Who got a drone back from DJI? Wait until you read this

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I think you made a good point and I can certainly understand the pressure and insecurity the staff might be under. Assumingly upper management is not doing much to release some of the pressure. And here is my point of critique:

Given the company is overrun with success much larger then they anticipated, that creates problems AND opportunity. If their business modell was based on much lower numbers, a larger scale of sales will expand the profit margin to an even larger extent. But this windfall create also opportunity to add more and appropiate (real bilingual)staff. Yes, that might mean to import some talent that would be more expensive than local help.
If a company decides to go after international markets, they can't be surprised by the fact that these markets needs support and service in their language!

We could all take some semester of Chinese to help out. Unfortunately all the extra money, now in the hands of the manufacturer, comes from us, so we can't afford these language lessons. Again, I feel for the worker who have to deal with the number of complains and issues. But as a businessman myself, serving markets in other than my own languages, I don't have much sympathy for the leaders at DJI who are letting these things happen. Just my $0.02.
 
Maybe the dumbest reply but it's a serious question has the BBB
Ever been contacted, I may google that later.
Social media is suppose to a tool guess when you have a back log of people wanting to drop 1400, And all along they know ......

They know Mr. Buffet is on call waiting
 
Sent mine in to Ca. the first part of June, was checked-in on June 9. It's repaired and on its way home, arriving this Thursday 7/30. The repairs were less than I expected; we'll see how she flies.
 
Sent mine in to Ca. the first part of June, was checked-in on June 9. It's repaired and on its way home, arriving this Thursday 7/30. The repairs were less than I expected; we'll see how she flies.
Report back as to if they listed what they repaired.
 
It is a global economy and just because it is not made domestically doesn't mean a product is bad.
IMHO it should not be seen too polarized. China is part of ouf planet as are other countries who are providing the market with goods and services. Foreign suppliers could be successful if they understand their target market. DJI is understanding the part of potential customers looking for instant gratification while having enough availble money. But they don't understand (yet) the flipside of this coin, meaning expectations these very same customers have. The future will show, whether their strategy of excellent product with lousy support will pan out for them. As long as there is no meaningful competition, they might just continue on this path as "we" continue buying their product despite the lack of good support. The market will eventually adjust itself and DJI might be know as pioneers for the consumer drone market but perhaps not as the market leader in the years to follow, unless they are improving their support.
 
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Let's even guess that they (DJI) already knows this and intends to fix it. Given the sales of 10-20,000 of these each week, how long do you think it would take to set up, train and completely implement a superior system? I think it could take 6-12 months or more. You can't just snap your fingers and get "drone repair specialists" by the dozens.

I do think DJI corporate (China) is making a big mistake by not hiring top American talent to set up a organization worthy of their products. I sense that they micromanage and underinvest. Hopefully this will change and/or folks will buy extended warranties from 3rd parties so they don't have to deal with this stuff.
I read the other day that they are seeking venture capital to expand the company. Their sales will double to $1 billion this year. There has to be growing pains with such rapid growth. Hopefully customer service and QA stuff figure into their expansion plans.
 
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Got Mine back from Germany today with the cracks in the bolt holes , To my Utter amazement , they have filled the holes and cracks with a plastic/polymer/resin that is the same colour. they have not replaced the body, they have put a sticky plaster on it! I am seriously considering selling now , wait for the version that works to come out , because this is one car crash waiting to happen! [No Profanity Allowed]
 
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Report back as to if they listed what they repaired.

Phantom 3 adv/pro bottom cover modules: $8.00
Phantom 3 adv/pro top cover module: $5.00
CW motor: $29.00
Phantom 3 adv/pro Roll-Axis modules: $38.00
Ribbon cable: $14.00
1.5 hrs of repair time at $65 per hour: $98.00
Total: $192.00

The gimbal arm and ribbon cable had broken, so I was worried that it would have to be replaced as an assembly. I was glad to see they could just replace the roll-axis module @ $38. It also looks like they may have replaced the shell for $13 (top $8, bottom $5), as it was tweaked in the crash. I'll know for sure on Thursday when it arrives.
 
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Guys -

I hate to admit that this truly does disappoints me.. I have forwarded this all to upper management and all I can say is we are coming up with some new protocols to avoid this in the future. Unfortunately that's all I can do in cases like this. Once again I'm only forum support but I do have ties to people that can help, so not a complete waste.

