@tsveggie just got my “random” drones. I thought if I ordered three then maybe I would have at least two kinds to play with. Nope. Three mini drones make that six, three packs of two. Nothing random about that, maybe next time Mehbot should just say we have 8 billion of these mini things and we can’t think of anything to sucker you into buy them than saying “random” selection.
Adding them to my random gift collection.
I like random surprises, but I’m not sure how much I’d like a random drone. It’s not like id fly it since I crash them, but it it’s not at least kinda cool, gifting it may also not end well…
@rapture7 if that is your only comment (or maybe just the start of it?) it will buy it and the auto follow-up comment is that “it worked…”. You can put a number after it to buy multiples (doing ‘/ buy 2’)
The ONLY reason I bought this is so I could demonstrate to my wife that meh is not just about bluetooth speakers… so if my drone could pretty please also be a bluetooth speaker, that would be pretty fucking epic.
Can’t resist a random sale where I don’t know what I’m getting from Meh. I wouldn’t say I’m excited exactly because it will definitely be total shit and live in a box somewhere and get thrown out in 2-5 years…but, it’s $12 and I’m a sucker for the unknown.
FYI: I don’t want to harsh anyone’s buzz, but I got a Propel HD drone in the last IRK (Mehrathon) and it worked one time, then the battery stopped charging. I went to Propel’s website for support, and they said no more batteries were available because that drone was discontinued. It was one of the big drones like the silhouette, and I got to actually fly it once, and it worked pretty well. I hope I don’t get punished by the Mediocrebot for posting this, but them is the facts.
FYI: I still have the drone if someone wants to give me a battery for it, or if someone has a broken propel HD drone, and wants me to ship them the drone. At this point I can’t use it, since the battery will not charge
I’m torn.
If it’s a micro drone, I wouldn’t even bother opening the box, but if it’s a video drone, I might actually use it once or twice before forgetting about it.
I bought one of these about six months ago and finally put it together and the battery wouldn’t charge… I sent email to the Propel
people and they said they had no parts…
Probably should have called you guys…
Bought a ten dollar mini-drone here & had a great time playing with it - for the five minutes of battery it’d allow. Camera took stills & video (in expected $10 resolutions) fairly well. It smacked the floor or a wall & now 1/4 propellers doesn’t spin. Sad story; but fun while it lasted. I’d keep the ten given the same deal…maybe a five would get me. Did get a microSD card out of it though.
FTR- the drone was the MOTA Jetjat Nano-C Drone back in January
@MehbeMehbeNot I thought the same and ordered three hoping for a “variety” but alas, all three were the same mini drones, at least I’ll get practice and maybe less crashing in the future
So, I went into Starbucks and the barista was wearing a mask. I asked, “Why are you wearing a surgical mask?” She said, “It’s not a surgical mask. It’s a coughy filter.”
@datruandi How many “random drone” units did you buy? Just one for $12, or three for $36? If the latter… yeah I would feel disappointed too. I’m sorry. :<
@Bandrik 3 for $36 - in retrospect maybe order 3 different packages? so the hard-working logistics folks do not get the idea to just throw more of the same (cheap stuff) in one box?
@datruandi I’ve done that before – I ordered one for me, then was asked to order one for a friend. They came as 2 separate orders, 2 separate boxes. They even arrived a day apart. So yeah, in the future if you ever try it again, I’d try for 3 separate orders (IF you are a VMP – and it looks like you are as of this writing)
@datruandi Exactly what I got, ordered three thinking there would be a “chance” of getting more than one kind to play with; “random” it was not. Meh should just say they have 8 billion of these things and can think of no better way to sucker people into buying except fake “random” selection. Sorry!
Exactly what I got. I ordered three thinking with “random” there would be a “chance” of getting more than one kind to play with; “random” it was not. Meh should just say they have 8 billion of these things and can think of no better way to sucker people into buying except fake “random” selection.
I must have gotten the lame duck done cause it died after twenty seconds and won’t charge up. Guess a wire shorted out or something. Anyone else with this type of issue?
Why, oh why did I buy 3 of these? I now have 6 pretty useless drones. I charged one up, and it doesn’t fly any better than they did the last time I bought one this size.
