@ybmuG lol. I saw them talking about that clip. There was actually some wild cat roaming the area and while they were taking a break a little cat showed up so they filmed it as a joke.
Thank god y’all be maxing us out at 4 I legit woulda dropped $51 on a bucket of these, had a bucket of 50 TrackR Pixels with one activated and attached to the bottom of the bucket just in case I forgot where I put it.
@ybmuG I ORDERED THESE AND THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE HERE AND THEY AREN’T AND I HAVE A SPECIAL PLACE WAITING FOR THEM ON TOP OF THE ONES I ORDERED LAST TIME THAT ARE UNOPENED AND I PAID FOUR WHOLE DOLLARS FOR THEM WHERE THE FUCK ARE THEY I DEMAND SATISFACTION!!!
@heartny@UNRNic I hate to mention this, but I will. If living dangerously is just buying 3 of these trackers, then you’re living on EZ Street, my meh brother. Now, buying 4, that might call for an FBI Special Op Investigation!!
@ybmuG You’re probably right, but it’s ma’am or sir… No way in this day and age will I approach a little boy if I am without pants. That might have been how they did it in the 80’s, but now that’s how you get documentaries made about you.
Not sure why you all are so eager for these to arrive.
Admit it. They’re headed for the hoard closet/drawer/box in corner of basement, garage, or attic.
BTW, in the big picture, this slower shipping is simply an echo of the shipping speed in the early days. The more recent last couple years of speedier shipping might have spoiled us.
P.S.: if you’re not joking when claiming “scam”, also relax, it isn’t that. You’ll get them eventually or be made whole. Meh might be funky, but it isn’t a scam.
LOL, I got an email announcing that my TrackRs shipped…2 hours after they were delivered. Impressive, Meh, breaching the space-time continuum to deliver VMP orders!
Mine (entire order of 4) arrived yesterday , complete with chain/curse letter. Had to explain to SHMBO that I had actually forgotten I ordered these and didn’t have any idea what I was going to do with them but hey…$1 each so there’s that.
@eeterrific Yes, but she already has a dog tracking device, a micro chip, in your buttocks. Why there? ¹While asleep you wouldn’t turn over & ²She wants to track your ass, literally! Anyway, That’s What She Said!!
These are far too unreliable to use the “something went out of range feature”. I tried enabling it both ways with my keys, a water bottle, and a couple other things that I frequently take with me.
One started giving me false alarms within an hour. I was sitting with the water bottle on the wooden table in front of me and the TrackR on top of the water bottle started squealing that I had left it behind. It was within arms reach and my phone was in my shirt pocket. So it was less than a meter away with a clear line of sight to my pocket. (No I don’t wear a tinfoil shirt.)
I restarted the app, and it kept happening, not immediately, but within an hour or two.
[Just imagine a wall of text here listing anecdotes covering all possible failure modes and a whole bunch of failed fixes.]
There is one use left. I can tag my tools with them, and then use the app to locate each of them 70% of the time.
Since I tend to leave tools in groups, I will often have more than one chance to find any particular pile of tools. For the cordless tools I will usually have two trackers on each while in use, since I am also tagging the batteries.
Going on a week being in “processing”. You guys must be very careful and deliberate with your processing. Or maybe you’re walking the package to the post office. A post office in another city, possibly another state. You didn’t lose my order, did you? Because that would be ironic, right?
@wprusinski did they change the dates after the fact? I will be honest I didn’t check when I bought them… but they usually are pretty honest about how slow it will be, if they did change the dates then they better be throwing us some free Irk stickers in there or something
Oh, it was Estimated Delivery Tuesday, September 3rd - Monday, September 9th all right. Just check your order confirmation email.
I would be tempted to be frosted over the sneaky ninja edit, but gosh darn it, they have been blazingly fast on my orders of late. I can’t stay mad at meh anyway.
I could just go to the store and buy some fresh ones, but I lost my keys.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
TrackRs are on the way. For some reason the packaging is preventing them from being tracked but they should be arriving any moment now. Thanks for being patient.
@therealjrn it’s the regular mail that we have been getting lately. Someone at meh got their package this weekend and they said it did not show up in the USPS daily email.
@jaybird I’ve only opened three from my last order and one of the first two was dead. The Third started with a low battery warning. I’d buy more than one if you want to make sure you have a functional tracker because they are really hard to replace the battery.
@jaybird@uscpsycho@Dave Maybe Mediocre will wise up and start selling cheap bundles of FRESH batteries (such as CR2016 s) as replacements for all these products that have stale batteries, and get dissed in the forum for the product sale. Win-win for them, wouldn’t it be? I went on eBay for replacements for those fidget spinners; would have been lazy and ordered here if I could’ve. They could link from the product description, much like they do for the tees.
I assume that eventually (if not sooner), people will want to replace their replaceable batteries and keep their stuff alive.
@dave@jaybird@phendrick The problem here is the trackers are nearly impossible to open, so replacing batteries is difficult even if you have them. I searched online and found a trick to open them using duct tape. Nothing else worked. For aot of people these are going to end up being disposable once the battery is dead.
@dave@jaybird@magic_cave@phendrick@uscpsycho I was lucky in that my first battery that went bad was in a TrackR that I had already mounted on something with the supplied double sided tape.
If the back of the TrackR is firmly mounted on something easy to grasp, it is easy to open. I imagine the duct tape trick is simply applying duct tape to the back of the TrackR so you can easily push down and turn.
@dave@jaybird@magic_cave@phendrick@unksol It is nearly impossible without tape. And I’m not convinced the method in this video will work, that may be an older/newer design than what Meh is selling.
If you search Google you’ll find that this is a major pain point. The method I learned that worked involved using strips of duct tape that are bigger than the device and then pulling the strips in opposite directions.
You’ll see for yourself when you get it. Hopefully you won’t need to replace the batteries right away.
@dave@jaybird@magic_cave@phendrick@uscpsycho I have zero interest in buying this product and zero use for it. It might be mildly interesting to find the cats but they are indoor only and not allowed out. So don’t wear collars. I know most of their spots.
It’s push, rotate pull… not complicated. I know where I put my keys. They don’t wander on their own.
If it had decent range it might work for an outside pet. But Bluetooth doesn’t
@dave@jaybird@magic_cave@phendrick Sorry, no idea what that link is. It was burried on a message board somewhere that people were trying to figure out how to open it. Possibly TrackR website or some other random website. I was just scouring the web for help getting it open when I found the tip, tried it and it worked.
@ShotgunX The rhyming stuff sucks, both compulsion and end result. The impulse purchasing I’m down with. I haven’t dropped in here in a few weeks, and I’m about to be the proud owner of 4 of these things.
Uh; could you tell me “possibly” when this will even get shipped??? You got the coins; where’s the goods??? And BTW…you said “n omre orders” and YET you are selling them again today; what’s up with that"""
@ezr61 No, it’s F’in perfect- it would be wrong if his name were Fish, Bass, Coy [Koi], or other fish names.
There is a mink that comes to our koi pond in the winter, and goes fishing through the aerator holes in the ice- so names like mink, heron, weasel, and [king]fisher are perfect names for the author.
@phendrick And just yesterday I received my order of 8 of these from Morningsave at $19 (less VMP discount). Oh well, at least those were in colors (other than black). Can use 4 more, I’m getting forgetful.
Bradford Wallace
June 2, 2019
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worst tracking device i ever bought. i tested continually. the device renewed every 10 to 15 minutes. continually showed 1/2 to 3/4 of a mile from where it actually was. Do NOT recommend this product at all . Total waste of money. Btw the tests were done over 2 weeks and 4 different phones and 3 trackr devices with brand new batteries. Again Total Waste of money
I’ve been wondering what takes so long for my order to be processed & shipped. Are they walking to the post office? Do monkeys pack the boxes? I had one expected delivery date when ordered and now I have another. worried it will never show up.
They’ll show up. Still waiting on mine, as well. I’ve never been burned by meh…Well, technically, the video recording sunglasses were bricks, but they quickly reversed the charge…which is actually a much better ending than had the horrible things really worked in the first place.
Anybody have any idea how these got so popular that evidently a buttload of folks joined just to buy these?
I can’t wait to see the wailing and gnashing of teeth that will surely follow once they find out the batteries have all gone tits up!
Several of the above posts are from new mehmbers placing their first order… (unless some of you ‘old timers’ decided to create extra accounts to score some bonus Trackrs then came here to troll the rest of us!)
Is this some sort of conspiracy??
@chienfou They were $1 each for this sale. Word probably spread fast. Judging from the letter that Meh sent out with them, they meant to attract some new people. TADA, they got them. : )
@therealjrn Just curious if the sale got picked up by some other site or if people heard from friends/social media/FB/Twitter or what… Never noticed such a large turnout of “new” purchasers (though that may be a function of the ‘came to the forum to bitch’ effect.)
@chienfou I think when Meh has good deals they get promoted by that cheapskate guy on his daily deal thing. So there will be an uptick of new buyers/one timers for those deals.
But some of em get it and stay, so it’s probably a worthwhile promotion.
@djslack yeah, probably correct. Just fascinated by the number of new accounts and their engagement in this thread. Hope they stick around and learn the meh way…
/giphy yoda
I’m new to ordering stuff here. Does it typically take this long to get stuff? My order was supposedly shipped on the day it was originally supposed to be delivered by. If things take this long normaly, I guess thats ok if you get the item for a steal and they work properly.
@KristinaN No… long ago that was more the norm, but lately things have been arriving in pretty short order. As you surmised, part of the trade off for the cheap price is the (occasional) long shipping time.
OTOH sometimes by the time you get stuff you forget you ordered it, so it’s like magic… welcome to meh… we hope you stay.
@chienfou@KristinaN And, if things don’t work out the way you want, there is a scapegoat appointed monthly that gladly takes the blame… with a few caveats.
Voila! I think I figured out what to use mine for. I will leave one by the charger I generally use for my phone and then use it to ping the phone when I can’t find it… and then link another to my wife’s phone for the same reason.
I briefly toyed with putting one on the phone but … well… you know…
Oh, and I guess one could go on the car for those trips to the mall…
I kind of want to do an experiment with one of mine. I live in a smallish city. I wonder how many people use the trackr app around here. I might go stick one in a public area to see how often it shows up. Maybe I’ll try several areas to compare them.
It seems like the wide area tracking needs a critical mass of users that may only be present in large cities. It’s worth potentially sacrificing one to know what the chances are of this thing actually working for stolen/lost outside the home items in my area.
I bought 4, only currently using 1, but I’ve already (successfully) used it several times.
I also recently tested out another use for it. For Halloween, I’m going to be sporting a Sloth costume, complete with pirate sword. On the sword, I’m going to put a TrackR device, and change my notification sound when it’s pressed so my phone plays a custom track of sloth saying “Hey you guyyyyyyys!”. I tested it, and it works great.
Also, I got a notification 2 days ago that I helped somebody else find their device while at costco, which is kind of cool.
@lichme Nice! I might try it with my kid’s costume. Basically like a soundboard using strategically placed buttons or maybe tape them to a piece of cardboard in the shape of a remote control and have each label with the desired sound.
@dvermilion@jayman007@mediocrebot hmmm after you download the TrackR app, the Russians got a trace on you. When your videos start showing up on the dark web, you have been forewarned from chicken little. And the sky is actually falling, you just cannot see it. Wait for the next Meh of blue light blocking glasses
@mediocrebot@therealjrn My Order# is Homegrown-Smoggy-Hunchback, and is very aproppriate, or appro-priate since my Boss, I Mean, my dog’s name is Quasimodo & I might stick one tracker on him!! Quasimodo was the Hunchback of Notra Dam!! Please, excuse any mispelt words, I just got up early at 12:30PM & need a drink!!
Wow - now we can track the Dog, tv remote, heck, maybe i will be sneaky and put one on the daughter’s keys so…we can track her. Lets see when it’s dead? Golf ball marker.
4 for $4? Um Meh are you utilizing the Wendys’s special? Even Wendys came up with the Biggie Bag for $5. Bot must have found 10 pallets of this stuff. Sheesh - when Meh is an ipo - that’s a strong buy but will my 4.99 free shipping be included to defray the transaction
Picked up 3 x 8 packs when they were something like $20 a pack back in June. Half black, Half gray. No low or dead batteries in the 24. Came in slick little box with some weird shit. I get the key loops and real 3M perfectly sized adhesive stickers, but wtf am I going to use the “gift envelopes” for? Like here, I got you something…a tiny tracking BT device…huh? The app did work fine and they did everything they advertised plu a couple more actually. Also, not sure about these $1 singles, but the 8 pack’s first feature described “Replaceable battery - Free replaceable battery replenishment program . Competitors require you to buy a new device every year.” I get the message, and who they are targeting…Meh. Still cool I dont have to buy any more CR2016 batteries. So that is all good and fine…until you have it alerting constantly. Think I am gonna give these away at Xmas. Once you sync them with the app and start to place them on items around the house or , and then proceed to live, be prepared for the constant notifications you are in and out of range. Everyone loves constant notifications letting you know you are 33ft or more from a device with a Trackr tag…Removed them all and placed back in nice packaging to decide what I want to do with these annoying, but effective things.
@beachboui i’ve kept away from these sorts of things for years figuring i’d let all the early adopters work out the kinks… hopefully they work ok. although for a buck each i won’t have much room to complain either way.
