VaZso 1,988 Posted April 26 Share Posted April 26 5 hours ago, SchattengestaIt said: My guess is that they don't have enough devices to deliver and while they might have materials to build a few more, it won't be enough for everyone. My hope is that they try to find a solution with different chips or a Pro2 and they try to design the phone meanwhile to not let the FxTec die. My fear is that they try to prevent legal actions as long as possible to savely gather the remaining money and flee from the scene. It seems they try to get money from other projects. Also, as shipping company has started to sell phones may result in the lack of enough phones left to be sent. Although they told shipping company does not sell client's phones, it may not necessarily completely true - they may not had the actual number of phones sold this way and they may counted with additional stock manufactured (over the necessary amount) will cover this kind of loss but final number of sold Pro1X this way was also continued after they told it does not affect client's phones. So in their last message, start of shipping was declared as not later than 28th of June. That was more than two months which may also mean they try to manufacture a few more phones or try to assemble them using already produced parts... depleted batteries may also be one of the problems which need time before shipping restarts... I hope for a Pro2 but also I am afraid it will not come. 2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
claude0001 1,244 Posted May 8 Share Posted May 8 Someone named fxtec_21 purports to sell 200 brand-new Pro1/X earphones on ebay: Fxtec In-Ear Earphones - Wired with built-in Microphone - 4 replacement Ear tips Strange, as those are (and afaik have always been) listed as out-of-stock on their own shop: https://store.fxtec.com/product/fxtec-pro1/ Not that I'd like to buy them (the shipping cost to continental Europe is 4x the unit price), but out of curiosity: Is this official? 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KaKi87 8 Posted May 8 Share Posted May 8 They're using FX Technology Ltd's VAT ID number, and also selling this PowerPax power supply. I can't say if this indicates whether it's official or not, but I'm pretty sure we'll never get an official reply to this question. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KaKi87 8 Posted May 8 Share Posted May 8 Update : feedback history shows additional information, sorry I initially didn't see it because eBay only shows item-specific feedback by default, and spotting that filter is tricky. they bought something from Cashconverters_lancashire at some point ; they also sold the following items in the past : Antenna Mounting Bracket, U-bolt Galvanised Clamp for Helium Mining Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4, WIFI 8GB RAM, 16GB eMMC - CM4108016 That's suspicious at best... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
claude0001 1,244 Posted May 8 Share Posted May 8 Those mounting brackets and RPi4 CMs might be official spare parts for the Linxdot miner that is/was marketed by F(x)tec. Still strange these items pop up on Ebay. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tsunero 205 Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 (edited) On 5/8/2024 at 1:28 PM, claude0001 said: Someone named fxtec_21 purports to sell 200 brand-new Pro1/X earphones on ebay: Fxtec In-Ear Earphones - Wired with built-in Microphone - 4 replacement Ear tips Strange, as those are (and afaik have always been) listed as out-of-stock on their own shop: https://store.fxtec.com/product/fxtec-pro1/ Not that I'd like to buy them (the shipping cost to continental Europe is 4x the unit price), but out of curiosity: Is this official? I bet those are part of the pre-order bonus we never ever got. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Edited May 10 by Tsunero 2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FlyingAntero 817 Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 8 hours ago, Tsunero said: I bet those are part of the pre-order bonus we never ever got. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I think you are right. If they only produced those 200 pcs listed in eBay then I understand why they did not deliver them since many people here did not even need/want those earphones (including me). However, if there is more units then it is little bit strange. Why not to deliver if they had produced them already? To my understanding the whole point of forgetting earphones was to cut costs. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phukfxtec 14 Posted Tuesday at 06:43 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 06:43 PM (edited) On 5/11/2024 at 5:56 AM, FlyingAntero said: Why not to deliver if they had produced them already? To my understanding the whole point of forgetting earphones was to cut costs. Well it's more profitable to sell them behind our backs instead of deliver them of course... Quote I bet those are part of the pre-order bonus we never ever got. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Where was this 'pre-order bonus' mentioned? I don't want/need them, but I want to verify these were promised at some point in the campaign. Edited Tuesday at 06:47 PM by phukfxtec 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SchattengestaIt 553 Posted Tuesday at 07:03 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 07:03 PM I remember it being promoted as well but not for Indiegogo. Instead, I think they wanted to send it to their very first 'Preorders' but they changed their mind quite early which was okay for us all. Nobody really wanted these earphones. I don't know if anybody actually got them since I believe somebody said that their quality was very bad. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tsunero 205 Posted Friday at 09:49 PM Share Posted Friday at 09:49 PM (edited) On 5/14/2024 at 8:43 PM, phukfxtec said: Well it's more profitable to sell them behind our backs instead of deliver them of course... Where was this 'pre-order bonus' mentioned? I don't want/need them, but I want to verify these were promised at some point in the campaign. This was eons ago, for the original Pro1 when ordering through the site. (so it wasn't backer based on another site like Indiegogo) Edited Friday at 09:50 PM by Tsunero Quote Link to post Share on other sites
VaZso 1,988 Posted Saturday at 01:18 PM Share Posted Saturday at 01:18 PM 15 hours ago, Tsunero said: This was eons ago, for the original Pro1 when ordering through the site. (so it wasn't backer based on another site like Indiegogo) Right, it was the preorder of original Pro1 (so when Pro1 was in development stage and not even existed yet). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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