Same here - a two pack for $12 (6$ ea) of the propel atomic 1.0, the same ones I had just bought four of for $5 ea. This is like negative meh.
Obviously the type or model of drone was not the random part, but just which random box of many of the same was picked. Maybe they put on a blindfold as they selected them.
Also Received Atomic 1.0. If no one posts recieving something different then I think meh was deceptive in calling this a “Random” drone sale. And we should band together in calling them out and demanding an explanation.
2 here also for more of a price than I paid for the 4 last week…nice meh…no more random horse shit for me…and just so you know I’m jersey boy…fu as well
Got my drone today. It’s a DJI Mavic, holy shit wow!
No. It wasn’t. It was a pair of atom micro drones, just like everyone else. One red, one gray.
I still think these micro drones are an amazing feat of engineering. But they are pretty much identical to all the other micro drones we’ve seen on meh. No diversity, nothing special.
I’d love to have any one (or 2-4) of those drones you guys are all so bummed to have gotten! Be my Santa Claus in spring training, put a smile on my face!
I’m bummed to see that this didn’t go as expected for everyone. That’s never the goal. While these were still random, it sucks to see so many people got the same thing and were upset. Sorry that we dropped the ball a bit. You know what that means…
Coupon Time!
We made a coupon for the random drone issue. The coupon is valid if you purchased the random drone deal.
allthedronelypeople
$5 off. Expires May 31st.
Sorry that these weren’t as expected. Let me know if you have any additional questions.
@ChadP I’m actually surprised that meh staff noticed. I didn’t expect anything but I appreciate the coupon.
Really what I would enjoy even more is transparency of what models there are in the mix and a general idea of how many of each of them are. That way the expectations are more reasonable.
I think people would have been a lot less disappointed if they knew ahead of time that “90% will get 2x micro, 8% would get a spyder, and 2% would get…” or whatever the mix was. That way we would know just what we’re getting into.
For comparison, usually a random meh offering would show a pile of things in various colors and we knew it would be one of those colors.
@thismyusername That one I can explain. They said that it would be just one, but if you get the smaller ones you would get two. So… congrats on getting something different, I guess!
Specs
What’s in the Box?
Price Comparison
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Warranty
90 days
Estimated Delivery
Monday, July 13th - Thursday, July 16th
This deal makes me miss drone.horse.
/giphy proper-sticky-onion
/giphy astonishing-naive-kiss
@james_hardiman Nobody wants to see that. I think.
@james_hardiman I think they need more practice.
@james_hardiman You keep using that word “naive”…
Random “Meh” click.
Don’t expect
But could it be awesome since it’s random?
@tsveggie pretty sure the most awesome Propel drone is still a toy level drone. So I guess it depends on your expectations.
POPSOCKETS! COURT DOCKETS! FOLK ROCK HITS! AWESOME!
@mediocrebot Slow reflexes there mediocrebot, you got beat by an ugly bag of mostly water.
@blaineg hey now! I have, like, carbon and stuff, too. And feelings, in some small percentage.
you’re an all-star
@djslack Nothing personal, just an ancient Star Trek reference gone bad.
Apologies.
@blaineg lol I figured it was some sort of reference but I didn’t know it. I was only poking back at you. Don’t worry. War is not with you.
I also didn’t claim to not be ugly
@tsveggie just got my “random” drones. I thought if I ordered three then maybe I would have at least two kinds to play with. Nope. Three mini drones make that six, three packs of two. Nothing random about that, maybe next time Mehbot should just say we have 8 billion of these mini things and we can’t think of anything to sucker you into buy them than saying “random” selection.
Adding them to my random gift collection.
Meh is just Droning on and on, so much that they don’t even know what Drone it is!
Bag of drones?
/buy
Meh, don’t disappoint me.
@squishybrain It worked! Your order number is: pious-adherent-coconut
/image pious adherent coconut
@squishybrain What am I saying? It’s Meh. I’ll be disappointed.
@squishybrain Disappointment is a function of your expectations… if you don’t expect anything, you won’t be disappointed.