Very easy to initiate pairing while still inside the package. 3 of 4 started flashing blue right away. One I had to press several times…maybe battery going bad. Guess I could remove battery from all just in case…
@medz your neighbor probably also bought this item. While they were setting it up, and pushing all the buttons to find their tracker, your Bluetooth probably picked it up. It’s like a mesh network.
Of the 4…1 has dead battery…others have “full” battery…when activating the search feature the TrackerR’s volume is laughably low making is worthless unless it is a foot away in which case you would need the thing…so there is $9 I won’t be able to use on my next trip to the 9 Dollar store…my bad
@Ambiverbal@havasuflash I immediately flashed to this bit by George Carlin (skip to 3:08 if you must, but by all means come back and listen to the rest when you are done)
@jonahs You have gone way overboard for a fluke in the system to call them fraudsters! I’m still waiting for mine as well but am not freaking out over it. Is this how you deal with all life’s anomalies?
@benj 1. I’m not freaking out. I’m trying to warn people not to make same mistake I did. 2. They’ve actually met the test for the crime of fraud. But hey, thanks for coming out…
@therealjrn I was waiting for this. In particular, on this thread.
I feel situations like this and the Quip teethbrush are what we really need a mythical scapegoat for. When the process breaks down and several, nay, dozens of people are annoyed at what they think should be a simple process.
Give money. Get stuff immediately. How hard could it be?
Anyway. Yes. This whole product offering gone astray is the scapegoat’s fault.
Thanks for pointing it out, therealjrn!
@JnKL@therealjrn I think that’s who @JnkL wants to take the blame for everything he rejects (and possibly from next week on when he’s supposedly “on a beach” somewhere).
I definitely understand the frustration here. These were delayed, which sucks.
I looked into your order and case and see that your shipment left our facility 8/28, then decided to take its sweet time getting to you.
Last status update:
Out for Delivery
{redacted location}
Sep 18 9:21 PM
We also issued a refund for this when you wrote into customer support on 9/17.
@jonahs@ybmuG It’s easy to distrust a company you’ve had no previous experience with. Especially if a screaming deal starts to take a few weeks to show up.
@jonahs@Thumperchick True, though engaging the brain a bit helps, too. Meh sold a gazillion of these, meaning lots of man hours to ship (likely delays), and with the tracking system problem, lots of questions to field, refunds to process, etc (meaning more man hours). Had everything gone as expected, it would be fine. But given the issues, one has to expect CS is overwhelmed. Not an excuse for a company the size of Amazon, but you have to cut Meh a little slack here. And I just keep going back to - these were $1 items, order totals under $10. There’s only so far that “the principle of the thing” goes.
Purchased Trackr Pixel Bluetooth Tracking device. Said It was shipped out Sept.3…should arrive Sept.9th. Here it is Sept.17th and no device. Any ideas?
I’m only just now getting around to opening up and messing with the TrackR Pixel devices I ordered. (They arrived safely around a week or so ago.) I’m dismayed that nowhere in any of the documentation provided online by Meh, or on the various product packaging, or even inside the instruction booklet, is it mentioned that using the devices -at all- requires creating a user account. Why would I need an online user account, with an email address and password, to locate a lost TV remote within my house? I’m now debating if I want to use them at all. This probably sounds petty, but I was not under the impression I’d need to sign up for something just to find something lost at home.
@PooltoyWolf but you’re not just finding something lost at home. You are becoming a sensor in a global swarm of detectors. Whenever your phone catches wind of another Trackr in the wild, it will log its (your) location and its trackr ID to the cloud. The person whose remote went out with the trash has that ID in their collection. They can then see its location in the dumpster out back because you have sensed it. Your tracking of lost/stolen tags is not just done by you, it’s done by everyone who has the app running. And that’s why you need an account.
Nobody says it has to be a real account if you don’t want it to be. Check out mailinator if it requires an email to sign up/get verified. (I still haven’t opened mine yet.)
@djslack Point being this requirement for account creation to do literally anything with the product was not known about at all until I installed the app on my phone. I probably would not have bought these had I known in advance I needed to make an account to use them. (Seems like the manufacturer probably should have detailed this on the packaging and specifications.) The crowd finding feature is neat, but reviews say these devices tend not to work very well and if I decide not to continue using them, I’d rather not have an account hanging around. Plus, it still kind of blows my mind that I cannot use the basic functionality of the product without signing into something. Alas.
Ok, now that we got these things because they were only a buck each. What the heck is anyone actually using them for? I really don’t lose that much stuff.
Thinking of trying to put them on any tools I loan to people.
@raccoon81 I dunno. I put one on my keys but since I quit drinking I don’t lose them so much. I’d put one on my cat, but he’s a 17 year-old indoor dude, so he doesn’t get lost too often. Usually he’s in my bed, right there where I want to be or on my laptop keyboard. I think he might have a porn addiction.
Maybe I’ll give a couple as stocking stuffers to my daughter this Christmas.
@Ignorant Exactly where I figured most of these are sitting including mine. Was really hoping I would have an epiphany once they were delivered of an amazing use for them!
@Ignorant@raccoon81@therealjrn@ybmuG
I haven’t even un-packaged mine to see if the batteries are any good. I am thinking I might put one on the baker’s rack by the front door to ping my phone when I can’t find it (which rarely happens). Have a key hook right next to the front door (and baker’s rack) so rarely misplace my keys any more.
I may stick one in a couple of spots “out in the wild” to test the ‘group find’ function. (Maybe put one under a table top in a Panerra’s, stick one under a shelf in a store etc. or stick one to a random car in a parking lot?)
But first… I need to find them on my desk (at least I think that’s where they are…)
Prosecutor: “…and just how did you happen to be tracking the suspect’s car on the day of the murder Mr. Wild? That is rather convenient do you not think?”
@jayman007@sammydog01 No, they actually only sold me one via the command, which seems like a bug in that it should have errored out, or purchased 4. I only saw the limit after trying to make the purchase.
@phendrick@sammydog01 Pretty sure no one wants to go by ‘it’.
Though, I read a funny old one called ‘thom’ but I don’t think it caught on as much as expected.
@uscpsycho
It looks like Mediocre bought the company’s likeness and inventory.
The old company has since rebranded into “Adero” and changed their focus a bit.
I was just talking about getting something like this for my daughter because she keeps misplacing her camera bag. Is Meh listening to my conversations? It seems to be what all the cool kids are doing these days.
@werekong If the phone is nearby and the app hasn’t crashed or locked up, pressing the button on any TrackR that is working and still talking to your phone will make your phone make noise.
Your odds will be substantially improved if you buy 4 TrackRs, 4 good batteries, restart your phone daily, and restart the app several times each day.
Not even halfway thru the deal day and approaching 10 thousand. Even if a lot of the orders are for 3 or 4, those shipping room folks are going to be working hard.
Apparently only Wyoming and Hawaii have the good sense to just say no.
…Whilst Washington, Oregon, Kansas, and Maine are bonkers.
Just peeked at the “live” map again and oddly, Maine backed off full bonkers. Could it be one of the 27 people who live there got buyers remorse within 60 minutes of ordering?
Unless these have improved over the years, hard pass. I backed the original on KS back in 2013 and sold all 10 on eBay shortly after receiving. I’d like to think they’ve gotten better and more useful over the years, but apparently not if the reviews are any indication.
I’m in for a few, (milky-disgusting-wind) I always get unique words that Make great GIPHY’s but I have a hell of a time making them with my iPhone in landscape mode and all. I’m going to give these to all my conspiracy theory /paranoid friends So I can enjoy a good laugh and see what they do with them
If I signed up for the $4.99 / month shipping rate and I cancel it before getting charged for a second month, and this doesn’t ship within that first month, will I also be charged the $5 flat rate for shipping?
still have not received said delivery by sep 3 it is now sep 7 and the mail has came and gone , they where a good deal at one dollar a peace but if you don’t get them they are a rip off
Order placed and payment promptly processed and cleared same day (8/26). Still no product yet meh order stated it would be delivered no later than 9/9 (today). Mail has been delivered yet no pkg. Meh, probably won’t order anything from them again 🥴
Order placed and payment promptly processed and cleared same day (8/26). Still no product yet meh order stated it would be delivered no later than 9/9 (today). Mail has been delivered yet no pkg. Meh, probably won’t order anything from them again 🥴
Yeah, I can understand that. Those of us long-term hard-core Meh fans can forget what it looks like to a newcomer. But there is a trade-off between the low-priced deals and service.
I have no idea what the fuck they were doing when they offered these for $1 each. The day before, the website was acting up so perhaps they changed things around to conduct a stress test.
You should probably just leave this place and try to forget it ever happened.
@ruouttaurmind @ therealjrn Seems like this was a super popular item with new mehmbers. At least 3 of the above posts are from folks that joined on the 26th of Aug… just in time to order these, have the shipping take a looooong time, then come here to bitch about it…
edit… just checked the one directly below this post and it is also a new mehmber.
@akanas81 Yep, probably a scam that’s been years in the making. Mediocre Corp is just a sham company that invested who knows how much money on warehousing, employees and infrastructure to finally create this fake sale to bilk hundreds out of a $1 item. Glad I got in before they folded their tent and left town. Maybe call Interpol too, because clearly, the Chinese are in on it.
/giphy eyeroll
i did the need help with this , emailed, said it would be delivered Monday sept 9. it did not come. i emailed back and said it did not come. i got no response. i will wait it out today see if i do . if there is no response. It is a scam and i will contact my credit card company for fraud
@dmksaved We’re replying to folks within 1 business day right now, no one is ignoring your messages. I did spot your cases and you’ll have a new reply shortly.
The TLDR is: we shipped them. Tracking is broken. We’re seeing folks talk about them arriving and expect you’ll have your trackers shortly.
This was a shitty experience.
Mine arrived yesterday, on the last day of the arrival window.
But… I can’t complain because the price was really low.
Will I ever buy on meh.com again? Yeah, but only when the deal is so amazing that I won’t mind waiting for the product.
@Taytus@therealjrn well, THAT was uncalled for! Look, you waited a couple weeks for some $1 items where there were admittedly some shipping issues and you come here swinging? You will find this an irreverent, even sometimes crude community, but we won’t stand for that. Hope you enjoy your TrackRs. Maybe they could help you find your decency.
@Taytus@therealjrn Tay, did you just assume JRN’s gender?
As for the awesome experience you had with your first order, just think, it can only get better!
Mine shipped today. Originally projected to arrive between the 3rd and 9th, today is the 12th, it’s still in TX, I’m still in PA. USPS says that’s not one of their tracking numbers. Not feeling very good about this so far, but for 9$ I’ll wait some more.
@JnKL If I do, think it’ll show up between the 3rd and 9th? I’m not calling for a riot or boycott, I’m just saying that this is very disappointing, and the official story about “it shipped, but tracking troubles” doesn’t hold any water. If it shipped on the 6th like Meh is claiming, it would have left Texas in the meantime. Instead, I have a feeling the tracking will suddenly start working in the next 24-48hr, because they only just shipped my order. It’s important to be honest when you screw up, saying “wow, demand was way higher than expected, orders are taking longer to ship than usual!” is completely acceptable. Saying “Our packaging intercepts the beta-ion radiation that our tracking satellites use to track your shipment plus the moon is in retrograde” is not.
“Our packaging intercepts the beta-ion radiation that our tracking satellites use to track your shipment plus the moon is in retrograde” is not.
that’s actually pretty funny, and the kind of response you would normally expect from the folks at meh…
If you don’t get too pissed and vanish you will fit in nicely here!
@Forge64 there is definitely something up with the tracking. They ship from Texas. When I got the shipping notification, the item was already in Florida, an hour away.
The label is different from any of the items I’ve received before.
@Thumperchick What’s the current record for slowest Meh order arrival? I saw something about three months in another thread. So far my package has moved 0 feet in 19 days, so I think I might have a shot at the title. Also, who the fuck is IMB? Google thinks it’s the International Maritime Board, but I don’t think they handle packages at this scale. If it really is the Maritime Board, you might want to reconsider, as there are precious few viable waterways between Dallas, Texas and Pennsylvania. Trying to find a container ship in Dallas could explain the delay.
My first & last order! Tried to cancel first day. Found out daughter had ordered other kind fir me. Says email overload message. Next mess says already sent… check site over two weeks later shows processing. Well 18 days later new email give tracking& now shows sent. If by grace of god it shows sending back unopen. Know they’ll get it quicker
@sammydog01 guess what tried right away… minutes couldnt get through. Btw laugh at snide… dont care what others think just tell people about sites service after the fact. Its not truthful. Other sites have quality customer service.
@Oldwoman56 I hope you didn’t take my response as snide- I was just trying to help. By the way you can identify an employee by the little flask next to their name. Most of the snide responses you see here are from random people and not customer service.
Why bother with a tracking number if it has no meaning. It looks entirely made up. Cat on keyboard? I think so. At least get creative with it. Please change my tracking number to OU812-5150-EIEIO! (sorry Eddie)
@Thumperchick - Wow, you actually read this? That is different. The point on the tracking numbers is that everyone is familiar with tracking via the big three and can, with reasonable accuracy, estimate when the package will be delivered. Your tracking does not provide that. While it is interesting to know where the package is, that alone is not particularly helpful.
got them today. 3 out of 4 are dead. Swapping batteries around 2 completely dead and 1 has a bad battery right out of the box. Well named company, Meh!
