Damn. I saw your other posts too. Sorry to hear about your troubles with the VF. I'm kinda glad I'm waiting for a dna 40 now. Might wait a bit more.
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Damn. I saw your other posts too. Sorry to hear about your troubles with the VF. I'm kinda glad I'm waiting for a dna 40 now. Might wait a bit more.
Hahaha thanks for the sympathy. Haha needless to say I was real disappointed but ah. It is what it is. A part of me expected this when I paid to be an early adopter. It just turned out to be quite a bit worse than I was ready for. Oh well!
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At least you have a good attitude about everything. I think VF will take care of you from what I've read about them. I can just imagine some of the princesses on the VS thread and facebook page getting a lemon.
350, I'm waiting on a Hana box from Fasttech too, but it's not going to do me a lot of good if I can't find a DNA 40 board to put in it. Do you know who has stock? I'm guessing Evolv quit shipping while they worked out the screen and whatever other issues some(?) of the boards were having, but I'm wondering if they're shipping yet and if any place has new stock?
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I'm quite thankful I didn't jump on the vapor flask, though I was pretty close. Ended up ordering the Protovapor XPV, then started reading about the board problems going on with the DNA 40.
The day after I ordered my mod, Protovapor posted that lead times were being increased by 1-2 days for QC checks. Hopefully their increased QC checks are working as intended.
BOOM!
The day after I ordered my mod, Protovapor posted that lead times were being increased by 1-2 days for QC checks. Hopefully their increased QC checks are working as intended.
BOOM!
KTMRider,
I would call "waiting a bit more" a prudent action on your part.
Don't get me wrong, I want one bad but I can wait. Some people act like it's the end of the world because their VS rDNA 40 didn't ship. If it wasn't so sad, it'd be funny. I'm more outraged about the recent mid-term elections.
VS is doing the same thing with the rDNA 40. That's part of the reason why it's being delayed. My concern is that some of these issues aren't readily apparent. It seems they show up after a few days of use.
they seem to be out of stock...
found some here - Buffalo Vapor Shop look under hardware then evolve
If you buy a Dell computer that doesn't work right, they don't say, "Oh, sorry, we got a bad chip from Texas Instruments, you'll have to take it up with them," they fix it for you (or give you a replacement or a refund) and it's their responsibility to deal with TI, who is their vendor, not yours.
So while the problem might indeed lie with parts sourced by Evolv, he bought it from Vapor Flask and they're the ones responsible for seeing their customers get working products or get their money back, not Evolv. Dealing with Evolv is VF's job, not its customers'.
Nor should customers have to go through all that rigamarole to get in contact with their vendor - I find that especially concerning. I was actually thinking about getting a Vapor Flask, but with customer service like that, I've quit considering it.
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As that favorite Silicon Valley saying goes,
"You know how to tell the pioneers?"
"They're the ones with the arrows in their backs."
Ouch. Good luck Kiwi. Hang in there. We're rooting for you.
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Haha oh crap. When I brought up all my issues, it wasn't to stir up bad feelings and sentiments here 
just wanted to contribute my experience.
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You've got to select a quantity from the drop down box before you get the button to put it in your cart, and whatever quantity you select, it comes back with (ta dah!): "Out of stock."
Better that than old stock, methinks. I'd rather wait than have the hassle of dealing with a glitchy board.
I think part of the problem is that this industry is fairly new so comparing it to a very well established industry isn't quite fair. While I do agree with you that the customer should go to the company, Evolv has been very active in the community and accessible to us that it some might want to go straight to them. You rarely see TI or Intel as active as Evolv has been.
Another point... It's the weekend so VF might not be as responsive now. I'd wait until Mon or Tues before passing such a harsh judgement on them. From what I've read about them, they're a solid company and I think they'll make it right.
You know, that had been my feeling about VF also, which is why it was so disappointing to hear the problems Kiwi's had with them. I hope you're right, maybe I'll reconsider.
Started getting the random screen lockouts this morning, and it still wont recognize a new atty without rebooting the board.
Guess I need to de-solder this thing and send it back to evolv. SUCKS!
Guess I need to de-solder this thing and send it back to evolv. SUCKS!
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