Batch 2 V2 MMM

[TruckBasher]

Mike has one of the fastest shipping. He gets my orders to halfway across the world in 5days and his EMS rates are relatively cheaper. Mike is not to be blamed if the distributor that waits for castle to ship their Item is delayed. TH got it first because the got it directly from CC, so is the distributor that Mike gets it from....

Originally Posted by TruckBasher

Mike has one of the fastest shipping. He gets my orders to halfway across the world in 5days and his EMS rates are relatively cheaper. Mike is not to be blamed if the distributor that waits for castle to ship their Item is delayed. TH got it first because the got it directly from CC, so is the distributor that Mike gets it from....

I don't think anyone here is blaming Mike for the delay

It sounds like most are pissed since Mike put his order in before Tower but they are getting ther MMMs first . I do buisness with Mike and Tower , Mike gets the orders ready and ships to Australia much quicker than Tower but i went with Tower because by the time i was ready to order Mike already had a lot of back orders and i thought i would miss out .

I'm sure everyones orders will be shipping by next week.

[George16]

Originally Posted by ffactory666

I don't think anyone here is blaming Mike for the delay

WOW!!! This is Crazy!!! I too placed my order from Mike on May 3rd hoping to be caught in the first wave. But with Mike being shorted, I'm left still waiting like many others for that order of ~50 he's supposed to be getting any time now. Now I hear Tower is able to fulfill orders that were placed a month later. This is unacceptable, especially since he claims to have had his orders in before them!!! The only solace I still have in the matter is that Mike always ships very fast (usually gets to other side of the country here with-in 1-2 days, much quicker than Tower who only comes half-way across the country).

So is this blaming Mike or not?

[mtfly2000]

Originally Posted by George16

So is this blaming Mike or not?

No. The system. Mike's customer service is second to none. I have no doubt that Mike has done everything in his power to make us customers happy (except to maybe bypass the middle man). Mike has done a lot for the 1/8 scale electric RC hobby and now he and his customers are being let down.

[ogrfre01]

not for sure

Think the guy is trying to say that it's unacceptable that Mike has been shorted on the order.

[JThiessen]

It is amazing what the impact of having too much information does to people. I've seen this time and time again on different boards, different subjects where particular vendors get involved on them, and make statements, which at the time they are made are complete, true, and we put our trust in them. Then due to circumstances (mostly out of the control of said vendor), delays occur. Said vendor(s) do the best they can to explain and rationalize the situation, and give new dates. BUT...with all things there are other companies and vendors involved, which throw additional delays in. Then you get guys complaining, how unfair it is to them. I really think this is a downside to the information technology available on the internet. Sometimes people are much better off "kept in the dark".

BTW, as I said before, I ordered mine from Tower in early May, and I also do not have it shipped, while others who ordered from Tower a month after me do. Obviously, towers ordering que is not set up first in first out. I've waited this long, what's another week or two going to hurt?

HOLY CRAP ITS IN MY HANDS MMM HURRAY

[jayjay283]

I have my 2nd V2 in hand today, cant get the wife and kids to leave so I can solder it up, nerve racking sons a biochez. Guess another 2am solder session

[johnrobholmes]

Mike will take care of all customers as fast as possible, I can tell you that. Although he doesn't buy straight from Castle, I know the distributor and they are not the cause of bottleneck. It is merely that Castle is having trouble keeping up with demand!

Now as to who gets what controllers when, that is another matter that we can't even guess on. I do know that Castle is sending out partial orders so that everybody gets a few here and a few there.

[Pdelcast]

And for us, it's like every day is something new. Today we ran out of 6.5mm connectors... bleah. Supposed to have more Monday.

[JThiessen]

Originally Posted by Pdelcast

Today we ran out of 6.5mm connectors... bleah. Supposed to have more Monday.

awwwwww.....chit! Its been so long since I researched this that I forgot they were 6.5mm. I bought 6mm connectors. Are the 6.5's already soldered on? Hopefully not, so I can just use my 6mm's

[jayjay283]

6.5 are just soldered on to the side of the wire that plugs into the esc, you can use the 6mms fine for the other end and the motor

[blueb8llz]

my v1 almost died yesterday as well. i was bashing for 10 mins then needed to take a break because my 7xl as usual. 10 mins later, plugged everything in, turned the esc on, no beeps, no lights, but the fan was working. no signal to the remote either.
then i unplugged everything, and plugged everthing back in, mmm started working again.
wierd. it ran the entire lipo no problem afterwards.
i wonder why this happened.

[Nephre]

Originally Posted by blueb8llz

my v1 almost died yesterday as well. i was bashing for 10 mins then needed to take a break because my 7xl as usual. 10 mins later, plugged everything in, turned the esc on, no beeps, no lights, but the fan was working. no signal to the remote either.
then i unplugged everything, and plugged everthing back in, mmm started working again.
wierd. it ran the entire lipo no problem afterwards.
i wonder why this happened.

My MMM v2 acted the same way before it died. You had to disconnect and reconnect the battery a few times before it powered the rx. Then 3-4 minutes into the third pack it just shut down and have been dead since. It still works with the castle link but it just wont power up the rx or run the motor