Activity Processing Location Date Time (local)
In Transit Jacksonville, Fl Sep 9 11:35 AM
Shipped from Jacksonville not Texas? 6 hours away in the same state as I am. I-10 is a direct connection from Jacksonville to Pensacola. Yet here it is 4 days later and nothing? Even the USPS can get it from there to here overnight.
Meh, word of advice: Shit can this carrier ASAP!
/giphy snail-mail
@Mehrocco_Mole mine showed they originated in a different part of Florida. That’s usually the hub my packages go to before they go local. I think the tracking didn’t start until it got to those hubs for some reason.
@Ambiverbal you waited 3 weeks to get them… another week or so and you could have had 5 new batteries from Amazon for $2.85…
other options even quicker if you are a prime member.
@chienfou I leave the country in 5 days for a multi-week vacation. TrackR Pixels are part of my equipment management strategy. Thanks for the info, though.
Well, my only other MEH order was the…Quip toothbrush. Only took 3 months to get that and the swell tee shirt. Thought I’d try again with these tracker things and am still waiting for delivery. Y’know meh, it’s ok to be irreverent, snarky, and cute. But using those characteristics to cover up just lame service and bad processes is a waste of customer’s time/patience. I think two tries to get it right is plenty. Asta La Vista, baby.
Well, my only other MEH order was the…Quip toothbrush.
that’s odd. Your profile shows 3 orders.
At any rate, please stick around and let us know when you buy something so we can know when to expect it to take a long time…
@chienfou the third ‘order’ was not an order. it was the bonus tee shirt that meh sent for being patient with the toothbrush debacle. Finally received my order and now two of the tracker things are DOA. What can meh do about that?
y’know, I was a Wooter way back when Woot was a one-deal/one-day site and i loved it. bought a bunch of crap from them but meh seems a shadow of that site. There has to be something that is between the cold, soulless, hyper-efficiency of Amazon et al and a site that has fun but struggles to get the job done. Oh well, not really a big deal in the scheme of things.
@aperper FWIW if you have a DollarTree Store in your area they are a pretty good source of button batteries, cheap. Check the meh forum for opening instructions as they can be a bit tricky apparently. As for mine, I still haven’t even opened them to check them out…
Certainly living up to their name. Should’ve known better than dealing these people. Tracking is useless, no sign of the product, customer service is nonexistent :man_shrugging
If you never had them, just tell us. Tracking from 4 days ago was less than 100 miles from my house. Pony Express? This is utter- nut filled bull shit!
Purchased four, one has a dead battery, the other 3 show the red “low battery” icon in the app. Contacted support. Awaiting response, but apparently it’s going to be a minute, as I just received a bot message stating “Whoa, we’ve had an avalanche of orders and emails recently, but we’re working through them as quickly as possible.”
I purchased four of the Tracker things, what a bunch of crap! They don’t work period. Waste of money and time. I would say MEH is more than meh, you sell crap!
@Rachel53 the batteries are probably dead. Seems to be a fairly common issue with this batch. Which is why they were sold at $1. There are plenty of comments in this thread that discuss how to change and where to buy the batteries reasonably.
All of mine worked, and the sound was loud enough. The only thing I don’t look forward to is trying to change the battery. Couldn’t twist the back off.
I ordered 3. I’ve put one on my keys and installed the app. Connecting to the tracker tag was simple. I haven’t used it to locate on a map, since my keys were in my lap. But the tracking app did make the tag light up and beep.
Though right now, I am trying again and it says “not connected” with no intuitive way to connect to it that I could find. Then by the time I poked around in the app and then typed that sentence, the display on the app changed and a button to find the keys appeared. Maybe it takes a minute to connect? Clicking the button caused the tracker to beep, audible from another room.
Also, it alerts me that it needs a new battery and to click to order 1 free battery. But I have 3 devices, 2 that I haven’t tried yet. How do I order a battery for each? I’d hate for you to package & ship separately!
Similar results here, 2 of 3 are completely dead. 1 beeps a couple of times when the button is pressed, but never pairs with the app. This is almost as bad as all those LED spinners with dead batteries.
Whatever went wrong with this order, I wish the company would provide a legitimate update. Where is the product? You could have walked it to my address in less time than this shipping period. Makes the USPS look efficient.
@RiotDemon@tvrunner your tracking email should have gone out 9/9. Latest update on that tracking link shows this got to your neck of the woods a few days ago.
September 19th and I’m still waiting. This isn’t a tracking issue at this point… there is obviously something else that is wrong and you aren’t telling us about it…
@prevailious@reighard55 Check the DollarTree for these as well. They are a good source for button batteries at $1 (duhh) per package, generally containing 2-4 batteries.
Don’t forget to check the ‘use by’ date since they have a tendency to mis-rotate their stock…
@reighard55 Check the DollarTree for these as well. They are a good source for button batteries at $1 (duhh) per package, generally containing 2-4 batteries.
Don’t forget to check the ‘use by’ date since they have a tendency to mis-rotate their stock…
Received mine a few days ago and worked great for a few days. Then battery died. Before looking into getting a new battery, I tried to open it using their “two palms” method and I can’t open it. I could not open the second Trackr Pixel either. Is any one else able to open the device?
@ssherman8 I was able to open it with the scotch tape method from the video near the top of the thread. You have to use the thicker clear tape not the thin frosted type that just tears apart. Roll it up so it is at least 3 to 4 layers thick and at least 1/2 the width of the pixel and stick to both sides. Firm not crazy pressure from the thumbs and it twists open fairly easy.
Unfortunately none of the batteries from the other devices I pillaged from worked either. Debating on whether to waste more money buying new batteries.
@ssherman8 Well the good news is that the replacement trackers Meh sent have arrived! The bad news is the batteries in these are just as dead! Maybe I’ll just make a hanging mobile sculpture out of them.
Not worth $9. First tracker took forever to pair and now says offline all the time. Second tracker paired faster but when I search for it then stop searching, it continues to make that noise. The only way to stop the noise is to bang it against the counter. Third tracker paired instantly and appears to work but I don’t trust that it’ll continue working. I have yet to try the fourth tracker.
All four units in my order needed new batteries. Free replacements is nice but not when you have to pay a shipping charge for a replacement of something that should have had a full charge. Buying them myself is cheaper than paying for shipping, but they should have been fresh to begin with.
@Ignorant yep meh says on the tracking for the package the last entry was out for delivery at 3:15am. Never shows delivered. Ironic that they’ve lost the tracking devices, and it was my first ever order from meh…doesn’t bode well
I’ll just summarize. These are crap. Physically poorly made so they fall apart. Instructions completely confusing even telling you the wrong name of the app. It’s not even worth my time to toss them in the trash especially after being charged for them and waiting so long. I should know better about something so inexpensive and maybe it’s an indicator of many of the products here.
Purchased lots of these and they are great to keep track of anything like purse, dog, remotes, keys, and my license and credit card holder. This is where I put my 1st one and it’s all good you can find your phone or visa versa. Now after using a few of these I lose my card holder/dr. license and guess what the battery is dead the 1st time I try to use it so 3 weeks later in the midst of full quarantine I am driving without my license and can’t rent a truck from home depot or show to get help with Entergy bill and lots of other important things. Out of 6 used the only one I found out too late that had a full battery was on my dog who is now an old gentleman of 15yrs. old so not a big chance of him going over the fence and taking off but it is good for finding my phone. SO I SAY CK. ALL THE BATTERIES BEFORE YOU DEPEND ON THEM. Thanks
these require routine testing and maintenance to be useful. testing every couple of weeks etc. its not a set it and forget it solution unfortunately. they are dirt cheap though and have been useful; i have BT tracking on my penknife and have lost it in our warehouse at work and now can find it easily. just dont let the batteries die and test them out every once in a while
@girardkirth I have little doubt that someone can find some for you if you still want them. Might even get a bonus one of two. Or maybe Support knows where there’s a pallet of them that they want gone…
Can’t say no for a dollar, esp when I need to make my $5/mo membership worth it.
/giphy large-dated-crib
@mdszy the exact reason I bought them
@mdszy must have been a veeeeeery slow news day…
@ybmuG lol. I saw them talking about that clip. There was actually some wild cat roaming the area and while they were taking a break a little cat showed up so they filmed it as a joke.
Thank god y’all be maxing us out at 4 I legit woulda dropped $51 on a bucket of these, had a bucket of 50 TrackR Pixels with one activated and attached to the bottom of the bucket just in case I forgot where I put it.
@farfromfunny HAHAHAHA!
I GOT NOTHING YET EITHER!!! WHAT IS THIS INSANITY!!!
Oh, yeah. I didn’t order any. Just wanted to get in on the whining, 'cause it looked like fun.
All good. Carry on!
@ybmuG
/giphy Whine
@RiotDemon Or preferably…
/image wine
@ybmuG I ORDERED THESE AND THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE HERE AND THEY AREN’T AND I HAVE A SPECIAL PLACE WAITING FOR THEM ON TOP OF THE ONES I ORDERED LAST TIME THAT ARE UNOPENED AND I PAID FOUR WHOLE DOLLARS FOR THEM WHERE THE FUCK ARE THEY I DEMAND SATISFACTION!!!
Did you know that @carl669 is the keeper of the count?
@sammydog01 May be risky
/giphy I can’t get no satisfaction
@sammydog01 @ybmuG I take blame, but I don’t really give no satisfaction…
@JnKL @sammydog01 @ybmuG
/youtube devo satisfaction
@sammydog01 So are you blaming yourself for this since you still have the goat on your sig?
I probably don’t even need one of these, so it made perfect sense to buy three.
@heartny you’ll regret not buying 4
@UNRNic I like to live dangerously.
@heartny @UNRNic I hate to mention this, but I will. If living dangerously is just buying 3 of these trackers, then you’re living on EZ Street, my meh brother. Now, buying 4, that might call for an FBI Special Op Investigation!!
So I was occasionally enjoying this thread with the thought of “those poor suckers…” and then I got an email from Meh.
I guess I ordered them too. I blame @jnkl!
@djslack wow, you probably need them more than the rest - you didn’t even remember you had ordered them. Next stop “you seen my pants, sonny?”
@ybmuG You’re probably right, but it’s ma’am or sir… No way in this day and age will I approach a little boy if I am without pants. That might have been how they did it in the 80’s, but now that’s how you get documentaries made about you.
@djslack good point. Not what I was thinking, but…
@djslack I wasted a $5 coupon on these no-shows!
@medz MeToo!!!
I don’t really know what to do with this but I guess I’ll figure it out when mine shows up.
I bought a 8 pack here a few months ago for 20 bucks.
Pro tip: attach one to the TV remote.
@hotbarlo I’ve been waiting for this or the tile to go super cheap just for that purpose.
@lichme You have no idea how many HOURS of my life I got back for just not looking for the remote all the time. It’s glorious.
I have two of these still in the package from the last Mehrathon. But a buck…
@sammydog01 WTF
/giphy neurotic-kooky-witch
Yup for $1 and VMP why not, in for just 1
playful-nutritious-cream
I would buy that for a dollar.
@Dynamik hopefully that is not what she said!!
Ya, like everyone else, I guess I’ll figure out what to do with them after they arrive.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@ruouttaurmind
/image shut up and take my money
@ruouttaurmind @therealjrn Let me know when you figure it out.
@ruouttaurmind @sammydog01 @therealjrn that may make a good follow up topic!
@chienfou With nearly 20,000 sold now, there should be a mess of stories of “how I used my Pixel trackers”.
@ruouttaurmind yep…
I got 4 so I can put two of them together just in case I lose one of them. Hopefully this isn’t an omen:
/giphy mesmerizing unnatural smell
I saw $1 and automatically clicked buy (x4)… You win, Meh.
Not sure why you all are so eager for these to arrive.
Admit it. They’re headed for the hoard closet/drawer/box in corner of basement, garage, or attic.
BTW, in the big picture, this slower shipping is simply an echo of the shipping speed in the early days. The more recent last couple years of speedier shipping might have spoiled us.
P.S.: if you’re not joking when claiming “scam”, also relax, it isn’t that. You’ll get them eventually or be made whole. Meh might be funky, but it isn’t a scam.
@RedOak I will not admit it, because they will be going into xmas stockings. So there
@moonhat
Aha! So you’re simply admitting you’ve personally run out of hoard storage… and are transferring them to the hoard storage of friends and family!
”Oh intercourse the penguin. There, I ran rings around you logically.”
(And I screwed @mediocrebot’s search with that last paragraph.)
LOL, I got an email announcing that my TrackRs shipped…2 hours after they were delivered. Impressive, Meh, breaching the space-time continuum to deliver VMP orders!
Mine (entire order of 4) arrived yesterday , complete with chain/curse letter. Had to explain to SHMBO that I had actually forgotten I ordered these and didn’t have any idea what I was going to do with them but hey…$1 each so there’s that.
If I swallowed one of these things…would my wife be able to track me??
@eeterrific For as long as you hold your stool in.
@eeterrific I have a feeling that the body tissue would block the Bluetooth signal.
@eeterrific @mikeureko @Narwalt Only one way to find out!
