Predator e/x-mag board

[doober]

I'm not trying to flame but really wat is the point of this board other than some nifty firing modes that would be for truly fun purposes(the tourneys i play in are only semi). I mean really to my budget i'd rather keeep my stock board that shows me nifty little red letters and spend the money on playing

[Recon by Fire]

Can someone please cut and paste theTG forum message here for thos eof us who are not forum members there. Sound slike TAG will not be producing otehrs beyond the preorders?

It would be nice to have, but i'm not about to pay for something I may or may not get at some undetermined time... I guess I will just be happy with my stock board Xmag. I only wanted a F/A fire mode option anyway.

[11 Bravo]

[QUOTE=Recon by Fire]Can someone please cut and paste theTG forum message here for thos eof us who are not forum members there. Sound slike TAG will not be producing otehrs beyond the preorders?QUOTE]


Bob Sandifer
Yup..I am "THE" AngelGuy Join Date: Sep 2003
Posts: 1,099



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Originally Posted by AGDlover
lol who knows it was 3-4 weeks when they anounced almost at 50orders


actually we have far less than 50 preorders now but we are still producing the board. However, it is not in our control now. The developer has settled into his new state and is working on the project. Those 30 or so that have been preordered will be all the orders we will be taking. The order page has been cancelled and we now have to sit back and wait until Curt delivers the gerber files to me with all the corrections and additions that you asked for.

Our policy on this project is now this.
Any more *****ing about poor customer service will get an immediate refund. I love the way that has become the 2005 catch phrase and since we are the ones that are taking the preorders we will also be the ones tossing them back. I actually prefer to handle the situation like this instead of having to smooth things over and hurry up the designer.

Any more complaints about the time it is taking will just get a full refund. Those of you that stick it out will have the option of purchasing extra boards after the release and you will get the absolute best support your money can buy. As a matter of fact why dont I jsut say you will get priceless customer support since money cannot buy how we will treat those that decide to stay. Due to the demand of this item we will only allow the remaining cusomters to purchase 1 extra board each. If we have extras after this round of purchases then what boards are left can be again offered. We plan on putting up a private forum so we can handle the 30 or so customers that will have this project piece. This will assure you that support is only a few clicks away. Your logins will come with your boards.
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Bob Sandifer

[rifleman wi]

I'm not trying to flame but really wat is the point of this board other than some nifty firing modes that would be for truly fun purposes(the tourneys i play in are only semi). I mean really to my budget i'd rather keeep my stock board that shows me nifty little red letters and spend the money on playing

From Tags Website-
"Instant boot-up: No delay in firing the marker once the on/off switch has been activated
Trigger sampled asynchronously: The predator does not "sample" the trigger as other boards do. The instant the trigger is depressed it leaps into action at the speed of light in less than 200 nanoseconds. If you fired a laser down the field at the same time the trigger was pulled, the predator would begin firing your gun BEFORE the light made it to the player you were about to shoot, nothing is faster."

From what it says, it seems like the software/code is written better than the stock board.. and it supports breakbeams...and from what tag said the code for single eye ace will be able to see anycolor paint..

[Big'n slo]

Bob Sandifer
Yup..I am "THE" AngelGuy Join Date: Sep 2003
Posts: 1,099



Quote:
Originally Posted by AGDlover
lol who knows it was 3-4 weeks when they anounced almost at 50orders


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Any more complaints about the time it is taking will just get a full refund. Those of you that stick it out will have the option of purchasing extra boards after the release and you will get the absolute best support your money can buy. As a matter of fact why dont I jsut say you will get priceless customer support since money cannot buy how we will treat those that decide to stay. Due to the demand of this item we will only allow the remaining cusomters to purchase 1 extra board each. If we have extras after this round of purchases then what boards are left can be again offered. We plan on putting up a private forum so we can handle the 30 or so customers that will have this project piece. This will assure you that support is only a few clicks away. Your logins will come with your boards.
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Bob Sandifer

Makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside

[Recon by Fire]

Hmm... I see the poor spaortsmanship has carried over to the customer service portion of paintball. You catch more flies with sugar guys...

[temilotzin]

Hmm... I see the poor spaortsmanship has carried over to the customer service portion of paintball. You catch more flies with sugar guys...

[UTDragun]

you'd be surprised how much stress stupid people can hand out.

[BigEvil]

you'd be surprised how much stress stupid people can hand out.

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Since I (and we) have no other choice, I have decided to try to look at things from TAGs perspective.
*Spend time and money to develope the board
*Market is only about 1300 guns, so the return on the invvestment will be minimal. Probably hoping to break even on it.
*deal with missing/marrying/moving engineer
*deal with 30-50 guys who pre-ordered asking for updates EVERY day
*recieve god-only-knows how many additional emails from the same guys about the same thing
*try to run the day-to-day operations of my business
*try to develope new products, ones that WILL actually make a nice profit
*try to deal with replenishment or out of stock items
*pack up the shop and go to various events and trade shows to promote my business.

If you see things like that, then its easy to understand why Bob basically told us to STFU and chill. These guys arent going to screw us, and this thing will be well worth the wait. I have 2 ordered and I may even pick up a 3rd one just to have a spare.

We have been playnig with our emags with 3.2 software forever, so its not like another couple of weeks or even months will kill anyone.

Hang in there everyone.

[bunny5]

Am I the only person that doesn't mind the long preorder wait? Realisicly I know that it is taking quite a while, but just think of the outcome

[GordDesigns]

Am I the only person that doesn't mind the long preorder wait? Realisicly I know that it is taking quite a while, but just think of the outcome

I agree, so your not the only one.
I was on the list early too, and I dont have any problem with the development time.

When it's done, it's done.

[TheTramp]

Am I the only one who's dissapointed that they appear to be planning on only selling to the pre-orders?

I absolutly planned on buying one of these boards and haven't complained about the wait. I just couldn't afford to tie up $160 in the pre-order. I really hope that they're statment is more of a reaction to the bit*hing then a black and white policy.

[BigEvil]

Am I the only one who's dissapointed that they appear to be planning on only selling to the pre-orders?

I absolutly planned on buying one of these boards and haven't complained about the wait. I just couldn't afford to tie up $160 in the pre-order. I really hope that they're statment is more of a reaction to the bit*hing then a black and white policy.

If they only sell to the pre-orders, what are they going to do with the other 90 boards?

Im sure you can get you rhands on one. Im getting one through TAG, and one through Coolhand. He is an authorized TAG dealer. Talk to him about it I bet he can order one.

[Mind'sEye]

On the Tag Forums Bob says the run will be 120 boards. Those of us who have stuck out the pre-order process will get first crack at purchasing a second board and then what's left will be offered for sale. I plan on ordering another. Look at the features! The Emag/Predator boards are going to be exclusive and rare.

[the123]

So those of us who have waited patiently, without $150 they can put twords something that we wont recieve within a weeks time get nothing in the end. What a shame. Why would they cancel the other 70+ boards? I intended to buy one when they became available. Sorry if I didn't have a fire under my *** to blow $150 for a product with a ETA of limbo.