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<div>Could organize a group buy-in or the like for interested parties. I think many of the LilyGo designs are open source hardware, so sending out for 100 to be made by an outfit like pcbway or OSHpark is an option.<br>In addition, I think LilyGo would handle it more seriously if they lost a $2000 order (20x100 pieces)<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Oct 16, 2021, 18:14 by matt.gauger@gmail.com:<br></div><blockquote class="tutanota_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid #93A3B8; padding-left: 10px; margin-left: 5px;"><div dir="auto">I wasn’t happy with the Lilygo customer support — they offered to give me a $5 coupon to keep the cameras, which I can’t use. (They’re “really popular” they said, even though it is the wrong device.)<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">And it isn’t worth trying to ship the devices back and wait for shipping+customs, especially if I pay for the shipping. Sorry, I know this isn’t the place to vent about lilygo, but I do think we need a better cheap option here for hardware.<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">For example: we couldn’t conceivably order and deploy 100 devices at a time if we’re worried that it will be the wrong devices, and if shipping takes 6 weeks or longer.<br></div><div><div><br></div><div class=""><div class="" dir="ltr">On Sat, Oct 16, 2021 at 1:04 PM <<a href="mailto:sam@bristolwireless.net" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">sam@bristolwireless.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote dir="auto" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)" class=""><div><br></div><div>Hi Matt<br></div><div> <br></div><div>...<br></div><div> <br></div><div> If you let Lilygo know I'm sure they'll re-send the correct boards, or <br></div><div> failing that open an issue on Aliexpress to get the correct boards <br></div><div> sent or a refund.<br></div><div> <br></div><div> 2p<br></div><div> <br></div><div> Sam<br></div><div> ><br></div><div> > Thanks for the data point...<br></div><div> <br></div><div> <br></div><div> <br></div><div> <br></div><div> <br></div></blockquote></div></div><div>-- <br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" class="" dir="ltr">Matt Gauger<br></div></blockquote><div dir="auto"><br></div> </body>
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