@eeterrific @mikeureko @Narwalt @therealjrn
ain’t research grand?
@eeterrific Yes, but she already has a dog tracking device, a micro chip, in your buttocks. Why there? ¹While asleep you wouldn’t turn over & ²She wants to track your ass, literally! Anyway, That’s What She Said!!
These are far too unreliable to use the “something went out of range feature”. I tried enabling it both ways with my keys, a water bottle, and a couple other things that I frequently take with me.
One started giving me false alarms within an hour. I was sitting with the water bottle on the wooden table in front of me and the TrackR on top of the water bottle started squealing that I had left it behind. It was within arms reach and my phone was in my shirt pocket. So it was less than a meter away with a clear line of sight to my pocket. (No I don’t wear a tinfoil shirt.)
I restarted the app, and it kept happening, not immediately, but within an hour or two.
[Just imagine a wall of text here listing anecdotes covering all possible failure modes and a whole bunch of failed fixes.]
There is one use left. I can tag my tools with them, and then use the app to locate each of them 70% of the time.
Since I tend to leave tools in groups, I will often have more than one chance to find any particular pile of tools. For the cordless tools I will usually have two trackers on each while in use, since I am also tagging the batteries.
/buy -q4
@hamjudo It worked! Your order number is: gaping-yippy-muscle
/image gaping yippy muscle
@hamjudo
Haha. I might be borrowing that review method in the future… perhaps for this very product.
Wow! So many hate reviews on Amazon. Way more didnt like than did. Guess I’ll only buy 3 then.
In for the maximum of 4. As usual, for no apparent reason.
/giphy minute-respectable-chin
I feel like the write-up is calling me TF out lol. That bit about the mail… I swear I’ll look through it tomorrow…
I bet these must really suck if they’re only a buck. So I got 4 bucks worth. They can’t all suck can they?
@johnmilford Yes, they can.
Being a poop emoji user just saved me $4.00 today.
@MrMark
I want to have a poop emoji.
Well, not the idiotic emoji iteself, but the “benefits” that go with it.
Got so close two days ago on the eve on my VMP renewal.
Was on the cancel screen…
BTW, it saves you a lot more than this 4 bucks. How about X months times $5?
Going on a week being in “processing”. You guys must be very careful and deliberate with your processing. Or maybe you’re walking the package to the post office. A post office in another city, possibly another state. You didn’t lose my order, did you? Because that would be ironic, right?
@wprusinski mine too, but to be fair they did say…
@thismyusername mine said September 3-9. Maybe they conflated “finally getting around to processing” with “delivered”.
@wprusinski did they change the dates after the fact? I will be honest I didn’t check when I bought them… but they usually are pretty honest about how slow it will be, if they did change the dates then they better be throwing us some free Irk stickers in there or something
@thismyusername @wprusinski
Oh, it was Estimated Delivery Tuesday, September 3rd - Monday, September 9th all right. Just check your order confirmation email.
I would be tempted to be frosted over the sneaky ninja edit, but gosh darn it, they have been blazingly fast on my orders of late. I can’t stay mad at meh anyway.
I could just go to the store and buy some fresh ones, but I lost my keys.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@thismyusername @wprusinski mine also say Sept.3-6. What happened here, they lost the package?
@svlady @thismyusername @wprusinski They moved back the estimated date- it’s at the top of this thread.
@svlady @sammydog01 They are pulling another Quip fast one on us… but it’s too late they already got our dollar, they are 1/2 way to mexico by now…
ATTENTION ATTENTION ATTENTION
CAN I PLEASE HAVE YOUR ATTENTION!
TrackRs are on the way. For some reason the packaging is preventing them from being tracked but they should be arriving any moment now. Thanks for being patient.
/giphy siren
@RiotDemon Do we know who the shipper is. I have nothing showing on USPS, UPS and FedEx.
@RiotDemon sure
SCAM!!
@RiotDemon
@therealjrn it’s the regular mail that we have been getting lately. Someone at meh got their package this weekend and they said it did not show up in the USPS daily email.
@RiotDemon Oh, you meant THIS package…
7 characters…
toaster?
@medz I heard meh bought up all the devices from the VibratR kickstarter.
@medz @therealjrn I’ll guess sausage.
@medz @sammydog01 @therealjrn
Puppies?
@medz @therealjrn @ybmuG Please not pillows. I hate their pillows.
@medz @sammydog01 @therealjrn
iPhones?
@medz @sammydog01 @therealjrn
Tequila!
@sammydog01 @therealjrn @ybmuG
Nipples!
(like for baby bottles)
@medz @sammydog01 @therealjrn Uhhhhhh…sure
@medz @sammydog01 @therealjrn Or falafel. Here’s a nice combo:
Does this come with a free toothbrush, or a commemorative coin?
What about battery life? Are they dead?
@jaybird I’ve only opened three from my last order and one of the first two was dead. The Third started with a low battery warning. I’d buy more than one if you want to make sure you have a functional tracker because they are really hard to replace the battery.
@jaybird @uscpsycho @Dave Maybe Mediocre will wise up and start selling cheap bundles of FRESH batteries (such as CR2016 s) as replacements for all these products that have stale batteries, and get dissed in the forum for the product sale. Win-win for them, wouldn’t it be? I went on eBay for replacements for those fidget spinners; would have been lazy and ordered here if I could’ve. They could link from the product description, much like they do for the tees.
I assume that eventually (if not sooner), people will want to replace their replaceable batteries and keep their stuff alive.
@dave @jaybird @phendrick The problem here is the trackers are nearly impossible to open, so replacing batteries is difficult even if you have them. I searched online and found a trick to open them using duct tape. Nothing else worked. For aot of people these are going to end up being disposable once the battery is dead.
@uscpsycho link to tape trick? Asking for a friend.
@dave @jaybird @phendrick @uscpsycho Do you charge for providing the link? If so, how much?
@dave @jaybird @magic_cave @phendrick @uscpsycho I was lucky in that my first battery that went bad was in a TrackR that I had already mounted on something with the supplied double sided tape.
If the back of the TrackR is firmly mounted on something easy to grasp, it is easy to open. I imagine the duct tape trick is simply applying duct tape to the back of the TrackR so you can easily push down and turn.
@dave @jaybird @magic_cave @phendrick @uscpsycho looks simple even without the tape. Seems like it’s just for some extra grip.
@dave @jaybird @magic_cave @phendrick @unksol It is nearly impossible without tape. And I’m not convinced the method in this video will work, that may be an older/newer design than what Meh is selling.
If you search Google you’ll find that this is a major pain point. The method I learned that worked involved using strips of duct tape that are bigger than the device and then pulling the strips in opposite directions.
You’ll see for yourself when you get it. Hopefully you won’t need to replace the batteries right away.
@dave @jaybird @magic_cave @phendrick @uscpsycho I have zero interest in buying this product and zero use for it. It might be mildly interesting to find the cats but they are indoor only and not allowed out. So don’t wear collars. I know most of their spots.
It’s push, rotate pull… not complicated. I know where I put my keys. They don’t wander on their own.
If it had decent range it might work for an outside pet. But Bluetooth doesn’t
@dave @jaybird @magic_cave @phendrick Sorry, no idea what that link is. It was burried on a message board somewhere that people were trying to figure out how to open it. Possibly TrackR website or some other random website. I was just scouring the web for help getting it open when I found the tip, tried it and it worked.
Holy hell, already over a thousand sold and it’s only been ten minutes?? I guess for a dollar each, I’ll go in for 4 before they’re all gone!
/giphy risky-logical-bite
The regular price of eleven bucks sucks, but for just a buck, I don’t give a fuck, so give me four, you son of a whore.
Also please help me, these are severe medical issues (both the rhyming and the impulse purchasing).
@carl669
@ShotgunX The rhyming stuff sucks, both compulsion and end result. The impulse purchasing I’m down with. I haven’t dropped in here in a few weeks, and I’m about to be the proud owner of 4 of these things.
@ShotgunX
at least it’s not Tourette syndrome
@chienfou @ShotgunX Fuck! Shit! Damn right.
@carl669 add another one to the count
@Forge64 @ShotgunX and lest we forget…
I think if you don’t sell out of something, you should increase the limits on the VMP day after sale.
@lichme especially if you have 40,000 of said thing.
lol, Meh’s $1 leftovers become MorningSave’s $2 item
@kasona now they’re $29 for 5.
Uh; could you tell me “possibly” when this will even get shipped??? You got the coins; where’s the goods??? And BTW…you said “n omre orders” and YET you are selling them again today; what’s up with that"""
@Momita
Estimated Delivery
Monday, September 16th - Thursday, September 19th
I checked with meh. These have been shipped. There’s something weird happening with tracking but they are on the way.
@RiotDemon but if they shipped why don’t I see any tracking?!
@RiotDemon Naw, they lost them. And they stuck a tracker on the tubs they were in, but the tracker isn’t working.
Let me see if I understand. You say my trackr’s have shipped, but the shipper’s shipping tracker isn’t tracking my trackr’s shipping.
Is this correct?
@SlowKidBus you got it!
@RiotDemon So, can we get the shipper tracker back on track to figure out how to track the trackr shipment?
@RiotDemon @SlowKidBus …no…
Just finished reading Meh’s humorous email re: absence of tracking info on TrackRs I purchased. Went out to get mail and they’d arrived.
Still waiting for mine… no tracking! Thanks Meh for the irony…
@CaroleenaDS that part was free
@CaroleenaDS looks like your tracking updated and the email went out Tuesday morning. If you don’t have that - check out Your Orders page for details.
Last scan shows this about 1 state over, but I’m betting it’s in your town and hasn’t updated.
People not wasting words. Good not waste letters.
@therealjrn
@therealjrn Meihem in ce Klasrum: http://rajeun.net/index4.html
My package arrived but contained no TrackRs. Cudo’s to customer service though. Responded very quickly and offered refund or reship.
Jokes on you Meh, I have no job and no friends so that curse is all mine.
@Ignorant awww… can’t we all be friends…?
@chienfou @Ignorant meh doesn’t sell friends. That is a different type of service industry.
@Ignorant @JnKL plus, those are mostly rentals…
Sweet baby Jesus, I just got mine today. It took a month and 4 days to receive this $4 purchase.
I’ve been ordering from Meh for over 5 years. Lots of items. I’ve seen some delayed items before, but this is easily the worst.
But hey, at least I’m cursed now?
@TBoneZeOriginal Clearly you did not order into the Quip saga!
@raccoon81 Haha I did not.
/giphy wicked-debonair-measure
@DavidChurchRN aaaawwww Keanu!!!
Hmm, key ringer thingy. Don’t need that.
What’s this, a dollar?
/giphy bawdy-bewildered-lilac
1568 sold in 10 minutes- is that a record?
/buy --q 4
@PHRoG It worked! Your order number is: fishy-interesting-cottage
/image fishy interesting cottage
@mediocrebot @PHRoG The author of this Fish Book is Nick FISHER. That’s soooooo wrong.
@ezr61 No, it’s F’in perfect- it would be wrong if his name were Fish, Bass, Coy [Koi], or other fish names.
There is a mink that comes to our koi pond in the winter, and goes fishing through the aerator holes in the ice- so names like mink, heron, weasel, and [king]fisher are perfect names for the author.
Just saying…
/buy --q 4
@phendrick It worked! Your order number is: dreamy-meticulous-whistle
/image dreamy meticulous whistle
@phendrick And just yesterday I received my order of 8 of these from Morningsave at $19 (less VMP discount). Oh well, at least those were in colors (other than black). Can use 4 more, I’m getting forgetful.
/buy -q 4
@Seeds It worked! Your order number is: hapless-superfluous-badger
/image hapless superfluous badger
/buy -q 4
@t0nyc0tt4m It worked! Your order number is: animated-technical-chameleon
/image animated technical chameleon
/giphy animated-technical-chameleon
@t0nyc0tt4m wth is that
@moonhat an animated, technical chameleon, obviously.
@t0nyc0tt4m That just looks so…wrong
@phonepole @t0nyc0tt4m What? You don’t like ice cream or something?
@t0nyc0tt4m Is it a good or a bad thing that I know where that’s from?
@ShotgunX @t0nyc0tt4m Only if you fail to share.
/buy -q 4
@wishlish It worked! Your order number is: hopeless-weepy-gecko
/image hopeless weepy gecko
@mediocrebot oh, great. I have to read.
@wishlish TL;DR
@heartny @wishlish …ditto… DR
Oooo… I finally bought something. err 4 times.
/image watery tolerable team
/giphy watery-tolerable-team
@Some_meh Thank you Rob for the motivation.
I don’t have a damn thing to say. I just want to know what this looks like.
/giphy major-ungainly-harmony
@phonepole Not quite what I was hoping for!
@phonepole To each his/her own, I guess. I think I’m happy to see the result, but I’ll need to watch it another 30+ times to be sure.
copy paste off the app site (google play)…
Bradford Wallace
June 2, 2019
47
worst tracking device i ever bought. i tested continually. the device renewed every 10 to 15 minutes. continually showed 1/2 to 3/4 of a mile from where it actually was. Do NOT recommend this product at all . Total waste of money. Btw the tests were done over 2 weeks and 4 different phones and 3 trackr devices with brand new batteries. Again Total Waste of money
“I’d buy that for a dollar.”
