San Francisco Special: Now Available for Pre-Order
Posted March 16, 2013
Arrival and Assembly of Trucks, Wheels, Motors, Footpads and More
Share this post Twitter Facebook Tumblr Email Posted September 24, 2012
Dear ZBoard Community,
We’ve had a busy month full of receiving shipments, building trucks, wiring up footpads, and more. Check out the video below to get an idea of our latest progress.
We’ve begun contacting the first 50* orders with the option described in the last update and we’ve enjoyed the excited and encouraging responses we’ve received. As you can see in the video, once we wire up the ZBoard’s electrical components, those first 50 will be ready to go. We hope to begin shipping those next week.
Once those are shipped we are going to continue to build ZBoards as we await the arrival of our lithium ion ZBoard Pro batteries in October. Due to the heavy regulations surrounding lithium ion batteries, we’ve been told to expect a delay of anywhere between 3 and 30 days in US customs once they arrive. But since we made a significant and thorough effort to ensure we had all the correct paperwork completed before our materials left Asia, our fingers are crossed that our batteries will spend the minimum amount of time in customs.
We'll be spending the upcoming weeks building/shipping ZBoard Classics and building ZBoard Pros sans batteries. Since over 90% of the assembly of the ZBoard Pro will be completed before lithium ion batteries arrive, we expect to to be able to ship at least 100 ZBoard Pros per week once the batteries are in-house.
We will be building ZBoards in batches of 50. When we begin a batch we will contact all ZBoard Pro pre-orders in that batch and offer them the Classic now, Pro batteries later option.
Regards,
Ben
benf@intuitivemotion.com
PS - Since we are in the shop (and not at our computers) basically all day everyday, please be patient for responses. Also, its far less likely that your query will fall through the cracks if you email us rather than send us a message over kickstarter, facebook, or twitter.
*The Classic batteries now, Pro batteries later option do not apply to international Pro orders as regulations restrict us from begin able to ship the ZBoard Pro battery on its own at a later date.
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Delivery Update + Behind the Scenes
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Behind The Scenes:
Several people have asked us to show how we build ZBoards and this video is the first in that series. Check it out to learn how we make our decks, battery boxes, and footpads!
Arrival Time:
Since we build ZBoards by hand, the surprising amount of orders means we will be hard at work for the next few months. Initially, we set our goal at $10,000 and projected selling ~20 ZBoards. We told people they’d receive their ZBoards at the end of April / early May. But since our volume projections were off by ~2,000%, not everyone will receive their boards that fast.
ZBoards outside our initial projections will take longer.
Since we don’t receive any funds from Kickstarter purchases until Mid-April, we can’t purchase some of the ZBoard’s more expensive components in bulk until then. We still expect to begin shipping boards out to early backers in May and we will soon announce the schedule for expected delivery, depending on your backer number.
We apologize for this headache, and we hope you understand that the $100 pre-order discount we’ve offered is designed to lessen the pain of waiting.
Feel free to ask us any questions and thanks again for helping make the ZBoard a reality!
Arrival Time:
Since we build ZBoards by hand, the surprising amount of orders means we will be hard at work for the next few months. Initially, we set our goal at $10,000 and projected selling ~20 ZBoards. We told people they’d receive their ZBoards at the end of April / early May. But since our volume projections were off by ~2,000%, not everyone will receive their boards that fast.
ZBoards outside our initial projections will take longer.
Since we don’t receive any funds from Kickstarter purchases until Mid-April, we can’t purchase some of the ZBoard’s more expensive components in bulk until then.
We still expect to begin shipping boards out to early backers in May and we will soon announce the schedule for expected delivery, depending on your backer number.
We apologize for this headache, and we hope you understand that the $100 discount + free domestic shipping we’ve offered through Kickstarter is designed to lessen the pain of waiting.
Feel free to ask us any questions and thanks again for helping make the ZBoard a reality!
Since we build ZBoards by hand, the surprising amount of orders means we will be hard at work for the next few months. Initially, we set our goal at $10,000 and projected selling ~20 ZBoards. We told people they’d receive their ZBoards at the end of April / early May. But since our volume projections were off by ~2,000%, not everyone will receive their boards that fast.
ZBoards outside our initial projections will take longer.
Since we don’t receive any funds from Kickstarter purchases until Mid-April, we can’t purchase some of the ZBoard’s more expensive components in bulk until then.
We still expect to begin shipping boards out to early backers in May and we will soon announce the schedule for expected delivery, depending on your backer number.
We apologize for this headache, and we hope you understand that the $100 discount + free domestic shipping we’ve offered through Kickstarter is designed to lessen the pain of waiting.
Feel free to ask us any questions and thanks again for helping make the ZBoard a reality!
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