@squishybrain Is that a picture of the drone you are expecting?
@mediocrebot @squishybrain They just did…
I’m a sucker for random mystery purchases.
/buy
@jdude727 It worked! Your order number is: rusty-gritty-cocktail
/image rusty gritty cocktail
@jdude727 @mediocrebot what kind of rusty gritty cocktail is that? I was imagining a tropical cocktail with some sand in it.
@jdude727 @mediocrebot @moonhat
/image rusty gritty cocktail
@jdude727 @mediocrebot @moonhat I tried, I guess that’s what one really looks like.
@jdude727 Me too. Sucker is my name. Just got my three “random” drones. Nope! all the same
remember when meh had good stuff? Yeah me neither.
@sippinndippin actually, yah, I do.
/buy
@Wingsfan117 It worked! Your order number is: ungainly-formidable-wafer
/image ungainly formidable wafer
/giphy daunting-awkward-rye
oof bad work giphy
@gardenald You mean Obama isn’t the second coming?
weren’t these just offered for 15?..well yes, they were…I bought one…so thanks for that protection and buyer remorse.
@fastharrydotcom please enlighten us to exactly which drone was just offered for $15 so that we may know what we shall be receiving
@davidwr99 from DEC…
https://meh.com/forum/topics/high-definition-video-drone-by-propel
@davidwr99 @fastharrydotcom you aren’t guaranteed the drone that’s shown in the silhouette. Read the front page write up.
@davidwr99 @fastharrydotcom @RiotDemon Truth. If you get two of the tiny drones, you’ll wish you saved your $12 (+$5?).
/giphy schroedinger’s ripoff
@davidwr99 @RiotDemon @stinks twice the target practice here in Kentucky
how you say, why not?
/giphy slow-drab-button
@fuddledumpers That’s not the fable I remember.
I like random surprises, but I’m not sure how much I’d like a random drone. It’s not like id fly it since I crash them, but it it’s not at least kinda cool, gifting it may also not end well…
What is the /buy ? I mean does that actually work as part of the URL or is it just a way of saying you bought one?
@rapture7 The mehbot will actually ring you up for one.
@rapture7 if that is your only comment (or maybe just the start of it?) it will buy it and the auto follow-up comment is that “it worked…”. You can put a number after it to buy multiples (doing ‘/ buy 2’)
@rapture7 @t0nyc0tt4m If you’re a VMP.
It has to be the first thing on the line, maybe the first line as well?
any specs on the potential selection of drones?
@styloroc Yes, there are.
/buy
Ironically, also the last thing I will probably say as it gets caught by a breeze and sails forever out of my life.
@mehcuda67 It worked! Your order number is: calamitous-curvy-shrimp
/image calamitous curvy shrimp
You can do better @mediocrebot
/giphy calamitous-curvy-shrimp
The ONLY reason I bought this is so I could demonstrate to my wife that meh is not just about bluetooth speakers… so if my drone could pretty please also be a bluetooth speaker, that would be pretty fucking epic.
Wow look at then fly off the shelves. Meh customers love a mystery, even a bad one.
@hchavers Nobody ever said we were known for making good choices. We do after all buy things from a site called meh.
@hchavers at least this time i don’t yet know it was a bad purchase… i have my suspicions, but it could be not garbage
/buy
@nine876 It worked! Your order number is: clingy-cumbersome-macaroni
/image clingy cumbersome macaroni
@mediocrebot that’s pretty neat, bud
/giphy wealthy-boorish-connection
Not sure what I wanted to see, didn’t expect this though
/giphy tidy-toasty-clove
/giphy hopeful-mewing-afternoon
/giphy mommy
Ah, fuck it. Let’s roll the dice. It’s as much as a movie ticket and probably more fun, without getting the bottom of my shoes sticky.
/giphy triangular-sudden-muscle
Yes, I deserve something random - it’s been that sort of month so far …
/giphy fabulous-flimsy-prison
@stolicat There’s a cruel, frightening backstory to that giphy that I don’t want to hear.
@stinks @stolicat yikes for sure
/buy
@Fuzb0 It worked! Your order number is: interesting-waning-laugh
/image interesting waning laugh
/giphy profuse-transient-punishment
@eonfifty spare the rod and spoil the child!
