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San Francisco District Attorney files lawsuit against drone maker “Lily”
- eplanit 10y ago"Part of the suit has to do with the initial pitch video, watched by millions of people, showing off what appeared to be a Lily drone following users and shooting video. The drone responsible for all that fancy aerial work and video was not in fact a Lily, but a DJI Inspire, something the creators failed to mention." Very interesting. Assuming I'll get my refund soon -- I'll be applying it to buy a DJI Inspire. There's a certain justice that Lily's lying will lead to a boon for DJI. Also: "One, the FTC’s Mail Order Rule, required that, if a pre-ordered product is seriously delayed, the company must issue refunds unless customers indicate they don’t mind the wait. Lily certainly must qualify as having encountered long delays — from February 2016 to “later in 2017” — but refunds were not issued at large." I hope that the district attorney also confronts Lily on how, up until mid-December 2016, they were still promising shipments "soon". An obvious lie now.
- cassieramen 10y agoI'm not sure what the purpose of a suit like this is. They're already shutting down and pledged to issue refunds. Are they trying to collect fines or slap someone on the wrist? It feels like this would have been more effective if they started investigating 6 months or so after the pledged ship date.