–Bixby Snyder, Robocop c.1987
I have one of these from my mom, works fine. In for 4. One is going on my airpods case(when i find it)
OK so, got a few of these last time.
New to Meh (thank you, CNET Cheapskate). In for 4. Add tax and shipping = $9.80 total. I didn’t even look up the product. Replaceable batteries, eh?
@Citymars Welcome to the madness!
/giphy madness
@Citymars
You’re in trouble. Welcome.
Everytime I think I’ve finally escaped, you pull me back in (for 4 this time)! Of course if I would just stop checking the website/twitter/etc…
/giphy needy-patient-property
/giphy assured-humorous-channel
I’ve been wondering what takes so long for my order to be processed & shipped. Are they walking to the post office? Do monkeys pack the boxes? I had one expected delivery date when ordered and now I have another. worried it will never show up.
@KristinaN let me tell you a little story about some toothbrushes
@Ignorant @KristinaN Tell us the story Uncle Iggy! Tell us! Puleeeze?
@KristinaN @therealjrn wait…
@KristinaN @therealjrn keep waiting…
@Ignorant @KristinaN We’re waiting verrrry patiently Uncle Iggy! See? We’re all being oh so quiet and still…is this part of the story?
Maybe they… lost them
@IPTN If only there was some way to track and locate them with a small, inexpensive, portable, long lasting battery operated device.
KuoH
They’ll show up. Still waiting on mine, as well. I’ve never been burned by meh…Well, technically, the video recording sunglasses were bricks, but they quickly reversed the charge…which is actually a much better ending than had the horrible things really worked in the first place.
Man, some of y’all are obnoxious. God forbid they take a while to ship something you paid a dollar for…
Update on mine though: Got them, and still have no clue what to do with them.
@adamselby can you use them to track these other people’s shipments?
@adamselby they’d make nice coasters for shot glasses. Then you could find your drink when you’re…well…drunk.
@djslack That’d be too useful.
Anybody have any idea how these got so popular that evidently a buttload of folks joined just to buy these?
I can’t wait to see the wailing and gnashing of teeth that will surely follow once they find out the batteries have all gone tits up!
Several of the above posts are from new mehmbers placing their first order… (unless some of you ‘old timers’ decided to create extra accounts to score some bonus Trackrs then came here to troll the rest of us!)
Is this some sort of conspiracy??
@chienfou They were $1 each for this sale. Word probably spread fast. Judging from the letter that Meh sent out with them, they meant to attract some new people. TADA, they got them. : )
@therealjrn Just curious if the sale got picked up by some other site or if people heard from friends/social media/FB/Twitter or what… Never noticed such a large turnout of “new” purchasers (though that may be a function of the ‘came to the forum to bitch’ effect.)
@chienfou That’s probably a good assumption. From the sale page:
Those CNET people are real assholes. lol
@therealjrn never mind the ones that saw the reference then typed in meh.com just to fuck with the stats!
On a scale of
what
tothe fuck
- how many email notifications is @carl669 getting for these?@chienfou I think when Meh has good deals they get promoted by that cheapskate guy on his daily deal thing. So there will be an uptick of new buyers/one timers for those deals.
But some of em get it and stay, so it’s probably a worthwhile promotion.
@djslack yeah, probably correct. Just fascinated by the number of new accounts and their engagement in this thread. Hope they stick around and learn the meh way…
/giphy yoda
@chienfou @djslack aaawwww I Yoda!!
I’m new to ordering stuff here. Does it typically take this long to get stuff? My order was supposedly shipped on the day it was originally supposed to be delivered by. If things take this long normaly, I guess thats ok if you get the item for a steal and they work properly.
@KristinaN No… long ago that was more the norm, but lately things have been arriving in pretty short order. As you surmised, part of the trade off for the cheap price is the (occasional) long shipping time.
OTOH sometimes by the time you get stuff you forget you ordered it, so it’s like magic…
welcome to meh… we hope you stay.
@chienfou @KristinaN And, if things don’t work out the way you want, there is a scapegoat appointed monthly that gladly takes the blame… with a few caveats.
Just another day as a scapegoat in Gotham. Right, @JnkL?
@KristinaN we’re usually a bit more prompt.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Please check your inbox, I followed up on your support case.
This IMB tracking is pretty cool:
Voila! I think I figured out what to use mine for. I will leave one by the charger I generally use for my phone and then use it to ping the phone when I can’t find it… and then link another to my wife’s phone for the same reason.
I briefly toyed with putting one on the phone but … well… you know…
Oh, and I guess one could go on the car for those trips to the mall…
I ordered three. All three are dead. It’s a massacre!
@Ambiverbal
/giphy massacre
@Thumperchick that gif is phenomenal.
Still waiting for these to be delivered. Had to order more from Amazon just to make sure FedEx, UPS and USPS drivers were all ok and still employed.
They are. USPS lady said to say hi and it’s your warehouses fault.
Three business days and a weekend have passed since I got my Trakr order, and Meh has just told me the package was delivered. Good job!
Still haven’t received anything. Said it was shipped 8/26.
@finished1 Probably best to write into https://meh.com/support at this point.
I kind of want to do an experiment with one of mine. I live in a smallish city. I wonder how many people use the trackr app around here. I might go stick one in a public area to see how often it shows up. Maybe I’ll try several areas to compare them.
It seems like the wide area tracking needs a critical mass of users that may only be present in large cities. It’s worth potentially sacrificing one to know what the chances are of this thing actually working for stolen/lost outside the home items in my area.
Received in decent time and the price was outrageous. Thanks p.s. Update later
Your move, couch crevasse monster.
@medz I might have done the same exact thing.
Now to find my other remote…
@RiotDemon
I bought 4, only currently using 1, but I’ve already (successfully) used it several times.
I also recently tested out another use for it. For Halloween, I’m going to be sporting a Sloth costume, complete with pirate sword. On the sword, I’m going to put a TrackR device, and change my notification sound when it’s pressed so my phone plays a custom track of sloth saying “Hey you guyyyyyyys!”. I tested it, and it works great.
Also, I got a notification 2 days ago that I helped somebody else find their device while at costco, which is kind of cool.
@lichme
/giphy very cool
Probably can’t have multiple TrackRs play different sounds, though. That’d be legit.
@medz I actually thing you can. The options for doing that were on the individual TrackR, not the overall application.
@lichme Nice! I might try it with my kid’s costume. Basically like a soundboard using strategically placed buttons or maybe tape them to a piece of cardboard in the shape of a remote control and have each label with the desired sound.
/buy —quantity 5
@jayman007 Oops, sorry. You can’t buy any more of these (you already bought 4).
@jayman007 @mediocrebot good bot. those pesky Russians will never subvert our economy!
@dvermilion @jayman007 @mediocrebot hmmm after you download the TrackR app, the Russians got a trace on you. When your videos start showing up on the dark web, you have been forewarned from chicken little. And the sky is actually falling, you just cannot see it. Wait for the next Meh of blue light blocking glasses
This ought to go fast…
/giphy rough-extravagant-load
I would rather not be TrackD.
/buy --q 2
@therealjrn It worked! Your order number is: erratic-ugly-pita
/image erratic ugly pita
@mediocrebot Um…okay…uh…thanks
(QUANTITY: 2 @ $1)
@therealjrn
Does --q work? I thought it was -q or --quantity according to the docs.
@lichme Worked for me just now. Of course I didn’t try to cheat and get extra. But it sold me the 2!
@mediocrebot @therealjrn My Order# is Homegrown-Smoggy-Hunchback, and is very aproppriate, or appro-priate since my Boss, I Mean, my dog’s name is Quasimodo & I might stick one tracker on him!! Quasimodo was the Hunchback of Notra Dam!! Please, excuse any mispelt words, I just got up early at 12:30PM & need a drink!!
Welp, it’s got the dreaded three stars so there must be some serious fatal flaw there. Anyone know more?
@Dizavid There were complaints last time about the battery life. Maybe that’s it?
First! and by the way, Tile is a much better product/ecosystem. Larger user base so much more likely to find your stuff outside of bluetooth range.
/image grandiose sweltering waffle
Wow - now we can track the Dog, tv remote, heck, maybe i will be sneaky and put one on the daughter’s keys so…we can track her. Lets see when it’s dead? Golf ball marker.
/image fun-deaf-pencil
/giphy fun-deaf-pencil
4 for $4? Um Meh are you utilizing the Wendys’s special? Even Wendys came up with the Biggie Bag for $5. Bot must have found 10 pallets of this stuff. Sheesh - when Meh is an ipo - that’s a strong buy but will my 4.99 free shipping be included to defray the transaction
@superman10000 Yup! You get FREE shipping for $4.99! What a DEAL!
I bought four. I just want to hear how they sound when I rattle them like coins in my hand.
/giphy wordy-cluttered-mustard
/image wordy-cluttered-mustard
/image loosely-stormy-oak
/giphy amorous-misanthropic-roof
Limit of 4…trying to make me waste a $5 coupon! Not today, meh!
attach one to your phone to find it when you lose it.
Crap company. Crap product. Not even meh worthy.
Dammit. This whole “I’ve spent more for less” philosophy is going to get me into trouble one day.
/buy -q 4
@djslack It worked! Your order number is: rosy-silly-recess
/image rosy silly recess
Couldn’t pass up this deal! I hope they work well! I’ll get extra batteries… Saw this deal on CNET Cheapskate email. Woot!
@Staceyhy Dollartree Replacement batteries… Dollartree to the rescue!
@chienfou Awesome! Thanks for the tip!
EVERYTHING IS AWESOME!
Picked up 3 x 8 packs when they were something like $20 a pack back in June. Half black, Half gray. No low or dead batteries in the 24. Came in slick little box with some weird shit. I get the key loops and real 3M perfectly sized adhesive stickers, but wtf am I going to use the “gift envelopes” for? Like here, I got you something…a tiny tracking BT device…huh? The app did work fine and they did everything they advertised plu a couple more actually. Also, not sure about these $1 singles, but the 8 pack’s first feature described “Replaceable battery - Free replaceable battery replenishment program . Competitors require you to buy a new device every year.” I get the message, and who they are targeting…Meh. Still cool I dont have to buy any more CR2016 batteries. So that is all good and fine…until you have it alerting constantly. Think I am gonna give these away at Xmas. Once you sync them with the app and start to place them on items around the house or , and then proceed to live, be prepared for the constant notifications you are in and out of range. Everyone loves constant notifications letting you know you are 33ft or more from a device with a Trackr tag…Removed them all and placed back in nice packaging to decide what I want to do with these annoying, but effective things.
@Roadkill I disabled notifications from the app, and turned off making noise when going out of range for both the phone and the TrackRs.
The range may be advertised as 33 feet, but I have witnessed them making their out of range noise when they were still 2 feet away from my phone.
They also fail in the other direction. 2 out of 5 test subjects remained silent when I carried them 150 feet away from my phone.
These things never quite seem to live up to the promise. But, they’re cheap enough to try again. In for 4.
@beachboui i’ve kept away from these sorts of things for years figuring i’d let all the early adopters work out the kinks… hopefully they work ok. although for a buck each i won’t have much room to complain either way.
/giphy scared-perfect-position
@hisgrossness
ಠ_ಠ
@beachboui @hisgrossness that’s just disturbing for so many reasons…
Do I want one of these?
@tnhillbillygal
Nope!
You want FOUR OF THESE!!1!
@therealjrn @tnhillbillygal AT LEAST!
/giphy flitting-resilient-arm
Meh.com customers…so often
i pass
I just bought 4 because I needed to mkae my membership worthwhile
/giphy polite-moving-manatee
@thenagman And mkae it you did, thank you.
Hope I don’t lost this before I get them on my keys lol
@jsucha you should increase the limits on the VMP day after sale.
Batteries already dead? Can’t find these??? Cripes!
@Bumplepimp No problem, lots of them are here.
@therealjrn That was like magic! Do it again!
@sammydog01 Okay, just this one time. : )
@therealjrn
@sammydog01 @therealjrn so fancy!!
@sammydog01 @therealjrn I love how you named the link “The+Tale+of+Sammydog”
@sammydog01 @ybmuG Missed opportunity, I should have specified “The tail of sammydog”
@sammydog01 @therealjrn
My order shows Tuesday, September 3rd - Monday, September 9th. I guess we shouldn’t be too upset…after all we did order from a mediocre entity.
@cecemess Yep, same here.
my email said around sept 5th,…today is 6th, not even shipped…2 orders after (hats and gloves) already shipped…what gives?
Ordered 4 on 8/6. Still “Processing.” I’m beginning to feel that this is a scam.
@Omendez1 Nah. Meh’s pretty good on such things. The tracking system had a hiccup is all. they’re probably almost at your house.
@Omendez1 Estimated Delivery
Monday, September 16th - Thursday, September 19th
@Omendez1
Considering they weren’t even for sale before 8/26 I am surprised you might get them at all…
Calm Down…
Estimated Delivery
Monday, September 16th - Thursday, September 19th
@whistlingwilly
https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/embed/0ae77b16-ddc7-4e47-bf71-35177782efa3?autoplay=true
@medz Drop your coat and grab your toes.
The tracker they use to find them in the warehouse…well, its not working.
Still waiting for mine but where are my keys?
