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Happy to answer any questions people have on the kit, our product page seems to be hiding the description so here are some more details. We did the math and it

Happy to answer any questions people have on the kit, our product page seems to be hiding the description so here are some more details. We did the math and it costs over $45 to order all those bits and pieces Google suggested, and that doesn't even include shipping from 4 different vendors. We are gathering all the pieces you will need to assemble your own Google cardboard VR goggle (minus the smartphone). We precut the cardboard and you should be able to assemble all the pieces in under 5 minutes. Easy Peezy. Get cracking and place your order. Here is what comes in your kit.. - Precut cardboard - Lenses - Magnet - Velcro - Rubberband - upgrade for optional NFC tag (not included in base kit) estimated delivery 4-6 weeks

jtreminio 12y ago
> estimated delivery 4-6 weeks Sorry, in the age of near-immediate gratification from Amazon, up to 42 days until I see the product I paid for is a huge turn off. Cut that down to 5-7 days and I'll have my wallet out in seconds.
- prbuckley 12y ago
  I can appreciate the eagerness to get everything instantly. However I hope you can appreciate that physically cutting and shipping lots of stuff that was only announced to the world 12 hours ago takes time. I wish hardware was as easy as pushing something to Git hub but unfortunatly it is not. You are always welcome to go order the parts and cut the cardboard yourself.
  - deleted 12y ago
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    - prbuckley 12y ago
      Most likely we will use a laser cutter but if we get enough orders we will have them diecut. Also a cutting plotter would dull very quickly cutting through corrugated so edges would not be as clean.
- 27182818284 12y ago
  >Sorry, in the age of near-immediate gratification from Amazon, up to 42 days until I see the product I paid for is a huge turn off. If you frequently find yourself angry that you can't buy a new package Amazon-style less than 12 hours from its announcement to the general public, I would suggest you seek professional help as you might be able to improve your impulse control.
  - tnorthcutt 12y ago
    "a huge turn off" != "find yourself angry" I agree the parent's attitude is a bit silly, but you are putting words in their mouth.
chamakits 12y ago
As it stands right now, it seems to be highly misleading. If I hadn't read your comment I could be misled to believe that you are selling the 'Official' version for the following reasons: 1- Using Google's own images. 2- Nothing indicating that it isn't official. It is at worse maliciously misleading, at best misguided. You should correct that.
- prbuckley 12y ago
  All of that copy in my comment is suppose to be displayed on the product page but Shopify seems to be broken at the moment. We are not trying to mislead anyone. Google released all the drawings and is encouraging people to build these, we just want to help make that easier.
  - dwild 12y ago
    Will it be identical to the one from Google? I don't want to buy it blindly.
  - prbuckley 12y ago
    dwild, we will cut exactly from the same patterns Google provided. All parts will be equal or better in quality.
- prbuckley 12y ago
  Also just added unofficial to the title of the post to avoid any confusion.
mgberlin 12y ago
Wow, really glad I read the comments before I put in my credit card info. Four to six weeks, you must be out of your mind. If you don't get that one the site fast you're going to have a whole lot of angry people on your hands.
- prbuckley 12y ago
  working on that, I think we should be able to deliver faster I just don't want to dissapoint anyone.
  - ewang1 12y ago
    If you don't deliver before 4 weeks, chances are all the credit card pre-authorizations would be void anyways. With Stripe, it's even shorter. Unless you plan on capturing the funds at order time instead of shipment time?
    - prbuckley 12y ago
      Thanks for the heads up on this.
      - technological 12y ago
        Hey from where are you shipping this from ?? I mean r manufacturing ??
        prbuckley 12y ago
        We have a factory in San Francisco which is where we will make and ship these kits from.
frandroid 12y ago
Right I can't seem to be able to order the NFC tag variant: Cannot find variant (request_id: e6778ba4-1faa-41fa-96da-f666ee6c2073)
- prbuckley 12y ago
  sorry we were just messing around with trying to fix the product description thing. Try going back to product page and adding to cart again and it should work.
  - frandroid 12y ago
    Thanks, ordered.
micro_cam 12y ago
What lenses are you using? That seems like the crux of the matter.
CmonDev 12y ago
Will there be a tablet version as well (Nexus 7 2013)?

jtreminio 12y ago

> estimated delivery 4-6 weeks Sorry, in the age of near-immediate gratification from Amazon, up to 42 days until I see the product I paid for is a huge turn off. Cut that down to 5-7 days and I'll have my wallet out in seconds.

prbuckley 12y ago
I can appreciate the eagerness to get everything instantly. However I hope you can appreciate that physically cutting and shipping lots of stuff that was only announced to the world 12 hours ago takes time. I wish hardware was as easy as pushing something to Git hub but unfortunatly it is not. You are always welcome to go order the parts and cut the cardboard yourself.
- deleted 12y ago
  [deleted]
  - prbuckley 12y ago
    Most likely we will use a laser cutter but if we get enough orders we will have them diecut. Also a cutting plotter would dull very quickly cutting through corrugated so edges would not be as clean.
27182818284 12y ago
>Sorry, in the age of near-immediate gratification from Amazon, up to 42 days until I see the product I paid for is a huge turn off. If you frequently find yourself angry that you can't buy a new package Amazon-style less than 12 hours from its announcement to the general public, I would suggest you seek professional help as you might be able to improve your impulse control.
- tnorthcutt 12y ago
  "a huge turn off" != "find yourself angry" I agree the parent's attitude is a bit silly, but you are putting words in their mouth.

chamakits 12y ago

As it stands right now, it seems to be highly misleading. If I hadn't read your comment I could be misled to believe that you are selling the 'Official' version for the following reasons: 1- Using Google's own images. 2- Nothing indicating that it isn't official. It is at worse maliciously misleading, at best misguided. You should correct that.

prbuckley 12y ago
All of that copy in my comment is suppose to be displayed on the product page but Shopify seems to be broken at the moment. We are not trying to mislead anyone. Google released all the drawings and is encouraging people to build these, we just want to help make that easier.
- dwild 12y ago
  Will it be identical to the one from Google? I don't want to buy it blindly.
- prbuckley 12y ago
  dwild, we will cut exactly from the same patterns Google provided. All parts will be equal or better in quality.
prbuckley 12y ago
Also just added unofficial to the title of the post to avoid any confusion.

mgberlin 12y ago

Wow, really glad I read the comments before I put in my credit card info. Four to six weeks, you must be out of your mind. If you don't get that one the site fast you're going to have a whole lot of angry people on your hands.

prbuckley 12y ago
working on that, I think we should be able to deliver faster I just don't want to dissapoint anyone.
- ewang1 12y ago
  If you don't deliver before 4 weeks, chances are all the credit card pre-authorizations would be void anyways. With Stripe, it's even shorter. Unless you plan on capturing the funds at order time instead of shipment time?
  - prbuckley 12y ago
    Thanks for the heads up on this.
    - technological 12y ago
      Hey from where are you shipping this from ?? I mean r manufacturing ??
      - prbuckley 12y ago
        We have a factory in San Francisco which is where we will make and ship these kits from.

frandroid 12y ago

Right I can't seem to be able to order the NFC tag variant: Cannot find variant (request_id: e6778ba4-1faa-41fa-96da-f666ee6c2073)

prbuckley 12y ago
sorry we were just messing around with trying to fix the product description thing. Try going back to product page and adding to cart again and it should work.
- frandroid 12y ago
  Thanks, ordered.

micro_cam 12y ago

What lenses are you using? That seems like the crux of the matter.

CmonDev 12y ago

Will there be a tablet version as well (Nexus 7 2013)?