shoetique
Active member
Years ago I made a Pultec EQP-1A clone from Drip. The process was one of the more painful of my DIY career and from what I gather it’s a common one for people who choose to give Drip a try.
First you reach out to Greg at Drip and you get fast customer service. Greg has whatever you need ready and in stock. He’s quick to get an invoice ready and get that sweet PayPal cash. He tells you he is currently working on the build guide and it will be ready REALLY SOON. He even gives you a draft in ‘good faith’.
After this you wait forever for your boards to ship. When you finally get them they look good. Problem is you still have a half assed build guide that’s missing huge chunks of information such as schematics, parts required and entire sections of the build (little things like the power supply section aren’t documented).
When you reach out to Greg he’s dodgy and will tell you he’s working on it. After a while he stops responding to your emails. From here it’s up to you to figure it out yourself. This requires a lot of painstaking comparisons to original schematics and checking traces on the boards. You’ll also need to bother the GroupDIY board who is kind enough to help the unlucky souls who fall into Drip’s honey pot.
So what's the deal with this guy? Has he ever been a part of the DIY community? Did he ever do a good job helping folks get these things built? Has he ever finished a build guide? What's his backstory?
I’d love to learn more about people’s experiences with Drip in the past and present.
Full disclosure - I make YouTube videos and I plan on making one about Drip giving a complete and unbiased overview of their products and business model. I also wanted to give him the benefit of the doubt before making the video so I'm currently working on another one of his builds.
So far it seems he hasn't changed his ways.
First you reach out to Greg at Drip and you get fast customer service. Greg has whatever you need ready and in stock. He’s quick to get an invoice ready and get that sweet PayPal cash. He tells you he is currently working on the build guide and it will be ready REALLY SOON. He even gives you a draft in ‘good faith’.
After this you wait forever for your boards to ship. When you finally get them they look good. Problem is you still have a half assed build guide that’s missing huge chunks of information such as schematics, parts required and entire sections of the build (little things like the power supply section aren’t documented).
When you reach out to Greg he’s dodgy and will tell you he’s working on it. After a while he stops responding to your emails. From here it’s up to you to figure it out yourself. This requires a lot of painstaking comparisons to original schematics and checking traces on the boards. You’ll also need to bother the GroupDIY board who is kind enough to help the unlucky souls who fall into Drip’s honey pot.
So what's the deal with this guy? Has he ever been a part of the DIY community? Did he ever do a good job helping folks get these things built? Has he ever finished a build guide? What's his backstory?
I’d love to learn more about people’s experiences with Drip in the past and present.
Full disclosure - I make YouTube videos and I plan on making one about Drip giving a complete and unbiased overview of their products and business model. I also wanted to give him the benefit of the doubt before making the video so I'm currently working on another one of his builds.
So far it seems he hasn't changed his ways.
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