@bsp5150 Under the sofa.
@bsp5150 I bet they’re in the last place you look.
@therealjrn I looked there already
Should I complain that I ordered 4 of these things and only 3 were in the package?
@cteasen depends. Do you want the fourth one??
@cteasen meh.com/support
@cteasen there is a concept you can blame for that little issue…
Besides, row out of three ain’t bad!
@cteasen @JnKL
There you go with that math and numbers thing…
@cteasen @JnKL @ybmuG Oh come on… you know they meant “row out of there…”. Stoopid autocorrect.
@cteasen Thank you for writing in so we could help, The replacement should ship out later today or tomorrow.
I got mine today… Soon after opening the package, I got this.
Did someone already activate one of these and is now spying on me? Damn it, meh! I trusted you. Is there any way I can prove this theory?
@medz Don’t worry about it. Just keep it on you OK?
@therealjrn
https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/230a1d96-76b9-427f-9207-cfabfd6ac054
@medz I sorry.
Very easy to initiate pairing while still inside the package. 3 of 4 started flashing blue right away. One I had to press several times…maybe battery going bad. Guess I could remove battery from all just in case…
@medz your neighbor probably also bought this item. While they were setting it up, and pushing all the buttons to find their tracker, your Bluetooth probably picked it up. It’s like a mesh network.
Mine got lost.
Ironically tragic.
Of the 4…1 has dead battery…others have “full” battery…when activating the search feature the TrackerR’s volume is laughably low making is worthless unless it is a foot away in which case you would need the thing…so there is $9 I won’t be able to use on my next trip to the 9 Dollar store…my bad
@havasuflash …or your next 18 trips to the 50¢ Store.
@Ambiverbal @havasuflash I immediately flashed to this bit by George Carlin (skip to 3:08 if you must, but by all means come back and listen to the rest when you are done)
do not buy from these guys, I have filed a complaint with the BBB, they are fraudsters. 14 days late and no update
@jonahs have you contacted the CS dept? They are generally pretty responsive to issues like this.
@jonahs You think these guys are bad, you should try shopping at morningsave.com!
@jonahs @therealjrn Can’t be as bad as Casemates.com!
@jonahs Have been buying from MEH for years. They have never missed a delivery. Their customer support has been flawless for any issues I’ve had.
@benj They are now at three weeks since order and nadda
@jonahs It might be a good time to write into https://meh.com/support
@jonahs
@jonahs You have gone way overboard for a fluke in the system to call them fraudsters! I’m still waiting for mine as well but am not freaking out over it. Is this how you deal with all life’s anomalies?
@benj 1. I’m not freaking out. I’m trying to warn people not to make same mistake I did. 2. They’ve actually met the test for the crime of fraud. But hey, thanks for coming out…
@therealjrn there’s no reply at all…
@jonahs @therealjrn did you write to support or just the BBB?
@RiotDemon @therealjrn both
@jonahs My condolences to your family!
@benj I when people make it personal on message boards! How long have you suffered from Napolean syndrome???
@jonahs Glad I could help with your life!
I think I know who’s fault this is.
@therealjrn I was waiting for this. In particular, on this thread.
I feel situations like this and the Quip teethbrush are what we really need a mythical scapegoat for. When the process breaks down and several, nay, dozens of people are annoyed at what they think should be a simple process.
Give money. Get stuff immediately. How hard could it be?
Anyway. Yes. This whole product offering gone astray is the scapegoat’s fault.
Thanks for pointing it out, therealjrn!
@JnkL is the reason they won’t bring back your favorite TV show
@JnKL Whaaaat??? What is a “mythical scapegoat”?
@JnkL is the reason they won’t bring back your favorite TV show
@JnKL @therealjrn I think that’s who @JnkL wants to take the blame for everything he rejects (and possibly from next week on when he’s supposedly “on a beach” somewhere).
Hi @jonahs -
I definitely understand the frustration here. These were delayed, which sucks.
I looked into your order and case and see that your shipment left our facility 8/28, then decided to take its sweet time getting to you.
Last status update:
Out for Delivery
{redacted location}
Sep 18 9:21 PM
We also issued a refund for this when you wrote into customer support on 9/17.
Hope that helps clear up any concern.
@jonahs @Thumperchick Soooo, no fraud…funny that.
@jonahs @ybmuG It’s easy to distrust a company you’ve had no previous experience with. Especially if a screaming deal starts to take a few weeks to show up.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@jonahs @Thumperchick @ybmuG and ONCE MORE the meh customer service legend grows.
/giphy well done!
@jonahs @Thumperchick True, though engaging the brain a bit helps, too. Meh sold a gazillion of these, meaning lots of man hours to ship (likely delays), and with the tracking system problem, lots of questions to field, refunds to process, etc (meaning more man hours). Had everything gone as expected, it would be fine. But given the issues, one has to expect CS is overwhelmed. Not an excuse for a company the size of Amazon, but you have to cut Meh a little slack here. And I just keep going back to - these were $1 items, order totals under $10. There’s only so far that “the principle of the thing” goes.
Purchased Trackr Pixel Bluetooth Tracking device. Said It was shipped out Sept.3…should arrive Sept.9th. Here it is Sept.17th and no device. Any ideas?
@DennisHealy Probably best to write into https://meh.com/support at this point.
Sweet Mother! When is it going to arrive? It’s been in “Processing” for weeks!
@gsaenzdc if you haven’t received it yet: meh.com/support
I’m only just now getting around to opening up and messing with the TrackR Pixel devices I ordered. (They arrived safely around a week or so ago.) I’m dismayed that nowhere in any of the documentation provided online by Meh, or on the various product packaging, or even inside the instruction booklet, is it mentioned that using the devices -at all- requires creating a user account. Why would I need an online user account, with an email address and password, to locate a lost TV remote within my house? I’m now debating if I want to use them at all. This probably sounds petty, but I was not under the impression I’d need to sign up for something just to find something lost at home.
@PooltoyWolf it’s so they can help make your customer experience more enjoyable.
@PooltoyWolf but you’re not just finding something lost at home. You are becoming a sensor in a global swarm of detectors. Whenever your phone catches wind of another Trackr in the wild, it will log its (your) location and its trackr ID to the cloud. The person whose remote went out with the trash has that ID in their collection. They can then see its location in the dumpster out back because you have sensed it. Your tracking of lost/stolen tags is not just done by you, it’s done by everyone who has the app running. And that’s why you need an account.
Nobody says it has to be a real account if you don’t want it to be. Check out mailinator if it requires an email to sign up/get verified. (I still haven’t opened mine yet.)
@djslack Point being this requirement for account creation to do literally anything with the product was not known about at all until I installed the app on my phone. I probably would not have bought these had I known in advance I needed to make an account to use them. (Seems like the manufacturer probably should have detailed this on the packaging and specifications.) The crowd finding feature is neat, but reviews say these devices tend not to work very well and if I decide not to continue using them, I’d rather not have an account hanging around. Plus, it still kind of blows my mind that I cannot use the basic functionality of the product without signing into something. Alas.
@PooltoyWolf and atrack?
I bet you can get your dollar back out of them pretty easy.
Ok, now that we got these things because they were only a buck each. What the heck is anyone actually using them for? I really don’t lose that much stuff.
Thinking of trying to put them on any tools I loan to people.
/giphy not lost
@raccoon81 I dunno. I put one on my keys but since I quit drinking I don’t lose them so much. I’d put one on my cat, but he’s a 17 year-old indoor dude, so he doesn’t get lost too often. Usually he’s in my bed, right there where I want to be or on my laptop keyboard. I think he might have a porn addiction.
Maybe I’ll give a couple as stocking stuffers to my daughter this Christmas.
@raccoon81 I put all 4 of mine in a drawer so that sucker won’t ever get lost.
@Ignorant Exactly where I figured most of these are sitting including mine. Was really hoping I would have an epiphany once they were delivered of an amazing use for them!
@Ignorant @raccoon81 Hey! I used to lose my drawers too!
@Ignorant @raccoon81 @therealjrn
/image suspenders
@Ignorant @therealjrn @ybmuG y’all really are the most helpful crowd ever, what would I do without y’all?
@Ignorant @raccoon81 @therealjrn @ybmuG
I haven’t even un-packaged mine to see if the batteries are any good. I am thinking I might put one on the baker’s rack by the front door to ping my phone when I can’t find it (which rarely happens). Have a key hook right next to the front door (and baker’s rack) so rarely misplace my keys any more.
I may stick one in a couple of spots “out in the wild” to test the ‘group find’ function. (Maybe put one under a table top in a Panerra’s, stick one under a shelf in a store etc. or stick one to a random car in a parking lot?)
But first… I need to find them on my desk (at least I think that’s where they are…)
@chienfou @Ignorant @raccoon81 @ybmuG
Prosecutor: “…and just how did you happen to be tracking the suspect’s car on the day of the murder Mr. Wild? That is rather convenient do you not think?”
@chienfou I was thinking the same convenience of pinging my phone when I can’t find it.
Was thinking of hiding one in travel trailer just to see what it does.
Every other use has a bit much on creep factor.
Specs
What’s in the Box?
1x TrackR Pixel Bluetooth Tracking Device
1x Key loop and double-sided 3M adhesive
1x User-replaceable CR2016 battery
1x Setup guide
Price Comparison
$11 at Amazon for 1
Warranty
90 days
Estimated Delivery
Friday, May 20 - Tuesday, May 24
/buy —quantity 5
@lichme It worked! Your order number is: jolly-frequent-stork
/image jolly frequent stork
@lichme @mediocrebot Some how thought the max you could buy was 4.
@jayman007 @lichme That’s because it said the max you could buy was 4. Can you confirm that mediocrebot actually sold you 5?
@jayman007 @sammydog01 No, they actually only sold me one via the command, which seems like a bug in that it should have errored out, or purchased 4. I only saw the limit after trying to make the purchase.
I made a separate purchase afterwards.
@jayman007 @lichme Mediocrebot is an asshole.
OH MY GOD HE CAN READ!
@sammydog01 Now, don’t be sexist. Why “HE”? Maybe he’s a she. Could be transgender, bi, tri, or whatever. Maybe “it” or “they”.
@phendrick @sammydog01 Pretty sure no one wants to go by ‘it’.
Though, I read a funny old one called ‘thom’ but I don’t think it caught on as much as expected.
@phendrick @sammydog01 I self-identify as a tri-sexual - I’ll try anything, as long as it doesn’t hurt.
And if it does, I’ll try more lube.
@phendrick @sammydog01 Mediocebot is an insect, ergo, a pest!! LOL!!
Is there any way I can purchase more?
@fastermatt Don’t you have a “wife” or a “brother” or a “friend” to buy some more?
@fastermatt click below:
@fastermatt Maybe, MorningSave will have them in a few, assuming meh does Not run out! Maybe, as in, Maybe Not!!
4,415 sold in 2.5 hours and still not sold out. I hope this sells out just so we can see how many they had.
If they’re sling for a buck then Meh literally got these for mere pennies each.
@uscpsycho
It looks like Mediocre bought the company’s likeness and inventory.
The old company has since rebranded into “Adero” and changed their focus a bit.
@Narwalt @uscpsycho Adero laid off all of their technical staff. Just a few months after the name change.
/buy - q5
@jmrobinett It worked! Your order number is: fixed-winding-ocean
/image fixed winding ocean
@jmrobinett @mediocrebot really giphy??
@chienfou Except it’s not /giphy. If it was /giphy, the results would be:
/giphy fixed winding ocean
@narfcake ooops my bad… But just as pointless…
/buy -q 4
@jmrobinett Sorry, you can only buy 3 more of these (you already bought 1).
/buy -q3
@jmrobinett It worked! Your order number is: daring-brilliant-brain
/image daring brilliant brain
@jmrobinett @mediocrebot what… the … actual… fuck is that image?
@carl669
I was just talking about getting something like this for my daughter because she keeps misplacing her camera bag. Is Meh listening to my conversations? It seems to be what all the cool kids are doing these days.
/image original-conscious-paste
/image appreciative-measly-meeting
/giphy appreciative-measly-meeting
/buy -q 4
@wiz8 It worked! Your order number is: petty-bickering-minute
/image petty bickering minute
In for 4!
I’m afraid of what the images will be:
/image brawny-mushy-sack
/giphy brawny-mushy-sack
What if you lose your phone?
@werekong If the phone is nearby and the app hasn’t crashed or locked up, pressing the button on any TrackR that is working and still talking to your phone will make your phone make noise.
Your odds will be substantially improved if you buy 4 TrackRs, 4 good batteries, restart your phone daily, and restart the app several times each day.
I’m not greedy, only getting 3 (heh)…
/giphy organized-hyperactive-steam
/buy --q 4
@xn42 It worked! Your order number is: textured-ecstatic-sidewalk
/image textured ecstatic sidewalk
Fine… I’ll buy a couple too…
/buy --q 2
@D_a_v_e It worked! Your order number is: slender-coarse-ink
/image slender coarse ink
Damn low price can’t resist just to see what the fuss is about. A coworker talks about using theirs some so may just give to them later.
/giphy futile-countless-chair
Not even halfway thru the deal day and approaching 10 thousand. Even if a lot of the orders are for 3 or 4, those shipping room folks are going to be working hard.
Apparently only Wyoming and Hawaii have the good sense to just say no.