Please don't think this should or will be the standard that one should expect from DJI LA repair. We have new techs, in a new building and still trying to get ops up to 100%. As you can imagine it does take time to bring a new person on as well. This is not an excuse but rather trying to be 100% honest. Please understand that we are striving for top notch repair and turn around times, it just isn't happening fast enough. Rest assured the right people are in charge and these type of issues will be corrected!

Ken
 
You are a Staff Member. You are mandated to stand for what's wrong. Keep your friends close. Keep your enemies closer. China is not a friend of the US and has never been. They just recently got caught for hacking us. And how dare you make a mockery of America's real name.
Abs .. Just so you know ...
The Moderators here have no allegiance to DJI and the forum has no connection with DJI.
No-one here is mandated to stand for what's wrong (whatever that means).

And to bring your understanding of China in 2015 a little more up to date here's something for you to read.
http://www.newsweek.com/china-adds-one-million-new-millionaires-2014-343175
 
Can this entire last page be split off into a thread in Off-Topic, please?

As someone who has a unit at DJI's LA Repair center (which arrived last Friday and hasn't been 'checked in' yet), I'd really like to hear more about people's experiences with that.
Yes sir I was just going to do that.
Done. Carry on with the topic. ;)

If you want to punish yourselves, the other craziness can be found here - http://www.phantompilots.com/threads/manufacturing-discusion.49266/

PS - any further off topic post will be deleted.
 
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I totally understand. I've had two P2s destroyed because of a bad Lightbridge unit. DJI ground breaks in several areas but they also over-promise, use their customers as beta testers and in too many case don't take care of them when something goes wrong.

There are countless threads on this site whinging about DJI already. If we let everyone vent their frustrations about how DJI ruined their wedding or caused them to blow their children's college fund on replacement parts, this site would be one big b****-fest. It gets boring quickly.

That doesn't mean you can't talk about your issues with them. It just means that when you do, there needs to be a purpose. You need to either be providing valuable information that people don't know about or you need to be seeking information and advice that you don't have.

I hear you brother. Point taken.
 
I hear you brother. Point taken.
Just how do you plan to stop people from whining about their product when it doesn't work right? If you don't like hearing a person whine, you can block them from showing up on your que.
 
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Just how do you plan to stop people from whining about their product when it doesn't work right? If you don't like hearing a person whine, you can block them from showing up on your que.

You know me, I have been the number 1 critic of 1.2.6 firmware and DJI's completely unprofessional, unacceptable customer service. It's literally a joke. If people on this forum have access to a file that wipes the firmware, DJI's customer service could have sent it out to negatively affected customers, and gotten us taken care of 6 weeks ago. Instead they chose to do nothing. People that have sent their phantoms in over a simple software fck up that is 100% DJI's fault haven't received them back in 2 months. It's pure insanity. 3DR must be loving reading through this forum.
 
3dr has its own probablems to worry about. I see you haven't been keeping up on that.

I know it's seems like a lot but the update didn't effect many users. Once you start seeing people roll back firmware you will see reports that it didn't fix their problem.

Please explain how the last update broke your craft? If its vps then turn it off other than that the craft should be flying normal!
 
3dr has its own probablems to worry about. I see you haven't been keeping up on that.

I know it's seems like a lot but the update didn't effect many users. Once you start seeing people roll back firmware you will see reports that it didn't fix their problem.

Please explain how the last update broke your craft? If its vps then turn it off other than that the craft should be flying normal!

What did 1.2.6 fix? Not implying anything here (people sure are sensitive here) just curious.
 
You know me, I have been the number 1 critic of 1.2.6 firmware and DJI's completely unprofessional, unacceptable customer service. It's literally a joke. If people on this forum have access to a file that wipes the firmware, DJI's customer service could have sent it out to negatively affected customers, and gotten us taken care of 6 weeks ago. Instead they chose to do nothing. People that have sent their phantoms in over a simple software fck up that is 100% DJI's fault haven't received them back in 2 months. It's pure insanity. 3DR must be loving reading through this forum.
Not only 3DR but also Blade 350 QX3 AP. You can buy one on Amazon.com for $800 and you can get a 2yr repair or replace warranty for $90. If you crash it for any reason, they repair or replace it. Amazon doesn't offer that warranty on Phantoms. Wonder why?
 
Not only 3DR but also Blade 350 QX3 AP. You can buy one on Amazon.com for $800 and you can get a 2yr repair or replace warranty for $90. If you crash it for any reason, they repair or replace it. Amazon doesn't offer that warranty on Phantoms. Wonder why?

Sure sounds like a great argument against the drone you bought.
 
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