Pleeeeease be a good giphy… I have high hopes with this one.
/giphy ablaze-phony-armadillo
YES.
If there was a chance I’d randomly get a pallet of drones, I’d buy. One random drone is a no. I’d just lose it with the other drones I bought.
I wonder what options they’ll be picking from. Maybe it’s all Orbit drones. Haha.
@kazriko yeah everyone who buys has to come check back in when it arrives, haha
@kazriko its all atomic 1.0 mini drones, nothing “random” about six of a kind
/buy c’mon meh.
@Stumpy91 It worked! Your order number is: mute-paunchy-llama
/image mute paunchy llama
This should be decent at freaking out cats, right?
/buy
@Joedetroit It worked! Your order number is: arrogant-airy-pita
/image arrogant airy pita
@mediocrebot dammit I am fasting today! That looks delicious. But then a lot of things look delicious to me right now.
/giphy noteworthy-electrical-point
/buy
I’m sure I’ll live to regret it, but, whatever.
@1bmf It worked! Your order number is: fat-rad-comb
/image fat rad comb
/giphy snobby-listless-respect
Can’t resist a random sale where I don’t know what I’m getting from Meh. I wouldn’t say I’m excited exactly because it will definitely be total shit and live in a box somewhere and get thrown out in 2-5 years…but, it’s $12 and I’m a sucker for the unknown.
@RedHot that’s the spirit!
Model ends with D0N3-1T. To me reads like “DONT buy IT”
@avante296 Donate it, when you are disappointed.
my retired dad has wanted to get into drones. this’ll be a nice starter so he can learn how to take care of it before we get him a nice one.
like sea monkeys instead of a dog.
FYI: I don’t want to harsh anyone’s buzz, but I got a Propel HD drone in the last IRK (Mehrathon) and it worked one time, then the battery stopped charging. I went to Propel’s website for support, and they said no more batteries were available because that drone was discontinued. It was one of the big drones like the silhouette, and I got to actually fly it once, and it worked pretty well. I hope I don’t get punished by the Mediocrebot for posting this, but them is the facts.
FYI: I still have the drone if someone wants to give me a battery for it, or if someone has a broken propel HD drone, and wants me to ship them the drone. At this point I can’t use it, since the battery will not charge
@crow If you’re clever with a soldering iron, you can roll your own:
Build a Battery
Bonus: 50% more capacity.
Pulled the trigger on three, because I hate having dollars.
/image stormy-responsive-line
I’m torn.
If it’s a micro drone, I wouldn’t even bother opening the box, but if it’s a video drone, I might actually use it once or twice before forgetting about it.
@DennisG2014 What if it is a video micro drone?
@RedHot Well, then I suppose I’ll use it once or twice without taking it out of the box…?
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
/giphy shiny-warm-rattlesnake
I bought one of these about six months ago and finally put it together and the battery wouldn’t charge… I sent email to the Propel
people and they said they had no parts…
Probably should have called you guys…
Bought one the last time it would never fly…a new battery still wouldn’t fly.
Hey, it’s a “random” drone. I hope mine is one of those giant military ones with frikkin lazers
Bought a ten dollar mini-drone here & had a great time playing with it - for the five minutes of battery it’d allow. Camera took stills & video (in expected $10 resolutions) fairly well. It smacked the floor or a wall & now 1/4 propellers doesn’t spin. Sad story; but fun while it lasted. I’d keep the ten given the same deal…maybe a five would get me. Did get a microSD card out of it though.
FTR- the drone was the MOTA Jetjat Nano-C Drone back in January
@MehbeMehbeNot I thought the same and ordered three hoping for a “variety” but alas, all three were the same mini drones, at least I’ll get practice and maybe less crashing in the future
Harriet tried to warn me.
How about a random palindrone??
@eeterrific trap faced decaf part
Hoping for something with a non potato quality camera on it.
