16 Oct
2021
16 Oct
'21
12:33 p.m.
Hi Matt
I wasn’t happy with the Lilygo customer support — they
offered to give me a
$5 coupon to keep the cameras,
That is crappy. Open a ticket on Aliexpress, they favour customers
over suppliers.
And it isn’t worth trying to ship the devices back and
wait for
shipping+customs, especially if I pay for the shipping.
No, agreed you should keep them, and get the boards you ordered. If
you open a ticket on Ali I expect this is what will happen.
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.
As before, if you have the energy to work on this, a port to
https://store.rakwireless.com/products/rak4631-lpwan-node /
https://store.rakwireless.com/collections/wisblock-base/products/wisblock-b…
would be time well spent, as we'd get _considerable_ power savings over ESP32. The
code linked previously is a good starting point. BeegeeTokyo may even help if you reach
out.
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.
TBH I don't think your experience is typical. I've seen no other
complaints on Meshtastic forums for example where they order
significant quantities.
2p
Sam
On Sat, Oct 16, 2021 at 1:04 PM <sam(a)bristolwireless.net> wrote:
Hi Matt
...
If you let Lilygo know I'm sure they'll re-send the correct boards, or
failing that open an issue on Aliexpress to get the correct boards
sent or a refund.
2p
Sam
Matt Gauger
Thanks for the data point...
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