Any Fellow Mehrs that bought a COOLEST COOLER?

jareza had a quick thing to say said Fri, Oct 30th 2015 at 10:46am ET

Hello fellow mehrs, Im just wondering if any one of you jumped in the kickstarter wagon for the coolest cooler and if so, has anyone received theirs?
Im still waiting for my margarita coolest to Laredo TX....
Who else is waiting for theirs?

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Foxborn said Fri, Oct 30th 2015 at 1:51pm ET:

just wondering how much did it cost?

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- @Foxborn it was 215 shipping included, now they retail for 480 bucks
  
  jareza said Mon, Nov 2nd 2015 at 1:58pm ET
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- @jareza Still Ouch. But if you do a lit of camping or tail gating I'm sure its worth it
  
  Foxborn said Mon, Nov 2nd 2015 at 6:09pm ET
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Bogie said Fri, Oct 30th 2015 at 2:48pm ET:

I was on the 90 yard line (did I just make a valid football reference?) but didn't pull the trigger.

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- @Bogie The yard lines only go to 50.. haha.. 0-10-20-30-40-50-40-30-20-10-0.. So close!
  
  kadagan said Fri, Oct 30th 2015 at 2:50pm ET
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- @Bogie Close. Very close. Haha!
  
  christinewas said Fri, Oct 30th 2015 at 5:23pm ET
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- @Bogie I totally believed the 90 yard line thing until @kadagan came along...
  
  luvche21 said Sat, Oct 31st 2015 at 12:03pm ET
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kadagan said Fri, Oct 30th 2015 at 2:50pm ET:
I strongly considered it, but I didn't bite. There were 3 concerns that kept me from buying in.
1. They had already failed to reach $50,000 on their first attempt
2. When the project started reaching tens of millions, I got very worried about how it would scale to meet the demand. This is especially hard when it's a campaign with physical rewards!
3. I refused to buy in when it ran on a NiCD battery! I asked and begged in the comments for lithium, but no one replied to it. I saw after the campaign closed that they upgraded to lithium, and I was very unhappy that I missed out!
Overall I'm probably better without a $200 cooler.. My wife would have murdered me for spending that!
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- @kadagan 1.- the first time it came around, it failed because IMO it looked like a cheap cooler with a blender. not like a finished product
  2.-Your concerns were valid... it was impossible to comply with the delivery date... he is loosing money as we speak because shipping a product this big is very expensive
  3.- Thank God they realized that the way to go was with a Lithium battery
  
  jareza said Mon, Nov 2nd 2015 at 2:03pm ET
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- @jareza negative. I did not buy it because it wouldn't hold my phone, charge it and have built in lightning port (aka speaker dock capabilities)
  
  sohmageek said Mon, Nov 2nd 2015 at 4:43pm ET
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Hskrjer99 said Sat, Oct 31st 2015 at 12:05am ET:

I bit. For $185 I figured it was worth waiting for. Certainly thought I'd have it by now. Just got the email the other day that there was a strike at the plant where they make the motors for the blenders bringing everything to a halt. Maybe we'll have them for spring break?!

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- @Hskrjer99 I hope so, no news on whether the strike is over or not... but a lot of hate is taking place on the kickstarter product page
  
  jareza said Mon, Nov 2nd 2015 at 2:03pm ET
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mastermike311 said Sat, Oct 31st 2015 at 2:23am ET:

I'm still waiting for my margarita coolest in TX. I backed pretty early on but I added an extra battery. The last update said adding extras delayed shipment. Now this whole strike thing seems like it could push shipment back to 2016. We'll see.

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jareza said Mon, Nov 2nd 2015 at 2:04pm ET:

Good to see Im not the only meh user who bit...
:D

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