/image cumbersome-numerical-okra
/buy
@rand3y It worked! Your order number is: unfair-unforgiving-cap
/image unfair unforgiving cap
/giphy rational-catastrophic-hunter
“ASIAN EXPRESS HOLDINGS” is the manufacturer. Here’s what Amazon customers think o their products: https://www.amazon.com/ASIAN-EXPRESS-HOLDINGS-Propel-Video/product-reviews/B016QOBAE8/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_viewpnt_rgt?filterByStar=critical&pageNumber=1
I don’t think so.
glue a $10 note and two singles together. Fold into paper airplane. Launch out of car window. There’s your drone.
So, I went into Starbucks and the barista was wearing a mask. I asked, “Why are you wearing a surgical mask?” She said, “It’s not a surgical mask. It’s a coughy filter.”
@Trinityscrew
/buy
@blaineg It worked! Your order number is: impolite-lucky-comparison
/image impolite lucky comparison
@mediocrebot All of the above?
/giphy pudgy-vapid-dog
https://images.app.goo.gl/dd9ggbBN9mf1DHqy5
Bawdy known Bison
Dron’t break my heart! - - Dron’t Worry, Be Happy
Round-Sour-Eagle
/giphy important-worthwhile-omelette
@stm A real classic.
It arrived… 3 two packs of the cheapest drone. I hoped at least one of them would be a better one
@datruandi How many “random drone” units did you buy? Just one for $12, or three for $36? If the latter… yeah I would feel disappointed too. I’m sorry. :<
@Bandrik 3 for $36 - in retrospect maybe order 3 different packages? so the hard-working logistics folks do not get the idea to just throw more of the same (cheap stuff) in one box?
@datruandi I’ve done that before – I ordered one for me, then was asked to order one for a friend. They came as 2 separate orders, 2 separate boxes. They even arrived a day apart. So yeah, in the future if you ever try it again, I’d try for 3 separate orders (IF you are a VMP – and it looks like you are as of this writing)
@datruandi Exactly what I got, ordered three thinking there would be a “chance” of getting more than one kind to play with; “random” it was not. Meh should just say they have 8 billion of these things and can think of no better way to sucker people into buying except fake “random” selection. Sorry!
Same here. 2 pack of atom 10 micro drones. Not even worth $5 each at the 5 Below store. First time I’ve been disappointed with a Meh purchase.
@braveit1 Another sad face, but thanks for reporting what you got.
@Bandrik it couls be worst, they are selling the same 2 pack drones at sidedeals for $18. (Still not worth $5 each.)
@Bandrik
@braveit1 Jeez, 2 for $18 – $9 each. They were $5 each (4 for $20) just a few days ago. So that’s not a great deal comparatively.
Granted, I think they’re amazing little contraptions at ANY price, but I’m spoiled on the the $5/each deal now. Starbucks coffees cost more!
Exactly what I got. I ordered three thinking with “random” there would be a “chance” of getting more than one kind to play with; “random” it was not. Meh should just say they have 8 billion of these things and can think of no better way to sucker people into buying except fake “random” selection.
I must have gotten the lame duck done cause it died after twenty seconds and won’t charge up. Guess a wire shorted out or something. Anyone else with this type of issue?
@bloster did you contact meh.com/support?
@RiotDemon Just did, thank you for the reply.
Yeah, I got the 2 Atom 1.0 Micro Drones as well. Bummer.
It would have been nicer if the delivery truck had run over the package.
Same two meh drones. I already have the same size ones. I was hoping for a slightly larger drone.
Same 2 Atom 10 drones here. Just what I didn’t want. I have several Cheerson CX10 drones laying around not being used.
Why, oh why did I buy 3 of these? I now have 6 pretty useless drones. I charged one up, and it doesn’t fly any better than they did the last time I bought one this size.
I ordered 2 and got 4 atom 10 drones like everybody else. Guess I have learned my lesson on “random” sales.
Same here - a two pack for $12 (6$ ea) of the propel atomic 1.0, the same ones I had just bought four of for $5 ea. This is like negative meh.
Obviously the type or model of drone was not the random part, but just which random box of many of the same was picked. Maybe they put on a blindfold as they selected them.
In to say like the rest of the rabble, 1x2 pack atomic 1.0.
