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Analogue announces the Mega Sg (shipping early, March 25th)
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And then they ended up shipping FedEx? The fuck is that? I'm sorry to hear that.
Analogue makes a great product but man, shipping with them is always an ordeal. I don't understand why it costs so much and takes so long, and in the case of international, poorly and/or inaccurately communicated.
Mine shipped today, will arrive Wednesday. Domestic FedEx. Battled their website going up and down and got an order in as soon as I could after they announced it.
I won't lie, I'm still extremely tempted. I'd have to start building up my Game Gear collection first though...
Maybe we should all email Analogue, complaining about them changing the promised shipping company after we had preordered.
Fedex just confirmed me on the phone that it was going back to Analog today.
I know I'll be the only one doing this but at some point their business model based on price gouging their customers on shipping and using companies notorious for ripping the one getting the parcel off means I'm no longer doing any business with them.
They use fedex. I'm in Canada and called fedex to have it returned to Analog right away.
Well I sent Analogue an email asking them not to use FedEx, so we'll see what happens (i'm not expecting much) But let our voices be heard damnitt!
I contacted them to cancel the Fedex shipment and they never replied so i had to call fedex instead
I remember when I ordered the Super NT and they had the big issues with DHL orders being shipped via UPS (mine was one of them) and they took about a week to respond to my email at that time. It wasn't so bad back then as they didn't mark the full value, but FedEx OMG, No.
Story Time: I had a snowglobe shipped via FedEx (valued @ $56) and their "fees" cost me $54. No lies. It was beyond ludicrous. So that was an expensive venture...
Yeah with Fedex I'm expecting them to charge 120$+ and they'll send an invoice after delivering the item, forcing you to pay (they know they are racketing people). This is why I contacted them so it would never leave Garland
Parcelforce are much worse, package is stuck in customs for a week and then they charge you an extra £12-13 on top of that. One time I imported a blu-ray from the states which was £17 and the charges I had from parcelforce was almost as much as the item itself.
Domestic US customer here, but I'll also write an email about their international shipping too on y'all's behalf. It's unacceptable that five product launches later that their shipping is still this awful.
Also even domestically fuck FedEx.
Also even domestically fuck FedEx.
Mine has been showing tracking movement since Wednesday... It shows as being in California today.
Mine shipped yesterday and is scheduled for delivery Wednesday. I have a bunch of games I should get the contacts cleaned on in case I feel like trying them out.
I wonder if anyone will test cartridge tilting. I remember certain games would do intersting stuff in games like Rambo 3. I can't imagine it'll be recommended to try it.
I wonder if anyone will test cartridge tilting. I remember certain games would do intersting stuff in games like Rambo 3. I can't imagine it'll be recommended to try it.
No. In the UK, If you're willing to go through hoops you can get out of it:
http://blog.adamowen.co.uk/dont-pay-fedexs-customs-advancement-fees/
Have any of you updated the firmware on your M30 yet? I've been trying to but as far as I can tell I can't get it into update mode (holding down L, R and Start)
It should show up as a mounted drive, I've managed to update my 2.4ghz model. I held those buttons down and then it flashed light on and off and that was it.
The instructions say the light should flash yellow but I see the light flash blue, turn off and then in the update program the update button never becomes available.
See sir_crocodile's post above, you might just be able to get out of it. I'd jump through some hoops for £70!
That post is talking about the FedEx handling charge of £12, not the 20% VAT that must be paid on imported goods.
Given the wide difference of the sound output amongst the different official console versions I'm honestly more interested in reading on how this presents the sound than the graphics (as I'm pretty sure they'll nail getting the graphical side working correctly).
Just dropped 160 quid on the Everdrive X7 - between that, the controller and the SG, I really dread to think how much I've spent on essentially a retro console. But on the other hand the Mega Drive was my console growing up and I wanna spend some proper time with it.
You're one of us now.
The X7 is great, especially since it can play Master System Games, you won't regret it.
I'm in the same boat as you (SG, X7, two new controllers), but I also just bought a refurbished Sega CD Model 1 too.
It's easier not to dwell on it too much.
Mind you, the X5 and X3 can, too. I got on the X3 early so it still had the space on the board (and cart itself) for the pause button. Only thing it doesn't let me do is run the larger ROMs like Overdrive 2 and that MK mod.
You're one of us now.
The X7 is great, especially since it can play Master System Games, you won't regret it.
MLIG said Analogue's embargo is up on Monday. Looking forward to their video.
Anyone in Japan get one? How'd shipping turn out this time?
Anyone in Japan get one? How'd shipping turn out this time?
If there is anyone who ordered an everdrive from SAG, heard anything? When I ordered a week or so back it had a 3-6 week estimate. Just checked back and the estimate is gone and appears they have them all in stock. No idea when they restocked. Not expecting anything to happen over the weekend just curious what anyone else is seeing.
You know Analogue has like 5 employees or something, right? (I forget the exact number but it isn't many).
The shipping is outsourced to a third party company. That isn't free.
I'm always amazed how much bitching about the shipping price goes on.
I mean, they could have marked up the console $20 and marked the shipping down and I get the feeling there would be a lot less complaining about it. Even though it would be *less* honest.
People complaining of the switch to FedEx are right to complain.
I'm just still waiting for my text message so I can see how much I need to pay and so I can confirm with my boss that I'll work from home tomorrow so I can accept delivery.
Anyone's UK order moved past Stansted in the tracking yet? Mine's been stuck there since 8.03pm yesterday.
Yeah usually I would just assume that but I've seen plenty of tracking movement on Sundays before.
I'm in Canada and mine shipped Friday with expected arrival Monday the 25th. It's sitting at the depot in the same city I live in. I went on the Fed Ex website and pre authorized it for drop off without a signature. Havn't heard anything about customs yet but usually they wont leave the package with any customs pending.
Mine left Standsted for a local FedEx depot around 5PM. No mention of how much I'm going to have to pay yet...
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