@willdavi The only reason why you regret it is because it wasn’t as rare as you thought it was. Now that’s some epic shopping psychology right there. If there were less to purchase you wouldn’t have regret. haha.
@LaserEyes@willdavi No matter what drone you get, it’ll still be fun! But yeah, expect it to be one of those tiny nano drones. They’re still fun! Just don’t expect to get a big fancy one.
@hoosier@Stumpy91 It said “random” but 95% or more got 2 basic common nano drones for $12 (so, effectively $6 each, just like the current deal), including myself. Just a few got anything nicer, like a single bigger done, which is what people were hoping for. So we were disappointed.
This is an IRK with one item in it, with a specific category? I’ll bite. Fingers crossed for one of the nice ones! Though most likely it’s one of the little dinky ones I’ve already bought too many of…
I now have a 2 pack to rocket micro drones, a 2 pack of “compact camera drones” and now this one. My air force is covered- bring on the ac boats and tanks for my marines and army…
I might have given it a shot, but since it would be my first drone and I would immediately crash it into a wall and break a prop, I want the certainty of getting one with prop guards.
@ThunderChicken If you are going to break your first one though, it is better to lose $6 than to pay for a more expensive one to guarantee prop guards and wreck it another way right out of the box.
You may feel no wind at ground level, but even a slight rustling of trees further up is indication not to go higher. If you’ve ever flown a power kite, you can do it with no wind at ground if you can get it high enough in the initial run/run and launch.
So yeah if a drone says little to no wind, I’d probably not fly it much overhead height to be on the safe side.
Obviously not everyone knows this though, so they should be more explicit about not flying it high. It’s a shame but doesn’t surprise me. I do recommend power kites, though, if you have any open space xD.
@bobby_zep@sammydog01 Received the exact same thing. Controller won’t sync with the drone. Seems to be a common problem. Now to decide if $6 is worth wasting effort for support (it’s not).
I got the same shitty one. Definitely not worth the $6 when they sold similar ones for much less. Don’t know if it works because I’m not wasting my time opening it.
I’m tired of wasting money on these little shitty drones. For the amount I’ve spent here, I could have got a really shitty one from wish.com, at least it would have been really big and had a more epic crash
Dunno how to add a pic but I got a pretty big propel drone today. Its th “HD video drone” intermediate to advanced skill level so you know Its good! It’s like Sex Panther in a box!
My shipment has been stuck in the same place for 8 days now. Sent a complaint but they say it will take 7 to 9 days to reply.
Is there anyway to track Pitney-Bowes shipments?? It says it’s been in LA since the 23rd and it hasn’t moved.
Post office just says “waiting for” the item.
I want my drones!!!
@timg mine are stuck in the same place. On the meh tracking it says the got to my post office but then went back to LA 2 hours later, I love 6ish hours away. USPS tracking doesn’t have them leaving and going back.
@malovett this was well before the protests, so they have no excuse for not moving them to their final destinations. Just annoys me that I can’t contact the shipping company about it and my complaint to Meh will take 7 to 9 days to be addressed.
@timg you can go to the pitney bowes site and put in the same tracking number, but it seems like there are a bunch of spurious location hits that don’t make sense. The packages can’t really be going back and forth between states and cities quite as much as is shown: either scans aren’t being registered as the correct times/days, or they aren’t being registered as the correct cities. Some of these seem to be filtered out in what you see when you look at the tracking here on meh.com.
Got a crappy red proton. That said, I actually had six dollars worth of fun with it until I broke all the blades. Isn’t meant to go to war with a ceiling fan.
Well, I don’t have mine yet, but through the pasta drop website I learned you can check the weight of the package. Mine is 9oz.
So I’m guessing another ‘random’ micro drone about the sames as the 4 for $10.
Is I.R.D. a thing? The Instant Regret Drone?
Now the tricky part, click on the ‘pin’ view tracking page link. Near the bottom of that page is the weight. It seems that it takes a while for that info to be updated, but the drones should have it by now.
Good luck! I hope yours is more random than mine appears to be.
@D_a_v_e@RiotDemon I charged it up, turned it on, and hit the button on the remote. It lifts about 2 feet off the stand, goes dark, and crashes to the ground. Then the lights come back on. I take solace in the knowledge that I saved someone else from extreme disappointment.
@sammydog01 I got that one too, though tbh I was happy to get something OTHER than a micro drone, as I have many of those already. The diversity was nice.
Propel Proton micro drone is much better than the Rocket RC drone. Look same but this one’s got much better remote and air pressure lock which makes it much easier to handle.
