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    Glowforge release

    I was wondering if Glowforge has sent out any units yet. I thought they were supposed to release the middle of December.

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    I think there are a lot of people with issues. Seems the December ship date was only for a small number of "beta testers" who will use them in educational and maker type spaces, and then they'll take feedback from those users and make changes needed and start working on the next wave. I've seen people say they they won't be getting it until August of 2016. I'd be a wee bit upset if I paid you $4,000 for something that I wouldn't get for a year after you took my money. But that's just me. I don't think I'm alone, since I saw a post where that announcement was made and then they said after that, they had 11,000 service tickets filed on their system. I don't suspect that was 11,000 tickets saying "No worries, just send it whenever you can....".
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    Latest seems to be public units hitting the end of 2016
    You did what !

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    The reason I asked is I was wondering if anybody actually started using one and if their claim that the camera can follow the object.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dave Sheldrake View Post
    Latest seems to be public units hitting the end of 2016
    Where did you find that Dave?

    "...units that were purchased before Oct 23 shipped in the first half of 2016. Units ordered after Oct 23 will ship in the summer of 2016."

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    Quote Originally Posted by Matt McCoy View Post
    Where did you find that Dave?

    "...units that were purchased before Oct 23 shipped in the first half of 2016. Units ordered after Oct 23 will ship in the summer of 2016."
    Somebody that paid for one got an email last week and mentioned it to me
    You did what !

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    Straight from their website"If you purchased on or before 10/24/15, your order will ship before July 2016. If you purchased after 10/24/15, your order will ship before October 2016."

    Yikes Scott I'm with you, over a year with my cash and I got nothing to show for it. Then you have to hope that They can fix all the bugs I would never go in on a program like that. If it was something I wanted I'd wait till the company was actually making and selling them with good feedback. To many scams out there were people take your money and you get nothing in return or you get junk in return.


    Quote Originally Posted by Scott Shepherd View Post
    I think there are a lot of people with issues. Seems the December ship date was only for a small number of "beta testers" who will use them in educational and maker type spaces, and then they'll take feedback from those users and make changes needed and start working on the next wave. I've seen people say they they won't be getting it until August of 2016. I'd be a wee bit upset if I paid you $4,000 for something that I wouldn't get for a year after you took my money. But that's just me. I don't think I'm alone, since I saw a post where that announcement was made and then they said after that, they had 11,000 service tickets filed on their system. I don't suspect that was 11,000 tickets saying "No worries, just send it whenever you can....".
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    I did not think they got paid in advance? Thought it was just a reservation. Nice write up in A&E magazine this month about the changes that home owned lasers like the GlowForge will bring to the market place.
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    Paid in advance, hmmm... Just checked the 'rollout' page, almost $28 million.... in advance?

    It that's so, what's to stop those with the money from retiring to some island somewhere?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kev Williams View Post
    Paid in advance, hmmm... Just checked the 'rollout' page, almost $28 million.... in advance?

    It that's so, what's to stop those with the money from retiring to some island somewhere?
    If its a kickstarter.... Nothing

    If its a "pre-order" via a companies website then they are legally bound to abide by commerce law and fulfill there proposed outcome for the funds
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    Kickstarter pay out when the KS funding finishes its run. So in effect if the KS has finished then they will have paid out the money.
    You did what !

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    If its a "pre-order" via a companies website then they are legally bound to abide by commerce law and fulfill there proposed outcome for the funds
    Unless it's an LLC or Ltd then they can just fold the company
    You did what !

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jack Clague View Post
    If its a kickstarter.... Nothing

    If its a "pre-order" via a companies website then they are legally bound to abide by commerce law and fulfill there proposed outcome for the funds
    Quote Originally Posted by Dave Sheldrake View Post
    Kickstarter pay out when the KS funding finishes its run. So in effect if the KS has finished then they will have paid out the money.

    Not a Kickstarter.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dave Sheldrake View Post
    Unless it's an LLC or Ltd then they can just fold the company
    Yep true that

    Quote Originally Posted by Matt McCoy View Post
    Not a Kickstarter.
    Ahh ok, haven't been following the glowforge scene so wasn't sure.
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    Whoever claimed a December "release" date was mistaken, whether he realized it or not. It appears the company is shipping a few beta test units. I wouldn't consider a product "released" until it is for sale to the general public. People who are paying in advance are simply buying a promise.

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