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Just wasted 20 minutes trying to figure out how to order. It kept saying no shipping rates found for my address. Turns out they aren't allowing US orders at the

by ciguy 4y ago

Just wasted 20 minutes trying to figure out how to order. It kept saying no shipping rates found for my address. Turns out they aren't allowing US orders at the moment but they don't actually say that on the website you just get a cryptic shipping rates message. Not the greatest experience.

capableweb 4y ago
As someone who just ordered one to the EU, you people in the US finally get a taste of your own medicine :) I can't even recount how many times I've wanted to order something, and not until the final step before doing the payment they put up a "Sorry, we only accept orders within the US & Canada".
- deusum 4y ago
  Wanna create a parcel bouncing service? One address here, one over there, charge for shipping and handling
  - deusum 4y ago
    We'd get a bulk discount on shipping sending containers of goods. But the sorting and re shipping sounds like Amazon level logistics
    - arwineap 4y ago
      We will be a success if we have that scale of problems :)
  - dylan604 4y ago
    Until the Flipper people realize that a crap ton of their devices are being shipped to the exact same EU address
- Cockbrand 4y ago
  I'd like to order one as well (EU, too), but I'm a bit repelled by the $35 tax on top of the price. Did you pay the same tax? Did you research whether you'll have to pay customs fees as well?
  - capableweb 4y ago
    Order total: ~$300, where ~$50 is taxes and ~$50 is shipping. I did not research any customs fees, as I've been craving the device since I came across this comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31534257 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31534257 (2 months ago), so don't really care about the custom fees.
  - rbarrois 4y ago
    It seems to be available from resellers, lab401 seems to be their official reseller in Europe: https://lab401.com/collections/flipper-zero https://lab401.com/collections/flipper-zero
    - Cockbrand 4y ago
      That's in fact a lot cheaper. Nice one, thanks!
    - pomian 4y ago
      Even though it states on web page on big letters, that it ships to Canada. It does not. Canada not available. (I suspect same with USA)
- dylan604 4y ago
  Well, if your fellow EU breatheren weren't such a hot spot for internet fraud.../s Do these same fraudsters hit other EU online sites as much as they hit US based sites?
Zigurd 4y ago
The site lists countries where it is available.
unethical_ban 4y ago
On the pre-order page, in bold, directly under the "buy now" button: --- Shipping in August 2022. Currently available only for: Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, French Polynesia, Germany, Greece, Vatican City, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom More countries coming in September.
erulabs 4y ago
Not great but I’d cut them some slack. Designing hardware, software, a billing system, a website, production, shipping… I’m part of a two man hardware company and it’s a miracle it’s even possible. The web is funny tho - an order page is just an order page - if it was built by a trillion dollar company or a startup barely paying rent - we go in with the same expectations.
pnw 4y ago
Probably not easy taking orders on a Russian website from the US right now?
- r2_pilot 4y ago
  The company was established in the US since at least 2019, so this is not an issue. They ship out of Hong Kong.
  - NotSammyHagar 4y ago
    Does that mean this is legal to buy in the us, considering the sanctions against russia for the ukraine war? I want to buy one, but the legal status seems unclear to me.
catskul2 4y ago
I think they may be shipping from Russia, so that may be part of the problem.
- f311a 4y ago
  They ship from Hong Kong
  - chupasaurus 4y ago
    Not only that, but shipping to Russia has been it's own problem from the start of the project. Disclaimer: I know some of the employees at Flipper. And a few Russian backers who still didn't get their device.

by ciguy 4y ago

capableweb 4y ago

As someone who just ordered one to the EU, you people in the US finally get a taste of your own medicine :) I can't even recount how many times I've wanted to order something, and not until the final step before doing the payment they put up a "Sorry, we only accept orders within the US & Canada".

deusum 4y ago
Wanna create a parcel bouncing service? One address here, one over there, charge for shipping and handling
- deusum 4y ago
  We'd get a bulk discount on shipping sending containers of goods. But the sorting and re shipping sounds like Amazon level logistics
  - arwineap 4y ago
    We will be a success if we have that scale of problems :)
- dylan604 4y ago
  Until the Flipper people realize that a crap ton of their devices are being shipped to the exact same EU address
Cockbrand 4y ago
I'd like to order one as well (EU, too), but I'm a bit repelled by the $35 tax on top of the price. Did you pay the same tax? Did you research whether you'll have to pay customs fees as well?
- capableweb 4y ago
  Order total: ~$300, where ~$50 is taxes and ~$50 is shipping. I did not research any customs fees, as I've been craving the device since I came across this comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31534257 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31534257 (2 months ago), so don't really care about the custom fees.
- rbarrois 4y ago
  It seems to be available from resellers, lab401 seems to be their official reseller in Europe: https://lab401.com/collections/flipper-zero https://lab401.com/collections/flipper-zero
  - Cockbrand 4y ago
    That's in fact a lot cheaper. Nice one, thanks!
  - pomian 4y ago
    Even though it states on web page on big letters, that it ships to Canada. It does not. Canada not available. (I suspect same with USA)
dylan604 4y ago
Well, if your fellow EU breatheren weren't such a hot spot for internet fraud.../s Do these same fraudsters hit other EU online sites as much as they hit US based sites?

Zigurd 4y ago

The site lists countries where it is available.

unethical_ban 4y ago

On the pre-order page, in bold, directly under the "buy now" button: --- Shipping in August 2022. Currently available only for: Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, French Polynesia, Germany, Greece, Vatican City, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom More countries coming in September.

erulabs 4y ago

Not great but I’d cut them some slack. Designing hardware, software, a billing system, a website, production, shipping… I’m part of a two man hardware company and it’s a miracle it’s even possible. The web is funny tho - an order page is just an order page - if it was built by a trillion dollar company or a startup barely paying rent - we go in with the same expectations.

pnw 4y ago

Probably not easy taking orders on a Russian website from the US right now?

r2_pilot 4y ago
The company was established in the US since at least 2019, so this is not an issue. They ship out of Hong Kong.
- NotSammyHagar 4y ago
  Does that mean this is legal to buy in the us, considering the sanctions against russia for the ukraine war? I want to buy one, but the legal status seems unclear to me.

catskul2 4y ago

I think they may be shipping from Russia, so that may be part of the problem.

f311a 4y ago
They ship from Hong Kong
- chupasaurus 4y ago
  Not only that, but shipping to Russia has been it's own problem from the start of the project. Disclaimer: I know some of the employees at Flipper. And a few Russian backers who still didn't get their device.