Is the difference between the Proton and the Atom microdrone only the remote? I got 2 of the Atom drone the first go and the Proton drone this time around. (I also have a few of those other brand microdrones sold a few years ago that look similar.)
finally got my drone delivered. it’s a silver proton. works ok so far. haven’t broken anything in 4 attempts. probably not really worth the wait. I’ll give it a Meh…
Specs
What’s in the Box?
Price Comparison
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Warranty
90 days
Estimated Delivery
Monday, July 13th - Thursday, July 16th
Okay I like this order number
/giphy tolerant-honorable-fairy
Hahaha! I’ve seen this trick before!
@mehcuda67 I was thinking the same thing. I have enough nanodrones, and that’s exactly what we’ll get with this.
/giphy gullible-knockout-lunch
More mini drones?
@braveit1 micro drone!
Pro: it is random
pro: it is $6
Con: it is random
cool
/giphy muddy-aquamarine-beginner
Yay, non-random drones!
ordered. any previous exp of similar sales
ridiculous-nostalgic-hedgehog ! :
@cfg83 That’s a brave unicorn. Or maybe just thick skinned.
@blaineg @cfg83 Might need a second opinion from @PooltoyWolf on this one.
@blaineg @cfg83 @mehcuda67 He’s not inflated tightly enough to raise issues
@cfg83 @mehcuda67 @PooltoyWolf I yield to the expert.
@blaineg @mehcuda67 @PooltoyWolf If there’s one thing Unicorns and Hedgehogs do, they NEVER LEARN.
@blaineg @cfg83 @mehcuda67 I’m sure they’ll be fine
/giphy loveable-overwrought-prawn
/giphy cordially-flirty-shake
Alright I’ll bite.
@RogerWilco best ever!
I quickly impulse bought this because I thought it would go quick. I’m regretting my purchase now. Whatever. I don’t need food.
@willdavi cant you cancel
@willdavi order off the dollar menu!
@sdb4u99 that’s no fun. I’m still attached. Lol
@willdavi
@willdavi The only reason why you regret it is because it wasn’t as rare as you thought it was. Now that’s some epic shopping psychology right there. If there were less to purchase you wouldn’t have regret. haha.
@willdavi I did the same. Also not canceling for the same reason.
I’ve considered going for their cheap drones for fun before, so I guess this makes it more fun than knowing
@LaserEyes @willdavi No matter what drone you get, it’ll still be fun! But yeah, expect it to be one of those tiny nano drones. They’re still fun! Just don’t expect to get a big fancy one.
@willdavi SUCKER! Me too, I’m a sucker.
$6 random drone let’s go
@yugrudfooz I have no use for a drone and not time to fly it - $6 or not. I just bought one…
Now when you say random…
@MrMark It has a random chance of working. Or not.
/giphy naive-square-playground
You got me once. Not again meh.
@Stumpy91 what happened the first time?
@hoosier @Stumpy91 It said “random” but 95% or more got 2 basic common nano drones for $12 (so, effectively $6 each, just like the current deal), including myself. Just a few got anything nicer, like a single bigger done, which is what people were hoping for. So we were disappointed.
@Bandrik @hoosier what he ^^ said.
I’m such a sucker
/giphy rickety-edgy-fairy
Let’s see how this goes first purchase from meh…
@frankthehobo Expect to get a nano drone. They’re still quite fun and I highly recommend them! Just don’t expect anything nicer for $6+shipping. ^^
Ditto. Total sucker.
/buy
@accumulator It worked! Your order number is: shy-urgent-malt
/image shy urgent malt
The “outline” seems to be the same as the “Propel Cloud rider 2.0” on amazon
@gozags9 im expecting the 10$ ones kohls sells on black Friday lol. Either way its a 5 min dog toy if so .
This is an IRK with one item in it, with a specific category? I’ll bite. Fingers crossed for one of the nice ones! Though most likely it’s one of the little dinky ones I’ve already bought too many of…
I now have a 2 pack to rocket micro drones, a 2 pack of “compact camera drones” and now this one. My air force is covered- bring on the ac boats and tanks for my marines and army…
@gozags9 now you need to get bottle rockets and roman candles…
@gozags9 duct tape a few more of these together, and you might just be able to build a hoverboard!
Let’s see if I end up with a random drone… I expect it will be a specific one though.
/giphy relished-adorable-unicorn
@D_a_v_e nice uni, dude!
Not a lot of happy campers last time.
https://meh.com/forum/topics/random-propel-drone
@cinoclav We were unhappy mostly because it was $12 and we were hoping for a single drone that was a bit bigger and nicer than the usual tiny ones.