…Whilst Washington, Oregon, Kansas, and Maine are bonkers.
Just peeked at the “live” map again and oddly, Maine backed off full bonkers. Could it be one of the 27 people who live there got buyers remorse within 60 minutes of ordering?
Unless these have improved over the years, hard pass. I backed the original on KS back in 2013 and sold all 10 on eBay shortly after receiving. I’d like to think they’ve gotten better and more useful over the years, but apparently not if the reviews are any indication.
/giphy limited-robust-bag
What the hell, in for 4. I’m already regretting it. LOL
Oh hi what is that?
Small change online purchases?
Say bye bye money
/giphy rude-funky-vulture
I already have four that I haven’t even taken out of the packages for fear that I’ll lose them before I use them.
I’m in for four more - now I can track my first set!
/giphy informally-excellent-cord
Krom laughs at your 4 winds?
/giphy windy-moping-barbarian
Will the Russians be able to track my every move now?
so would this be useful for keeping track of my kids stuffies or not?
If it weren’t for the onerous $5 shipping, I’d go the max.
@tgpowell But the only way to amortize the shipping is to buy the max!
I’m in for a few, (milky-disgusting-wind) I always get unique words that Make great GIPHY’s but I have a hell of a time making them with my iPhone in landscape mode and all. I’m going to give these to all my conspiracy theory /paranoid friends So I can enjoy a good laugh and see what they do with them
@bigtom67
/giphy milky-disgusting-wind
@bigtom67 just do it this way:
/giphy milky disgusting wind
OK I’ll try it.
We’ll see!
Hopefully it will work great!
.??
Look I can’t lose my keys any more than I already do so let me use some technology to help.
/giphy numberless-ruthless-rifle
LOOSE the ugly words, I don’t need that in my life today…….
whatever hard to pass up; I like a steal deal
I’m in for 4 3 m command strips also work good for changing batteries
@valkyrie62 OMG that’s brilliant. Thank you.
If these were Tiles, I’d get a bunch to add to my collection.
@billchase2 if these were Tiles, they wouldn’t be a buck a piece.
I do plan on using two of them on my cats.
/giphy yucky-aggressive-cockroach
@ruthwik1 is that Walt?
WAAAAAAAAAA-HAAAAA-HAAAAAA-HAAAALT!
Who cares?
Aw, wth, maybe I could put one on each of the cats.
/giphy forlorn-underwhelmed-bit
Interesting find. Thank you.
Considering the Tile-enabled Keysmart already saved me the cost of a new keyfob for a car, these are basically free, right?
/giphy unkind-compromising-knife
I’m in for 4. What was that about charging with command strips?
/giphy blessed-silky-platypus
/giphy judicious-broad-division
@ecanada i’m in for 4 only because 30,000 have been sold so far… i mean whats the worst that can happen!?
/giphy eloquent-pleasing-holly
/buy --q 2
@NaughTwisted Sorry, the
/buy
command is only available to members. Learn more.@mediocrebot @NaughTwisted
never mind the fact the sale is already over by several hours!
I’m nothing but a 2 bit whore being illegally pimped out in the back alleys of Reno.
@bswerve Isn’t that legal in Nevada?
Still waiting for mine to be shipped. Ordered on Aug 26. Anybody else still waiting?
@jdgrimm82 yes.
@jdgrimm82 Yes, I ordered 4 devices last Aug 26 and delivery date is Sep 9. Current status is Processing.
The TrackRs are out of Bluetooth-y range…
@mehvid1 Maybe by the time they get shipped and delivered, I’ll figure out why I ordered them.
If I signed up for the $4.99 / month shipping rate and I cancel it before getting charged for a second month, and this doesn’t ship within that first month, will I also be charged the $5 flat rate for shipping?
@rmadd101 no.
still have not received said delivery by sep 3 it is now sep 7 and the mail has came and gone , they where a good deal at one dollar a peace but if you don’t get them they are a rip off
@dracer estimated delivery has been updated:
Estimated Delivery
Monday, September 16th - Thursday, September 19th
And as noted 2 comments above yours, these have shipped and should be arriving shortly, there is just an issue with the tracking.
*Also might still be a ripoff at $1 a piece.
On MorningSave they’re 5 for $29. I wonder how fast those orders are being shipped.
@wprusinski wonder no more.
ESTIMATED DELIVERY DATE
Monday, September 16th - Thursday, September 19th
@Ignorant, so slower than a one-legged turtle with arthritis. Good to know the suckage is consistent.
Got mine - probably yesterday.
Still haven’t received my items yet… I guess that was an 9 dollars and some change give away.
@yaboiwho they’ve been shipped, there is an issue with tracking.
Order placed and payment promptly processed and cleared same day (8/26). Still no product yet meh order stated it would be delivered no later than 9/9 (today). Mail has been delivered yet no pkg. Meh, probably won’t order anything from them again 🥴
@DylanBird
Yeah, I can understand that. Those of us long-term hard-core Meh fans can forget what it looks like to a newcomer. But there is a trade-off between the low-priced deals and service.
I have no idea what the fuck they were doing when they offered these for $1 each. The day before, the website was acting up so perhaps they changed things around to conduct a stress test.
You should probably just leave this place and try to forget it ever happened.
Hey @lichme can you tell caaaaaarrrrllllll @carl669 about this?
Cripes that mediocrebot is becoming more and more sentient.
@ruouttaurmind @ therealjrn Seems like this was a super popular item with new mehmbers. At least 3 of the above posts are from folks that joined on the 26th of Aug… just in time to order these, have the shipping take a looooong time, then come here to bitch about it…
edit… just checked the one directly below this post and it is also a new mehmber.
Ordered 4 on 8/26. Still “Processing.” This is prolly a scam, better call the bank and let them know.
@akanas81 they’ve been shipped. There is an issue with tracking. You don’t need to claim fraud quite yet.
@akanas81 Yep, probably a scam that’s been years in the making. Mediocre Corp is just a sham company that invested who knows how much money on warehousing, employees and infrastructure to finally create this fake sale to bilk hundreds out of a $1 item. Glad I got in before they folded their tent and left town. Maybe call Interpol too, because clearly, the Chinese are in on it.
/giphy eyeroll
@therealjrn wish they were as quick with the shipping on the Bluetooth tracking device as you are with your bad jokes…
@akanas81 @therealjrn Welcome to meh, where both are part of the allure!
have not received any tracking details ,said delivery by sep 9 it is now sep 9 .
Same boat. Estimated delivery by today. Let’s see…
September 10th. Still no package
@minhh21 keep us updated!
I received mine today.
I received mine today as well. However, only received 3 of the 4 I ordered.
@JuNacy meh.com/support
@JuNacy check your inbox.
@JuNacy use the app to track it.
@Thumperchick Got it, thanks for the help.
kind of interesting that the tracking devices can’t be tracked…BTW, mine have not arrived…
@fastharrydotcom mine are still processing—- weird!
@fastharrydotcom @moonhat Mine too- probably a subset of the tracking problem.
@fastharrydotcom @moonhat @sammydog01
Indubitably
i did the need help with this , emailed, said it would be delivered Monday sept 9. it did not come. i emailed back and said it did not come. i got no response. i will wait it out today see if i do . if there is no response. It is a scam and i will contact my credit card company for fraud
@dmksaved Calm down. They’re coming. Don’t getcher dander all in a kerfuffle.
@dmksaved it is NOT a scam, hellooo.
@dmksaved We’re replying to folks within 1 business day right now, no one is ignoring your messages. I did spot your cases and you’ll have a new reply shortly.
The TLDR is: we shipped them. Tracking is broken. We’re seeing folks talk about them arriving and expect you’ll have your trackers shortly.
I got an envelope today with the “Thanks for your purchase…we hope you enjoy it…” but no TrackRs. Not a good sign for my inaugural purchase from Meh.
@wmbarryd have you contacted customer support?
https://meh.com/support
they are generally very supportive…
Jesus, this battery cover is fucking impossible to remove. No wonder they made it to Meh!
@Sapper Did you follow the instructions?
https://meh.com/forum/topics/top-lifehacks-how-to-remove-trackr-pixel-battery-cover
This was a shitty experience.
Mine arrived yesterday, on the last day of the arrival window.
But… I can’t complain because the price was really low.
Will I ever buy on meh.com again? Yeah, but only when the deal is so amazing that I won’t mind waiting for the product.
@Taytus You got a great price and the product was delivered within the arrival window? Yeah, that sure was shitty.
@therealjrn The arrival windows was two freaking weeks when the standard nowadays for online shopping is 3-4 days.
Not only I had a shitty experience, now I have to deal with trolls like you as well?
Dear Sir, please go an eat a bag of dicks.
@Taytus @therealjrn well, THAT was uncalled for! Look, you waited a couple weeks for some $1 items where there were admittedly some shipping issues and you come here swinging? You will find this an irreverent, even sometimes crude community, but we won’t stand for that. Hope you enjoy your TrackRs. Maybe they could help you find your decency.
@Taytus @therealjrn @ybmuG
Taytus isn’t sure about this whole meh thing having placed 1 order and voted in 0 polls.
In the forum, Taytus is rarel
/eightball Maybe they could help you find your decency.
It is decidedly so
@Taytus @therealjrn Tay, did you just assume JRN’s gender?
As for the awesome experience you had with your first order, just think, it can only get better!
DIPLOMAT! RAT-A-TAT! FAT CAT! AWESOME!
@JnKL @therealjrn That is true!
@JnKL @therealjrn
…nicely goated…
POPSOCKETS! COURT DOCKETS! FOLK ROCK HITS! AWESOME!
and so the mediocre experience continues as designed
How are they shipped, USPS? Mythical tracking numbers…
@timdirr USPS, yep.
You didn’t tell us what shipping company.
@Stanjan it’s USPS.
Mine shipped today. Originally projected to arrive between the 3rd and 9th, today is the 12th, it’s still in TX, I’m still in PA. USPS says that’s not one of their tracking numbers. Not feeling very good about this so far, but for 9$ I’ll wait some more.
@Forge64 have more patience!
@Forge64 Great to see that the Item finally got shipped for you.
@siddugupta007 Oof. I feel you. I’m sure they’ll ship you something Real Soon Now. If not you can have mine.
@JnKL If I do, think it’ll show up between the 3rd and 9th? I’m not calling for a riot or boycott, I’m just saying that this is very disappointing, and the official story about “it shipped, but tracking troubles” doesn’t hold any water. If it shipped on the 6th like Meh is claiming, it would have left Texas in the meantime. Instead, I have a feeling the tracking will suddenly start working in the next 24-48hr, because they only just shipped my order. It’s important to be honest when you screw up, saying “wow, demand was way higher than expected, orders are taking longer to ship than usual!” is completely acceptable. Saying “Our packaging intercepts the beta-ion radiation that our tracking satellites use to track your shipment plus the moon is in retrograde” is not.
@Forge64 @JnKL
@Forge64 @JnKL
that’s actually pretty funny, and the kind of response you would normally expect from the folks at meh…
If you don’t get too pissed and vanish you will fit in nicely here!
@Forge64 there is definitely something up with the tracking. They ship from Texas. When I got the shipping notification, the item was already in Florida, an hour away.
The label is different from any of the items I’ve received before.
@Forge64 Haha nice of you
@Forge64 - I responded to your support case to follow up.
I get that the tracking not updating and the shipment not arriving when expected can look pretty shady.
We’re snarky, irreverent, and sometimes crude. We’re not shady. If your TrackR’s don’t show up - we’ll make it right.
(We might crack some dumb jokes and hassle you about it, though.)
@Forge64 @JnKL Here’s a good example of what I meant above:
click here
@Forge64 @Thumperchick you tell 'im Ms T…!
@Thumperchick What’s the current record for slowest Meh order arrival? I saw something about three months in another thread. So far my package has moved 0 feet in 19 days, so I think I might have a shot at the title. Also, who the fuck is IMB? Google thinks it’s the International Maritime Board, but I don’t think they handle packages at this scale. If it really is the Maritime Board, you might want to reconsider, as there are precious few viable waterways between Dallas, Texas and Pennsylvania. Trying to find a container ship in Dallas could explain the delay.
Hey @lichme can you tell caaaaaarrrrllllll @carl669 about this?
@Forge64 an argument could be made that the slowest shipments are the ones that are never delivered or returned…
@Thumperchick Ordered four, received three, two have dead/critical batteries. Meh indeed. I suppose I got my money’s worth, though just barely.
I haven’t received my order yet. which was supposed to be at my door on 9th SEPT. Not Sure if it’s same with everyone
@siddugupta007 I feel it will be arriving soon.
@Ignorant
@siddugupta007 it is indeed similar for everyone.
I found your support case and responded there.
@siddugupta007 Got mine today, so yours are probably arriving today or in a day or two.
@Forge64 Great I will wait for the Product then.
have not received mine…4 days late.
@fastharrydotcom tag me if they don’t show up this weekend.
@Thumperchick thank you…so far no luck…they have been stuck in ohio for 4 days
@fastharrydotcom Gotcha covered.
My first & last order! Tried to cancel first day. Found out daughter had ordered other kind fir me. Says email overload message. Next mess says already sent… check site over two weeks later shows processing. Well 18 days later new email give tracking& now shows sent. If by grace of god it shows sending back unopen. Know they’ll get it quicker
@Oldwoman56 You have a one hour window to cancel- that’s it.