I guess they meant random “colored” drones
Also Received Atomic 1.0. If no one posts recieving something different then I think meh was deceptive in calling this a “Random” drone sale. And we should band together in calling them out and demanding an explanation.
@davidwr99 they should disclose how many of each sold
#banmehlootcrates
Fucking waste of money. I already have a micro drone with camera. This shit is trash.
@medz Same exact package.
Add me to the bummed party. Got 2 of the same and I just got 4 of these with those sale in Feb.
2 here also for more of a price than I paid for the 4 last week…nice meh…no more random horse shit for me…and just so you know I’m jersey boy…fu as well
also the same here
Unlike most of the rest of everyone, I didn’t buy this package the last time it came up, so I’m thrilled to have 2 drones. Yay!
@MTimonin I admire your enthusiasm and I legit am happy for ya. They are pretty neat.
Same two micros as everyone so far. It would be nice to at least see someone chime in with some other size.
Same two tiny drones as everyone else got. First time I said “MEH” after receiving my much anticipated package…
"You hit buy and we send you a drone. What kind of drone? We don’t know! "
Bullshit. You knew exactly what kind we’d get. Lying shysters!
Got the micro Minis also so small I doubt I’ll ever be able to see them fly. RIP OFF
They wanted to keep all the others to sell on morningsave.
2 micro drones here. Now I have 6. Sigh
Got my drone today. It’s a DJI Mavic, holy shit wow!
No. It wasn’t. It was a pair of atom micro drones, just like everyone else. One red, one gray.
I still think these micro drones are an amazing feat of engineering. But they are pretty much identical to all the other micro drones we’ve seen on meh. No diversity, nothing special.
Boo, meh. You failed us.
I’d love to have any one (or 2-4) of those drones you guys are all so bummed to have gotten! Be my Santa Claus in spring training, put a smile on my face!
I too, received two Atom 1.0 drones, to add together into 2.
Hey Everybody!
I’m bummed to see that this didn’t go as expected for everyone. That’s never the goal. While these were still random, it sucks to see so many people got the same thing and were upset. Sorry that we dropped the ball a bit. You know what that means…
Coupon Time!
We made a coupon for the random drone issue. The coupon is valid if you purchased the random drone deal.
allthedronelypeople
$5 off. Expires May 31st.
Sorry that these weren’t as expected. Let me know if you have any additional questions.
Thanks!
@ChadP Thanks!
@ChadP Thanks - that helps heal the empty loneliness of disappointment!
@ChadP I’m actually surprised that meh staff noticed. I didn’t expect anything but I appreciate the coupon.
Really what I would enjoy even more is transparency of what models there are in the mix and a general idea of how many of each of them are. That way the expectations are more reasonable.
I think people would have been a lot less disappointed if they knew ahead of time that “90% will get 2x micro, 8% would get a spyder, and 2% would get…” or whatever the mix was. That way we would know just what we’re getting into.
For comparison, usually a random meh offering would show a pile of things in various colors and we knew it would be one of those colors.
Just something to consider for next time. Please.
So I hate to be that guy but…
Mine is a “Propel SPYDER X” and I only got one?
So I will be checking my mailbox for my 2nd one?
@thismyusername That one I can explain. They said that it would be just one, but if you get the smaller ones you would get two. So… congrats on getting something different, I guess!
Just got mine and it’s a Dart 1.0, is that good or bad ?
@jmbunkin $48 on Amazon currently.
I got a Dart 1.0 but it was DOA
Sent a ticket in last night with no response yet from both Meh and Propel…
@wickedhoopla responses usually take two business days.
@RiotDemon Still no response
@RiotDemon guess im a bit shy of 48 hours tho now that i think of it…Hopefully tomorrow. Retailer said to return it too. What a bust
@RiotDemon @wickedhoopla I was just wondering if you ever got taken care of. I hope you did, that sucks about the DOA
@Bandrik @RiotDemon yeah got a refund or another random drone. Went with the refund wasn’t spinning that wheel again.
@RiotDemon @wickedhoopla Thanks so much for the update. And good call. Glad they took care of you
Sad just sad
@canary614
Glad I passed on this.