Well…that was frustrating. Now I hope they go through their order records (pre-free day) and REALLY give back to the people who’ve made them successful!
hey.morris:
I like how pissed off some of you are. That’s hilarious.“I’ll never shop here again!”
jesus christ.
disappointed customers angry at the retailer??? ha ha what loser morons, all the cool guys know fanboyism is where its at
(btw im not disappointed or angry or going to shop somewhere else)
Please start a business to compete with SparkFun!! They are taking advantage of good natured DIY’ers with their high profit margins and poor customer service, there is plenty of room for competition.
Duh, of course I was logged in. I had the items in the cart and at checkout it was empty
Stop whining and acting like you are entitled to anything…This was FREE deal…i.e. no cost to you, other than your time. ENTITLEMENT MENTALITY is what is dragging this country down. You get what you get and you don’t throw a fit.
buchacho:
Please start a business to compete with SparkFun!! They are taking advantage of good natured DIY’ers with their high profit margins and poor customer service, there is plenty of room for competition.
dunno about their service but their markups are often pretty large…
Hey, I don’t care that I didn’t get my order in. This was pretty exciting to watch/participate in. They’ll definitely get my business later on!
buchacho:
Please start a business to compete with SparkFun!! They are taking advantage of good natured DIY’ers with their high profit margins and poor customer service, there is plenty of room for competition.
Maybe I’ll compile a cross-reference list of all non-exclusive Sparkfun products to DigiKey and Mouser part numbers and post it…
I like how pissed off some of you are. That’s hilarious.
“I’ll never shop here again!”
jesus christ.
Ummm. I think it’s more that people saw this a month ago, got excited, put it on their calendars etc., then the day comes, people went into work late and sacrificed time they could have spent otherwise to arrive at a hugely disappointing conclusion.
That’s why people are aggravated and disappointed
chemsuprfrk:
Stop whining and acting like you are entitled to anything…This was FREE deal…i.e. no cost to you, other than your time. ENTITLEMENT MENTALITY is what is dragging this country down. You get what you get and you don’t throw a fit.
disappointed frustrated customers angry at the retailer. oh no what welfare queens. i am not mentally deranged what are you talking about
I love Sparkfun!
kibble:
Hey, I don’t care that I didn’t get my order in. This was pretty exciting to watch/participate in. They’ll definitely get my business later on!
You must have a low expectation of “exciting”.
I’m still hammering the servers… :twisted:
disappointed customers angry at the retailer??? ha ha what loser morons, all the cool guys know fanboyism is where its at
(btw im not disappointed or angry or going to shop somewhere else)
Get over it. Angry about what? I sat here for the same 2 hours trying to get in and I’m not butthurt about anything.
Game over.
$100K Reached.
I was after a logic analyzer - was stuck on the 'Verify my order for freeday!"
Last step :< - easy come, easy go i suppose.
rather annoyed i got so far had the analyzer in my cart for about 2 weeks.
I wonder if Woot! goes through this everyday?
Missed it by six seconds. 
thebra:
kibble:
Hey, I don’t care that I didn’t get my order in. This was pretty exciting to watch/participate in. They’ll definitely get my business later on!You must have a low expectation of “exciting”.
It’s really boring where I live… 
Nobody beats SparkFun, and I’ve shopped with quite a few electronic/robotics/whathaveyou retailers. I will ALWAYS be a SparkFun customer.
KofS:
buchacho:
Please start a business to compete with SparkFun!! They are taking advantage of good natured DIY’ers with their high profit margins and poor customer service, there is plenty of room for competition.dunno about their service but their markups are often pretty large…
Yea, compare the prices of the reflow stations at SparkFun to the prices of similar stations on the most popular auction site and you’ll see almost a 100% price difference. Even with the $100 discount, it would come out to a similar price as if I just went ahead and bought it at the auction site.