@Bandrik @cinoclav
Speak for yourselves. I skipped that deal and was perfectly happy.
@Bandrik @cinoclav @RedOak WELL I DIDN’T SKIP IT AND I WAS PISSED AND I STILL BOUGHT THIS ONE SO FUCK ME AND FUCK YOU AND FUCK PEOPLE WHO DON’T RECYCLE
@Bandrik @cinoclav @dvermilion
chill dude
@Bandrik @cinoclav @RedOak
I don’t have any drones other than one that’s app controlled from an app that doesn’t exist anymore. So yeah…
/buy
@MrMikenIkes It worked! Your order number is: upset-frightful-society
/image upset frightful society
Fool me once, shame on you.
Fool me twice,
/giphy vivacious-nuclear-cheddar
shame on me.
@mehcuda67 the story of Mehtizens, especially VMPrs.
I’m actually okay if it is one that uses the same battery as the others I’ve got here before.
@CraigDanger hello, fellow scavenger (ˇ෴ˇ)
Yeah, got two micro-drones, did not like them nearly as much as the Syma X20 or similar with the auto-altitude maintenance. Gave them away.
I might have given it a shot, but since it would be my first drone and I would immediately crash it into a wall and break a prop, I want the certainty of getting one with prop guards.
@ThunderChicken If you are going to break your first one though, it is better to lose $6 than to pay for a more expensive one to guarantee prop guards and wreck it another way right out of the box.
/giphy jaunty-abject-shandy
/buy
@EmptiMind It worked! Your order number is: temperate-spectacular-invention
/image temperate spectacular invention
/buy
@CrazyJeff It worked! Your order number is: mainstream-bossy-berry
/image mainstream bossy berry
Here’s hoping for something with enough lift, it can carry a tune.
/image generic-tan-cart
/giphy unforgiving-noticeable-judge
/giphy highfalutin-official-tulip
You may feel no wind at ground level, but even a slight rustling of trees further up is indication not to go higher. If you’ve ever flown a power kite, you can do it with no wind at ground if you can get it high enough in the initial run/run and launch.
So yeah if a drone says little to no wind, I’d probably not fly it much overhead height to be on the safe side.
Obviously not everyone knows this though, so they should be more explicit about not flying it high. It’s a shame but doesn’t surprise me. I do recommend power kites, though, if you have any open space xD.
How long is the induction ceremony for the Pitney Bowes network? Would like to see what random drone shows up sometime this summer
@MrMikenIkes it’s a 3 day induction ceremony
@MrMikenIkes I hope there was no hazing during the ceremony.
@RiotDemon I’ll let you know when the box arrives. If it’s all beaten and torn then we know it was hazed.
I got mine!
@bobby_zep What did you get?
@sammydog01 Whoops sorry - I thought the picture uploaded.
@bobby_zep Shiny!
@bobby_zep @sammydog01 Received the exact same thing. Controller won’t sync with the drone. Seems to be a common problem. Now to decide if $6 is worth wasting effort for support (it’s not).
I got the same shitty one. Definitely not worth the $6 when they sold similar ones for much less. Don’t know if it works because I’m not wasting my time opening it.
That’s pretty much what I’m expecting most people to get. Still a bargain at 6 bucks
@MrMikenIkes I’m curious what makes this one a bargain at $6 when these were $2.50 each?
@D_a_v_e oh damn drones are way cheaper than I thought. I expected these to run like $15-20
Two micro drones… one red one silver… very random
I’m tired of wasting money on these little shitty drones. For the amount I’ve spent here, I could have got a really shitty one from wish.com, at least it would have been really big and had a more epic crash
Dunno how to add a pic but I got a pretty big propel drone today. Its th “HD video drone” intermediate to advanced skill level so you know Its good! It’s like Sex Panther in a box!
@loundon Is it this one? Because if it is I’m jealous.
@sammydog01 yezzir!! Thats the one. Er…2 . Havent put batteries in yet but looks good.
I’m jealous. I officially randomly got 3 out of 3 of the shitty little drones that can’t hold zero.
@gallogj So you ordered 3 random drones? Were they all the altitude ones, or something different? Were they at least random colors?
@D_a_v_e All three were the micro drones. Two black and one red.
Add me to the list of rip off tiny drones.
Got two of these. Not unhappy.
Got mine, proton micro drone.
Got 3 Propel HS-1944 drones! Amazon has them at $70 each, so I’m happy.
@yerti
/giphy nice
Got a red micro drone. Charging now. It’ll be a fun little toy
My shipment has been stuck in the same place for 8 days now. Sent a complaint but they say it will take 7 to 9 days to reply.
