The Grasshopper Shipping Poll

When do you think the first Grasshoppers (in BOXES!) will ship?


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seaofgreens

My Mind Is Free
I'm all like this right now! (June 6th)



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Vapor_Eyes

taste buds
Haha okay! No but for real I'm concerned about the wear and tear look on the colored Ti units. Think I'm switching, sorry to disappoint!
The wear and tear was the main reason I chose plain Ti. Even though the colors are nice, anodized coatings are eventually going to wear through after enough use.

Scratches and scuffs are much less noticeable on bare metal. And if it got bad enough I'm sure you could lightly buff out any small surface scratches.

No hard feelings on the switch, I have a stainless steel model that's holding me over just fine. I hope you're hopping soon!
 

vapviking

Old & In the Way
The wear and tear was the main reason I chose plain Ti. Even though the colors are nice, anodized coatings are eventually going to wear through after enough use.

Scratches and scuffs are much less noticeable on bare metal. And if it got bad enough I'm sure you could lightly buff out any small surface scratches.

No hard feelings on the switch, I have a stainless steel model that's holding me over just fine. I hope you're hopping soon!
I agree w/you about the wear & tear and scratches. I have a Pax2, green, and it's a beautiful thing, but it does have some small scratches and at its' ends the finish is worn off. So, it's green with aluminum-colored wear marks. It sees pretty light use.
I've worked with hand tools a lot in my life so I'm prone to looking at the hopper's shell as a fine tool. I've never been very color conscious when selecting a tool.
And so, my order is for a plain Ti and a SS. And two as gifts that are SS.
 

tr33sPlease

Well-Known Member
I just got my address confirmation email too - June 4, 2015 preorder! Now...is it worth it to upgrade to priority USPS?
I upgraded...it ended up only being $3 since I paid the first $7 for regular shipping when ordering originally...worth it for peace of mind for me.
 
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braminc

New Member
Just put in order today 7/11/16 for a Blue TI. Really curious to see how long it really takes since June 2015 is now shipping, and the website says I should expect an August 2016 ship date.

Hopefully the last 12 months have had relatively few orders to fill and I'll get mine soon! Seems plausible since many people may have heard of the delays by the 2nd half of 2015.
 

moondog

It's an obsession but it's pleasin'
Just put in order today 7/11/16 for a Blue TI. Really curious to see how long it really takes since June 2015 is now shipping, and the website says I should expect an August 2016 ship date.

Hopefully the last 12 months have had relatively few orders to fill and I'll get mine soon! Seems plausible since many people may have heard of the delays by the 2nd half of 2015.
My January 2016 order is still showing a July ESD. In my mind, this means one of 3 things:

1) There were so few orders in the rest of 2015 that those will all go out this month.
2) As I predicted a while back, they are ramping up production to LUDICROUS SPEED!!!!
3) There's another shipping date adjustment in my future.

But since there was no change in my ESD in mid June (as they said there might be), I'm thinking it's gotta be option 1 or 2. Especially if they say you'll have yours in August.
 

BadDog No

Well-Known Member
Love your optimism guys. Guess I'm just a glass half empty kind of guy, but that August estimation for new orders just looks sleazy to me. There was a spike in orders in early March since HL announced there would be a price increase and some of us (OK, me...:lol:) were worried that the lifetime warranty might be going away. I've been bumped from June to July to, well, guess what...


March 9, 2016, 9:19 a.m. 7 $201.00 In Progress August 2016
 

Gregori

CannaBoss
LOL. A year and a half late for preorder. But if you order now, you'll get it next month? Aren't they overly optimistic again?
They were two year late, now one and a half. So there's a real progression. But don't fool yourself believing the HL deadlines. We know what they're worth.

BUT don't give up! I've been using mine for 5 months and it's my daily driver since then!
 
Gregori,

Mr. Me2

Well-Known Member
Apparently priority shipping to my country costs 43 dollars more, seems like I will keep my 7 dollars regular shipping method.
And the race is on...

I was curious who would get theirs first, you or me since our preorder dates are so close, and you're in Brazil and I'm on the east coast US. And then I upgraded to priority (paid last night), which may not make a difference.

The order may impact it - I'm a ss and plain ti. I see you listed a (plain?) ti.

So let's see...
 

lovecrush

http://goo.gl/EsKJzJ
And the race is on...

I was curious who would get theirs first, you or me since our preorder dates are so close, and you're in Brazil and I'm on the east coast US. And then I upgraded to priority (paid last night), which may not make a difference.

The order may impact it - I'm a ss and plain ti. I see you listed a (plain?) ti.

So let's see...

Nah, I'm 200% sure you will receive yours first. I think in the end of this month/early august I might get mine on the post office, after getting taxed on customs.

PS: yes, it was a bronze but I changed to plain ti
 

Joel W.

Deplorable Basement Dweller
Accessory Maker
If we guess there are 6k+ hoppers in the wild now and we know we are on invoice #18,000+ and they say they shipped about 2000 hoppers in June?

Now, my Nov 2015 order has a #24,000+ invoice number. So I guess 2000 hoppers were sold from June to November in 2015?

What are the most recent invoice numbers now?

By my thinking, hopper labs may be caught up in a few more months, at this rate.

Wishful thinking anyways.
 

Mr. Me2

Well-Known Member
If we guess there are 6k+ hoppers in the wild now and we know we are on invoice #18,000+ and they say they shipped about 2000 hoppers in June?

Now, my Nov 2015 order has a #24,000+ invoice number. So I guess 2000 hoppers were sold from June to November in 2015?

What are the most recent invoice numbers now?

By my thinking, hopper labs may be caught up in a few more months, at this rate.

Wishful thinking anyways.
Wow, you made my head spin! Unfortunately, we don't know how many hoppers correspond to the number of invoices.

And @lovecrush, I'm hoping we have a photo finish in about a week! A guy can dream...
 

Mister G

Deceptively Old Fart
My hopper was a 15 month lead time. It is now more like 12-13 months. If they can catch up by one month, each month, then purchased now with an August ESD could be estimated to ship at the end of this year.

But if any of their new techs break a nail working the pick and place machine, that's all out the window.
 
Mister G,

Joel W.

Deplorable Basement Dweller
Accessory Maker
Wow, you made my head spin! Unfortunately, we don't know how many hoppers correspond to the number of invoices.
Sorry for that. We do know how many backers there were initially and how long it took to get through them.

Based off that, I guess one hopper for every 3 invoices.

Edit: just a guess, probably on the low side.
 
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