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Please let me know how you make out. I purchased one also, but I've yet to receive it. Thanks.Mine came in today. No, it does NOT have the V2 GPS. (Unless some of their V2 boards were green!) Already sent a message to 3DRobotics that I want my money back. I fully expected to have the latest, trouble free GPS module, in the bird, not one that has known issues and caused more than a few birds to be lost to the instability of the V1 GPS. To get around this, they could simply send me the V2 GPS board and updated GPS shield, and I will return mine when the replacements come in.
As I only live 20 miles from Truckee California, I can file a claim against them in small claims court and they would have to respond or sustain tremendous inconveniences. And yes, they have a corporate presence in California.
Or, they can simply refund my money and send me a return label to return the bird to them. Either way, I am in the driver's seat. It would behove them to just furnish the V2 board and shield and be done with me.
Oh yes, the box was damaged in shipping as well, the corner was crushed and that got the actual box the bird was in, but no damage at all to the bird
C6Joe
Ok...they should put on there what GPS it is...but you already knew it would be the first gen. Everyone has gotten the same thing. Every single person. And they talk about it on this forum. So, the likelihood you didn't know is about zero.
Do you think that your foreknowledge of what 3dr was shipping will influence any court case? Will this forum be subpoenaed for records of what posts you viewed, and when?
It would be curious to see.
Actually, 3DR told me that a number of the refurbs *were* upgraded to the V2 GPS, but the respond'er did not know how many, or if it was all. (This was a week and half (or so) ago when the offer first popped.)
As I understand the process, I have a refurb as well, they repair any faults. Do a diagnostic, replace any problem parts, clean it up and put it on the shelf. It depends on what it came in with and if the GPS was the problem, they replace it. If it's working, they don't. They don't arbitrarily replace everything, that would be a new unit. Next you'll be mad that they don't replace all the motor pods....Because they don't... Oh, oh I feel another lawsuit coming....
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