Is there anyway to track Pitney-Bowes shipments?? It says it’s been in LA since the 23rd and it hasn’t moved.
Post office just says “waiting for” the item.
I want my drones!!!
@timg mine are stuck in the same place. On the meh tracking it says the got to my post office but then went back to LA 2 hours later, I love 6ish hours away. USPS tracking doesn’t have them leaving and going back.
@malovett this was well before the protests, so they have no excuse for not moving them to their final destinations. Just annoys me that I can’t contact the shipping company about it and my complaint to Meh will take 7 to 9 days to be addressed.
@malovett @timg I’m experiencing same thing you all are. Meh.
@malovett @timg the shipping slowdown started after the Covid pandemic. More people than ever are shopping from home.
Yeah, it sucks. Meh can’t make the packages travel faster. That’s Pitney Bowes.
@timg you can go to the pitney bowes site and put in the same tracking number, but it seems like there are a bunch of spurious location hits that don’t make sense. The packages can’t really be going back and forth between states and cities quite as much as is shown: either scans aren’t being registered as the correct times/days, or they aren’t being registered as the correct cities. Some of these seem to be filtered out in what you see when you look at the tracking here on meh.com.
@kevinrs tried pitney bowes tracking. it says the package is in LA and has been since the 23rd. no indication if it will ever move.
Got a crappy red proton. That said, I actually had six dollars worth of fun with it until I broke all the blades. Isn’t meant to go to war with a ceiling fan.
Can’t wait to get my micro drone after 2 weeks wait. meh
Well, I don’t have mine yet, but through the pasta drop website I learned you can check the weight of the package. Mine is 9oz.
So I’m guessing another ‘random’ micro drone about the sames as the 4 for $10.
Is I.R.D. a thing? The Instant Regret Drone?
@D_a_v_e how do you check the weight?
@SippinSantiagos
Go to:
https://pitneybowes.shipment.co/track
enter your tracking number.
Now the tricky part, click on the ‘pin’ view tracking page link. Near the bottom of that page is the weight. It seems that it takes a while for that info to be updated, but the drones should have it by now.
Good luck! I hope yours is more random than mine appears to be.
@D_a_v_e Thanks.
I got this which is even crappier than the little micro drones.
And 10 pounds of spaghettini from a friend. I guess my luck has run out. I should make some air fried donuts to drown my sorrows.
@sammydog01
Eek.
Now I have to hope for a micro drone.
/giphy well that sucks
On the plus side, you have made a lot of people that received micro drones happy (for themselves, not you, sorry)
@sammydog01 your dog might like it.
@sammydog01 Or you could just invite the meh community for a spaghetti dinner. People will turn up with different gifts they accumulated on meh.
@RiotDemon It lights up. I like things that light up. I’ll charge it up and see.
@tejas_vern I LOVE THIS IDEA! But I have all the bluetooth speakers I have storage space for.
@D_a_v_e @RiotDemon I charged it up, turned it on, and hit the button on the remote. It lifts about 2 feet off the stand, goes dark, and crashes to the ground. Then the lights come back on. I take solace in the knowledge that I saved someone else from extreme disappointment.
@sammydog01 I got that one too, though tbh I was happy to get something OTHER than a micro drone, as I have many of those already. The diversity was nice.
@Bandrik It would be cool if it worked. I may take it apart and see what’s inside.
I got this one. Great.
Propel Proton micro drone is much better than the Rocket RC drone. Look same but this one’s got much better remote and air pressure lock which makes it much easier to handle.
Add me to the list that also got a micro drone.
Figured things would be a little better this time around after the last time, but so far, still sounds like at least 90% of people got the same thing.
Meanwhile, @yerti went 3 for 3 on video drones. Happy for them, but how tf is this considered random?
10oz and won’t be delivered until after Saturday. Already have plenty of microdrones Waiting to see how lucky I’m not…
Add me to the “got a Proton” crowd. Open box… we’ll see if it works after the rain passes
Working from home, but delivered to work. Had to a coworker open it to confirm…
hold on for the shock…
you’ll never believe this…
… a micro drone!
I mean, what are the odds?
/giphy shocking
Is the difference between the Proton and the Atom microdrone only the remote? I got 2 of the Atom drone the first go and the Proton drone this time around. (I also have a few of those other brand microdrones sold a few years ago that look similar.)
finally got my drone delivered. it’s a silver proton. works ok so far. haven’t broken anything in 4 attempts. probably not really worth the wait. I’ll give it a Meh…
Ordered 2, received 2 HD Video Drones!