El Kab0ng
lvl.4
Flight distance : 156499 ft
United States
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Hey, P4 fliers. I need to get something off my chest. And really, it's not P4 fliers, it's just people in general. But since, this forum doesn't have a 'General Talk' page, I figured I put it here. THis post is not meant to cast a negative light on DJI or any supplier, this is just me ranting/venting about an experience I had purchasing a P4P for work.
As the title says, don't be a scumbag. The company that I work for finally relented and allowed me to purchase a couple of drones from some projects we have coming up. I decided on purchasing the P4P+v2 and the Inspire 2. The P4P was the first to arrive, and imagine my shock when I open the box, and find a filthy and obviously used device. There are coffee stains on the gimbal, scratches on the body and landing pads, and--what I can only guess was ketchup--on the remote antenna. This is, of course, overlooking the fingerprints all over the screen and camera lens. This definitely took me by surporise considering we don't buy 'used' anything here. "Fine, whatever. I'll just take evidence photos and deal with it later" I go to fire up the P4P and get an error that I've never seen before, "inconsistent firmware found. Update firmware." This message wouldn't allow me to proceed any further and basically forced an update. After updating the firmware and restarting the drone, the same error message pops up, but this time, I'm able to make my way into the "Go Fly" on the screen only to see an error message about the camera not being able to produce a signal. I turn the drone over and and I can see that the screws have tool marks on them and the body has pry marks on it as well. Well, there you go. Someone crashed this drone, tried to fix it, couldn't, bought a replacement, and returned the broken drone. What this person didn't take into account was that they should have wiped the drone BEFORE returning it, as they left themselves logged into the device. So, Chase, whoever you are... with your 300K flight experience, don't be a scumbag. If you crash your drone, don't take it back to the store to essentialy steal an unbroken one. Man up, face the consequences and buy a new one like a civilized person. Also, don't treat your gear like garbage. Who does anyhting with coffee that close to a drone? Don't be a scumbag, Chase. Luckily, the company we use to procure stuff is sending me out a replacement, but now I have to deal with all of this mess, and more delays to an already delayed project (it's not as easy as asking for a return, I have to bark this up the chain) all because Chase is too much of a scumbag. Don't be a scumbag, Chase. Treat you gear better. Don't eat Fries with Coffee. And, oh yeah, don't be a scumbag, Chase.
/end_Rant
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