2014-05-14T18:53:41Z PunBB https://www.soliforum.com/topic/6428/monoprice-is-getting-into-the-3d-printing-game/ What Ian said.  Plus, they give you an actual somebody to go back to if you have problems, instead of hoping "that guy on aliexpress" is still there in 6 months.   And with them being a reshipper, that's what really has me stoked.  They looked at it and decided the risk was worth the reward to start offering this sort of product.

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/1118/ 2014-05-14T18:53:41Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/56371/#p56371 That reason would be price, + fixing the original design problems like Flashforge has done.

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/14/ 2014-05-14T18:49:30Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/56369/#p56369 I mean, they're not a manufacturing company...Just a reshipper. So they're popping up as a reseller of X makerbot knock-off company. I think it's risky, unless they show a clear reason for being better than going direct to the knock-off resellers that already exist.

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/192/ 2014-05-14T18:02:18Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/56361/#p56361 (Mods - sorry if this is the wrong spot.  Just thought it was interesting that a shop like MP is starting to offer the printers.  I know they've had filament for a while, but this is pretty big!)

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/1118/ 2014-05-14T15:32:00Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/56341/#p56341 I just got an email saying I could pre-order a 3D printer from them.  Interesting to see how well it goes over.

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