@sammydog01 guess what tried right away… minutes couldnt get through. Btw laugh at snide… dont care what others think just tell people about sites service after the fact. Its not truthful. Other sites have quality customer service.
Hi @Oldwoman56 -
Yeah… this didn’t go as planned.
I just replied to your support case directly.
@Oldwoman56 I hope you didn’t take my response as snide- I was just trying to help. By the way you can identify an employee by the little flask next to their name. Most of the snide responses you see here are from random people and not customer service.
@sammydog01 …hey… I resemble that remark!
@chienfou @sammydog01 I’m a little surprised she didn’t blame me… BTW, 56 isn’t old!
@chienfou @JnKL Could be a birth year of 1956. Actually that’s not that old either.
@chienfou @JnKL @sammydog01 Age is a state of mind. Mehbee she feels old??
@JnKL @sammydog01 @tinamarie1974
Actually as a ‘born in 1955’ kind of guy I like to think you are correct in that assessment!
@chienfou My mother swears that you aren’t old until you are 104.
Why bother with a tracking number if it has no meaning. It looks entirely made up. Cat on keyboard? I think so. At least get creative with it. Please change my tracking number to OU812-5150-EIEIO! (sorry Eddie)
@d_willia hey now! We save our creativity for our order numbers.
Tracking on your order shows it’s in your state today. So the number has meaning… just no purpose. Maybe we can send it to some self-help seminars?
you’re an all-star
@Thumperchick - Wow, you actually read this? That is different. The point on the tracking numbers is that everyone is familiar with tracking via the big three and can, with reasonable accuracy, estimate when the package will be delivered. Your tracking does not provide that. While it is interesting to know where the package is, that alone is not particularly helpful.
@d_willia The vast majority of our items ship via USPS and are pretty easily trackable.
These are… unique in their tracking. It’s been an interesting week in that regard. We’ve just about got the hiccups cured, though.
This might be the new site motto.
got them today. 3 out of 4 are dead. Swapping batteries around 2 completely dead and 1 has a bad battery right out of the box. Well named company, Meh!
Shipped from Jacksonville not Texas? 6 hours away in the same state as I am. I-10 is a direct connection from Jacksonville to Pensacola. Yet here it is 4 days later and nothing? Even the USPS can get it from there to here overnight.
Meh, word of advice: Shit can this carrier ASAP!
/giphy snail-mail
@Mehrocco_Mole mine showed they originated in a different part of Florida. That’s usually the hub my packages go to before they go local. I think the tracking didn’t start until it got to those hubs for some reason.
@RiotDemon My hub is usually Atlanta. If it actually went from Dallas to Jacksonville it literally went along I-10 5 miles from my house.
3 dead TrackRs (Meh): $3.00
Replacement batteries (Target): $14.00
Monthly Meh membership: $5.00
Total: $22.00
3 live TrackRs (Amazon): $22.50
Not the bargain that I bargained for.
@Ambiverbal you waited 3 weeks to get them… another week or so and you could have had 5 new batteries from Amazon for $2.85…
other options even quicker if you are a prime member.
@chienfou I leave the country in 5 days for a multi-week vacation. TrackR Pixels are part of my equipment management strategy. Thanks for the info, though.
@Ambiverbal
/giphy bon voyage
Well, my only other MEH order was the…Quip toothbrush. Only took 3 months to get that and the swell tee shirt. Thought I’d try again with these tracker things and am still waiting for delivery. Y’know meh, it’s ok to be irreverent, snarky, and cute. But using those characteristics to cover up just lame service and bad processes is a waste of customer’s time/patience. I think two tries to get it right is plenty. Asta La Vista, baby.
@aperper
that’s odd. Your profile shows 3 orders.
At any rate, please stick around and let us know when you buy something so we can know when to expect it to take a long time…
@chienfou the third ‘order’ was not an order. it was the bonus tee shirt that meh sent for being patient with the toothbrush debacle. Finally received my order and now two of the tracker things are DOA. What can meh do about that?
y’know, I was a Wooter way back when Woot was a one-deal/one-day site and i loved it. bought a bunch of crap from them but meh seems a shadow of that site. There has to be something that is between the cold, soulless, hyper-efficiency of Amazon et al and a site that has fun but struggles to get the job done. Oh well, not really a big deal in the scheme of things.
@aperper FWIW if you have a DollarTree Store in your area they are a pretty good source of button batteries, cheap. Check the meh forum for opening instructions as they can be a bit tricky apparently. As for mine, I still haven’t even opened them to check them out…
Certainly living up to their name. Should’ve known better than dealing these people. Tracking is useless, no sign of the product, customer service is nonexistent :man_shrugging
@jbravo80 I think dealing people is called trafficking…
If you never had them, just tell us. Tracking from 4 days ago was less than 100 miles from my house. Pony Express? This is utter- nut filled bull shit!
@Bumplepimp the shipping address shows Texas.
@Bumplepimp @RiotDemon Evidently from the postings above they at least had some of them. And now WE have them.
@chienfou And they’re still selling them. There must be a huge pile of these somewhere.
My 3 Tracked finally came but one doesn’t work. I bought 3. Any suggestions
@wjtell let support know. meh.com/support
Smash it with a hammer!
When are the T-shirts shipping?
Purchased four, one has a dead battery, the other 3 show the red “low battery” icon in the app. Contacted support. Awaiting response, but apparently it’s going to be a minute, as I just received a bot message stating “Whoa, we’ve had an avalanche of orders and emails recently, but we’re working through them as quickly as possible.”
Patiently waiting…
CS resolved my complaint this morning. About 24 hours between my initial contact and the resolution. A+.
I purchased four of the Tracker things, what a bunch of crap! They don’t work period. Waste of money and time. I would say MEH is more than meh, you sell crap!
@Rachel53 the batteries are probably dead. Seems to be a fairly common issue with this batch. Which is why they were sold at $1. There are plenty of comments in this thread that discuss how to change and where to buy the batteries reasonably.
@Rachel53 @ybmuG I didn’t try the “battery replacement program”, but I did contact customer service, and they took care of me promptly and courteously.
All of mine worked, and the sound was loud enough. The only thing I don’t look forward to is trying to change the battery. Couldn’t twist the back off.
I ordered 3. I’ve put one on my keys and installed the app. Connecting to the tracker tag was simple. I haven’t used it to locate on a map, since my keys were in my lap. But the tracking app did make the tag light up and beep.
Though right now, I am trying again and it says “not connected” with no intuitive way to connect to it that I could find. Then by the time I poked around in the app and then typed that sentence, the display on the app changed and a button to find the keys appeared. Maybe it takes a minute to connect? Clicking the button caused the tracker to beep, audible from another room.
Also, it alerts me that it needs a new battery and to click to order 1 free battery. But I have 3 devices, 2 that I haven’t tried yet. How do I order a battery for each? I’d hate for you to package & ship separately!
4/4 are dead. not a good look for meh. my last 2 orders are trashed. The other was a beer kit that was smashed.
@whistlingwilly No it isn’t. I bought all those spinners to give out for Halloween. I ended up having to order a bunch of cheap glow bracelets again.
I also bought cheap candy on November 1st, my other Halloween tradition.
@craigthom @whistlingwilly Ahh, Tradition.
Similar results here, 2 of 3 are completely dead. 1 beeps a couple of times when the button is pressed, but never pairs with the app. This is almost as bad as all those LED spinners with dead batteries.
KuoH
Don’t know if mine work. No validation email, so can’t confirm my registration. Yes, I checked junk mail.
@umukk I just used the app, I don’t think the registration email ever came.
Whatever went wrong with this order, I wish the company would provide a legitimate update. Where is the product? You could have walked it to my address in less time than this shipping period. Makes the USPS look efficient.
@tvrunner meh.com/support
@RiotDemon @tvrunner your tracking email should have gone out 9/9. Latest update on that tracking link shows this got to your neck of the woods a few days ago.
If you don’t have it - send a message to our support team.
We did send out an email to advise of the delay as well. If you didn’t see those - check your spam folder.
September 19th and I’m still waiting. This isn’t a tracking issue at this point… there is obviously something else that is wrong and you aren’t telling us about it…
@karlr4 please write in to support. meh.com/support
Just received these. Tried two out and battery low on both luckily trackr gives free batteries.
@prevailious The batteries are not free.You have to pay $2 shipping.I just bought some on Amazon for less than a dollar a battery.
@reighard55 I immediately noticed that as soon as I went to the check out page but yes same 10 batteries for $5
@prevailious @reighard55 Check the DollarTree for these as well. They are a good source for button batteries at $1 (duhh) per package, generally containing 2-4 batteries.
Don’t forget to check the ‘use by’ date since they have a tendency to mis-rotate their stock…
Just got my order, only received 3 of the 4 that I ordered.
@brodie7838 meh.com/support if you haven’t already.
@RiotDemon thanks, yeah I shot them a note.
One of mine broke all ready
Buy replacement batteries from Amazon.They are cheaper than paying $2 shipping for their free battery.
@reighard55 Check the DollarTree for these as well. They are a good source for button batteries at $1 (duhh) per package, generally containing 2-4 batteries.
Don’t forget to check the ‘use by’ date since they have a tendency to mis-rotate their stock…
Received mine a few days ago and worked great for a few days. Then battery died. Before looking into getting a new battery, I tried to open it using their “two palms” method and I can’t open it. I could not open the second Trackr Pixel either. Is any one else able to open the device?
https://meh.com/forum/topics/top-lifehacks-how-to-remove-trackr-pixel-battery-cover
@ssherman8 I was able to open it with the scotch tape method from the video near the top of the thread. You have to use the thicker clear tape not the thin frosted type that just tears apart. Roll it up so it is at least 3 to 4 layers thick and at least 1/2 the width of the pixel and stick to both sides. Firm not crazy pressure from the thumbs and it twists open fairly easy.
Unfortunately none of the batteries from the other devices I pillaged from worked either. Debating on whether to waste more money buying new batteries.
KuoH
@ssherman8 Well the good news is that the replacement trackers Meh sent have arrived! The bad news is the batteries in these are just as dead! Maybe I’ll just make a hanging mobile sculpture out of them.
KuoH
Not worth $9. First tracker took forever to pair and now says offline all the time. Second tracker paired faster but when I search for it then stop searching, it continues to make that noise. The only way to stop the noise is to bang it against the counter. Third tracker paired instantly and appears to work but I don’t trust that it’ll continue working. I have yet to try the fourth tracker.
@tracy216 you likely have a battery issue. That seems to be common among this batch which is why they were sold for $1
@tracy216 @ybmuG
ಠ_ಠ
My batteries were dead as well. Did it say already dead in the description.
@teachtune Did you even write into support?
No, not yet, was making sure I didn’t miss something in description that said. They’re a good deal because batteries are dead.
@carl669 add another one to the count
@teachtune Oh, and Welcome to meh!
All four units in my order needed new batteries. Free replacements is nice but not when you have to pay a shipping charge for a replacement of something that should have had a full charge. Buying them myself is cheaper than paying for shipping, but they should have been fresh to begin with.
@wmharris18 …hence why they ended up on meh for $1 each.
It’s been 2 months…still waiting
@DugDanger have you clicked on that button that says “I need help with this.”?
@Ignorant yep meh says on the tracking for the package the last entry was out for delivery at 3:15am. Never shows delivered. Ironic that they’ve lost the tracking devices, and it was my first ever order from meh…doesn’t bode well
I’ll just summarize. These are crap. Physically poorly made so they fall apart. Instructions completely confusing even telling you the wrong name of the app. It’s not even worth my time to toss them in the trash especially after being charged for them and waiting so long. I should know better about something so inexpensive and maybe it’s an indicator of many of the products here.
Opened 3 of 4 Nothing works
Limited range. Relatively short battery life.
@mainesully
Batteries died instantly, waste of money
TWSS
Purchased lots of these and they are great to keep track of anything like purse, dog, remotes, keys, and my license and credit card holder. This is where I put my 1st one and it’s all good you can find your phone or visa versa. Now after using a few of these I lose my card holder/dr. license and guess what the battery is dead the 1st time I try to use it so 3 weeks later in the midst of full quarantine I am driving without my license and can’t rent a truck from home depot or show to get help with Entergy bill and lots of other important things. Out of 6 used the only one I found out too late that had a full battery was on my dog who is now an old gentleman of 15yrs. old so not a big chance of him going over the fence and taking off but it is good for finding my phone. SO I SAY CK. ALL THE BATTERIES BEFORE YOU DEPEND ON THEM. Thanks
Both arrived with dead batteries.
these require routine testing and maintenance to be useful. testing every couple of weeks etc. its not a set it and forget it solution unfortunately. they are dirt cheap though and have been useful; i have BT tracking on my penknife and have lost it in our warehouse at work and now can find it easily. just dont let the batteries die and test them out every once in a while
Holy crap after reviewing my purchases I realized I never received these! Too bad I noticed this 3 years later.
@girardkirth
saved you from having them and not using them before the app got abandoned!
@girardkirth I have little doubt that someone can find some for you if you still want them. Might even get a bonus one of two. Or maybe Support knows where there’s a pallet of them that they want gone…
@girardkirth I can send you some!