I have left town on a real vacation in well, maybe ever. I too own my business and the chances to leave town are few and far between. I finally snapped a couple of weeks ago and made reservations to somewhere sunny. My employees were actually the ones that encouraged me as they probably just want me to leave them alone
I have watched the updates from zen and have a pretty good idea of when mine are coming from him. Suddenly last week I found out that the other device had been sent and it seemed like it may just hit before my trip. It was going to be close. Even yesterday I thought I would probably just miss it as it seemed like it would come monday after I had left already.
Last night I had a chance to purchase a mini. To be honest, my motivation was to be able to have one to take with me on my first vacation. I came close to pulling the trigger. I decided I should really let someone else who does not have as many on order get it to have as a spare or one for another juice. Right after I sent the PM letting it go I hit refresh on my USPS shipping update on the other device and it was in town! Holy cow! I thought. This is Karma. I let someone else have that one and I am being rewarded! I called the PO and ran over there to pick it up. I was excited to have my hands on a genesis device. I was excited to get started learning first hand about this world. I better. As I mentioned earlier, I have many of zen's devices coming and this is my future.
I get home rip open the package and begin to examine. I notice some oil and look online for instructions as to how to clean it. People tell me it comes apart easily and that it should not be a problem
I see a screw below the tank that looks crooked. I assume this releases the tank. I turn, SNAP! Hmm. that sounded weird. On inspection, I realized I literally snapped the screw off something that should not have been undone.
I panicked. I researched. I emailed the maker. Yup, I broke what no one thought was possible to break. Yet, somehow, I was not done.
I went to the hardware store. I found what was a temporary solution that would allow me to use this device while I was out of town. At least get some pleasure from it.
I was excited that at least temporarily I had a fix. I came home. I read how to remove the tank. I did it. Perfect. Then I went to put it back on. Hmmm. The screw was not going back in one of the holes. I realized there was some epoxy in the bottom holding one of the tubes in and while putting it back in, I pushed the tube through loosening it up. I broke something else.
I know this is the Zenesis thread, and believe me I do not want to take anything away from that. I have made a significant investment in Zen and his devices. This post in no way is written to talk about competing devices to take any of the spotlight away from Zen's. It is just my sad tale and because you are my friends, I thought I would share and maybe get some sympathy. Also, to highlight (and perhaps support what libertariaNate was asking when he thought I was buying another device) what a novice (read idiot) I am.
also, this is written for another reason. I am writing as a thank you to lorderos33. He has helped and offered to help in a way that is unbelievable to me. He is helping so that the wait on the return of this device is not nearly as long as it could be. He is a amazing person and a wonderful resource. We are extremely lucky to have him around.
I guess the interesting piece of this is that the zenesis will still be the first genesis type of device I ever try.
Capitalization and punctuation, my friend. I'm not trying to harsh on you but it's difficult to read posts like that. It's like trying to decrypt a code.
- Tim
