I'm happy to announce, that after all the chatter for or against, the paper manuals remain in all future Schiit schipments
Thanks for letting us add a few pages regarding the topic, Great times.
I'm happy to announce, that after all the chatter for or against, the paper manuals remain in all future Schiit schipments
Tomorrow is another day .....Tomorrow never arrives.
Jason can alter the buying page to "download the TFM before you leave this page".Yup CYA, there is always someone who says, "no one told me and there was no manual in the box".
I like the manuals (mostly due to the cryptic nature of the lights and stencils on the equipment), but certainly not a deal breaker to refer to (or download) an online version. But, as was mentioned, they need to stay on the website (archived) for older products.
Keep the Stickers coming!
....and as an aside, last week I did my Bifrost 2/64 upgrade. The included microSD card was either corrupt or unformatted, but luckily, the website had the 2 new firmware .dat files, so I could download them, throw them on a known working card and load it. So, no big deal, other than some troubleshooting of why the heck after the board install, the firmware wouldn't load.
Good idea ! charge $5 for it ...Another wacky idea to consider: Make a paper manual an optional extra when ordering. Since the product it boxed, if ordered, put it in a shipping pouch on the outside.
Permission to link staff to, and laugh at the ridiculousness of this idea granted.
I am 63+ but I support the online manual(s)This survey about mauals is great. I can now confidently guess everyone's age in this forum, haha.
The younger people don't care about manuals because they know everything is available online forever.
The middle age people still prefer a paper manual, but aren't scared to get online and find it if necessary.
And the older crowd, who prefer their manuals printed on 3-4 trees worth of paper and the amp wrapped in extra forever chemicals.
And you can still type a coherent sentence. Well doneThis is my second bottle of the SingleCaskBarrel. They're just fantastic.
Thanks for letting us add a few pages regarding the topic, Great times.
I have digital copies of pretty much all my manuals in the clouds, so accessible on any device as and when I need them.Let's discuss manuals:
1. I know if we get rid of them, someone's gonna complain about us being cheap/assholes/etc. Understood.
2. However, if we get rid of them, we're right there with $3500 products (Cintiq) with no manuals and with massively complex apps and other stupid stuff with no manuals.
3. Most manuals are about 10% useful information and 90% scolding (looking at tools especially).
4. Manuals are almost always somewhat wrong.
So: manuals? Pro? Con? Indifferent?
Edit: I linked Tyler to this, so he'll definitely read your opinions.
Edit2: also, for the high school debate team champions, don't try to shift this to plastic bags and other crap in the box. We get it. We've been trying to eliminate plastic bags. Nothing is good enough so far. You get to choose between weirdo semi-plastic molded stuff to hold the non-bagged product in place, and bags. Some things (Tyrs) require foam, period. Magnis and Midgards and stuff like that have been moved to, or are being moved to, all-recycled cardboard. We beat FedEx to this, FWIW.
Opening the box, finding a physical manual, and reading the Stoddard-isms, are all part of the ownership experience.Let's discuss manuals:
1. I know if we get rid of them, someone's gonna complain about us being cheap/assholes/etc. Understood.
2. However, if we get rid of them, we're right there with $3500 products (Cintiq) with no manuals and with massively complex apps and other stupid stuff with no manuals.
3. Most manuals are about 10% useful information and 90% scolding (looking at tools especially).
4. Manuals are almost always somewhat wrong.
So: manuals? Pro? Con? Indifferent?
Edit: I linked Tyler to this, so he'll definitely read your opinions.
Edit2: also, for the high school debate team champions, don't try to shift this to plastic bags and other crap in the box. We get it. We've been trying to eliminate plastic bags. Nothing is good enough so far. You get to choose between weirdo semi-plastic molded stuff to hold the non-bagged product in place, and bags. Some things (Tyrs) require foam, period. Magnis and Midgards and stuff like that have been moved to, or are being moved to, all-recycled cardboard. We beat FedEx to this, FWIW.
I think it was a ploy by Jason to keep us distractedThanks for letting us add a few pages regarding the topic, Great times.
Jason has 15 years of marketing experience.I think it was a ploy by Jason to keep us distracted