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So, great, but... WHERE. IS. IT?!? I missed backing the original project (in, what, 2016 or so?), then there was an interminable delay before anyone could orde
by bartread 6y ago
So, great, but... WHERE. IS. IT?!?
I missed backing the original project (in, what, 2016 or so?), then there was an interminable delay before anyone could order again (until the second Kickstarter), then they shipped units to what felt like a gazillion YouTubers who gushed all over it in maybe early 2020, except that nobody else could buy it at that time, then they finally got round to running a second kickstarter for a second run (after plenty of people, including me, had screamed at them for upwards of two years to take our money and been completely ignored), then I hand over my money at the earliest opportunity (which happens to be August 2020), and despite raising £1.8M or thereabouts, 6 months later I still don't have my ZX Spectrum Next.
I don't think the ZX Spectrum Next is a scam, but I'm pretty jaded about Spectrum kickstarters because some of them have been scams, and I've well had enough of how long this is taking. I'm also pretty fed up that, at least at times, critical comments about the project have been deleted from YouTube channels supportive of it (none of my comments that have been deleted have been any more strongly worded than this one).
You have £335 of my money, gladly handed over in August 2020, so where's my computer?
I don't want to be a dick about this but it's frankly unbelievable how long this is taking, particularly since at least one revision of the device appears to have been successfully shipped last year, and you've been hawking working prototypes for at least a year or two before that.
Where is it?
- jacquesm 6y agoIsn't there a way to get your money back if they don't deliver?
- bencollier49 6y agoThey can be trusted to deliver. They have excellent form.
- 7thaccount 6y agoI also bought one around August to October, but recall that they wouldn't even stop taking pre-orders until early January 2021, which just happened. You should've seen that they're not scheduled to arrive until ~August 2021.
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- justin66 6y ago> 6 months later I still don't have my ZX Spectrum Next Was there anything in the way the Kickstarter was presented that made you believe you'd have one by January? January, when they were scheduled to begin production? The approximate delivery date on the kickstarter was listed then as July 2021. (I'm a little unclear whether the revised date of August 2021 applies to everyone or just to those who bought from SpecNext.com after the crowdfunding campaign ended, but... who cares?) > I'm also pretty fed up that, at least at times, critical comments about the project have been deleted from YouTube channels supportive of it (none of my comments that have been deleted have been any more strongly worded than this one). The problem isn't that what you're saying is "strongly worded," the problem is that it's dishonest.
- walkingolof 6y agoA Kickstarter is not the same thing as ordering it on Amazon, this is a highly complex project that takes a lot of choreography to get right, even if they shipped units before.
- bencollier49 6y agoThis has been a fantastic Kickstarter. The schedules were published when they released to second round. This isn't retail - you'll get your machine. I have bought a machine in both rounds - the first was a little delayed, but the end product was utterly magnificent! I suggest you cool your guns and wait.
- CTOSian 6y agobetter pray there would be no customs charges the time you will get it...