I am with you *******. I just can't help but feel extremely frustrated. The promised turnaround time is nowhere near the actual turnaround time.
Here's a timeline of what was promised and then what actually transpired.
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1) The first batch will be sent on 12/16/2014.
2) Massdrop states UE has "an impressive turnaround time of less than a week."
3) Communication breakdown--the UE lab will be closed from 12/20/2014 to 1/4/2015.
4) Update after learning there will be a significant delay--UE has this drop as their highest priority. Hope to deliver finished product back to customers NO LATER than mid-January.
5) On 1/6/2015, Massdrop receives UERM's for the three customers who had their ear impressions taken at UE's Irvine office (let's call this batch #0), but delayed shipping them to customers until 1/12/2015 because they did not have adequate shipping boxes on hand.
6) What was originally sent by Massdrop to UE as the "first batch" from step (1) was somehow disconnected into 2 batches (noted by Hassan as Batch #1 and Batch #2, which is what I will use to refer to them going forward).
7) In reality, as confirmed by Hassan, Batch #1 only contains 2 units. Batch #2 contains 40 units.
8) UE will ship out Batch #1 to Massdrop by 1/21. Massdrop will ship to customers on the same day.
9) UE will ship out Batch #2 to Massdrop by 1/27. Massdrop will ship to customers on the same day.
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I can understand the delay due to the UE lab shutting down for the holidays. That makes sense to me (though I believe this should have been communicated between Massdrop and UE--and then to customers--from the start; NOT after the drop had already ended).
What doesn't make sense to me is the following:
A) Why it took close to a week for Massdrop to acquire appropriate boxes to ship units from batch #0.
B) How "an impressive turnaround time of less than a week" turned into a turnaround time of approximately 20 days assuming UE received the first round of units sometime around 1/8/2015 (this is with regards to Batch #2 as the majority of units are included in this batch). What happened to getting the final products to customers NO LATER than mid-January?
C) Why countless customer inquiries were ignored by both Massdrop AND UE for over a week. Not until just a few hours ago did Massdrop finally open up and provide a meaningful update.