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Well, that must have been for a separate order.  My order for a spare length of filament was on the solidoodle order and mine's  2259.  They'll hopefully be shipping mine with the printer so I don't have one before the other.

Still waiting, but I know it'll be worth it.

My filament from Solidoodle arrived yesterday, the day after the Solidoodle arrived. Ordered the filament on Aug. 18.

you may want to re-read that.

Order ID: #1758

Date Added: 31/05/2012

Still pending.

Orders made at the 8th of may had been shipped 2 days ago. So hopefully it will be shipped in the middle of October.

I think it sounds about right. My order #827, placed May 7, arrived 6 days ago.

#827   was placed 05.07 and shipped at the 09.17
#1400 was placed 05.20
#1758 was placed 05.31

Out of 900 Orders 500 are with printers.

so that are a totalof 55.5%

Production started at 10th of Juli.
#500 was produced at 21th September.

this are 10.26 weeks meaning they have produced 48.73 printers a week.

August the 14th tha production was at 18 printers a week. (At least the blog post could have meant that).

So...

71.83 days equal X   printers a week
34.42 days equal 18 printers a week

If you think about it, their volume should be at about 150 printers a week. So the newer orders should get processed faster than the older ones. But I doubt the 150+ printers/week.

I'm pretty shure the different models are randomising the orders. Basic-model orders could get processed faster than Pro-model orders.

Id say with the trend in the blog posts the weekly is very roughly between 50-100 weekly closer to 75 id assume and consistently rising. I've definitely accepted the wait time ahead of me, its only the anticipation that'll get me in the end. Sad to say I'm 4 weeks in and already have the panelolu here and waiting.

I'd find it interesting to find out if you actually get your printer 8-10 weeks from ordering.

I'll admit that it's a bit unfair to still be thinking 8-10 weeks for my unit ordered mid july since we know that there have been problems since then.

but, they've updated the FAQ since then, and repeated the 8-10 weeks of you order now statement plenty of times!
it'd be interesting to see if this is yet more unfounded optimism.

That said, I'm now at the end of week 11. whilst I have been ansi to say the least about my expected order time I didn't see the justification in troubling the company before the date that I should have started to expect my machine.

now that I'm clear outside of the worst possible scenario agreed when I first ordered my printer, I thought I'd ask.
I'll update here with what they say when I hear back.

my order number is 1290.
with less than 500 made in the past three months, does that signify it'll be another three months before I can expect my unit?

(1290 - 500) / 50 suggests that the order is still 15 weeks away.

which is my biggest gripe, I've read the blogs and received update after update. all of which turned out to be optimistic.

my printer is pessimistically 15 weeks away, (nearly twice what they tell you the time will be to get your printer if you order today).
even if we say that only 55% of orders are printers, that still make 7 - 8 weeks wait ahead, (whilst again they still advertise 8-10 weeks for delivery of printers ordered today.

I would say that I do still have some faith in this company as other people are apparently getting their printers,
BUT, given that the best estimates put printers order months ago as having to wait any time between 7 weeks, (November) and 15 weeks (January next year)
whilst their blog is still saying order today only 8-10 weeks wait, telling you that you should order around now to receive the unit before Christmas.

and it's that constant, constant, institutionalised optimism, that makes me think it's not just naivety, it's really an outright lie. (I wouldn't even be so nice as to call it wilful conspiracy)

I mentioned on the google groups forum before. the guys running this show are professional engineers, each with past careers in high tech companies, at least one of them has a history in the fused filament printer market. this isn't like these guys have gone in blind. providing at least something of a guess that's within 10% of when you might actually get the printer shouldn't be impossible.

I'm not saying I want the hours minutes seconds till it hits my door step.
just when do they reckon it might ship

Interesting, I didn't know about the invoice number. According to you it's (roughly) the printer number?
Mine is 631 (order #1400 May 20th). So it looks like my estimation is wrong and there's only 130 printers to go before mine.

@Aldo I found my invoice number in the confirmation email.

That's the one thing that makes me feel a bit cheated. I have to admit that when I ordered, it wasn't clear to me that they hadn't even STARTED production. Sure it said "pre-order", but that's still what it says now.
And seeing them advertise 8-10 weeks now... seriously guys. They should take it "out of stock" until they've reasonably cleared their backlog.

Danny:
I believe you are looking at your order number rather than your invoice number.  The invoice number can be found in your confirmation email or on the Solidoodle website by logging in and checking your order history.  The last 4 digits of the invoice number should give you your approximate position in the queue.

It was once explained by support that an order number is generated just by adding something to your shopping cart, even if you don't follow through with the purchase.  That number is then effectively retired even though it may not represent a completed transaction.  On the other hand, the invoice number represents an actual completed transaction.  Apparently these transactions can also include filament sold separately from a printer, so the invoice number is likely a little higher than your actual printer number.

Maryla:
I ordered my printer on May 12th with an invoice ending in 471.  Given the latest blog post listing the number of printers shipped as "just under 500", one could assume that my printer is about to be shipped (if it hasn't already).  This is correlated by my latest missed ship date of early last week provided to me by support.  If that is the case, based on your invoice number (631-471)/50 = 3.2 weeks should be your wait time.  Please bear in mind that there are a number of assumptions baked into that estimate, so take it with a grain of salt.

even for US to Canada, it's 2 weeks shipping... so don't be sad..