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Re: [FTC]: Pitsco and shipping times

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Originally Posted by Chief Hedgehog View Post
"Well, ain't this place a geographical oddity. Two weeks from everywhere!" - Ulysses Everett McGill

We waited nearly a month for a delivery from Pitsco. And when it arrived, only a portion of it was there; we had to wait another two weeks for the tracks to arrive.
Sorry to hear that Chief Hedgehog.
Our order finally arrived. While I finally was able to relax about the shipment, it still leaves unanswered question: "what in the world made someone to ship an empty box?". Which is quite different from your situation, nevertheless very frustrating.
Pitsco doesn't seem to be that organized

This ordeal forced me to seriously compare Tetrix Robotics to Servo City offering. What I found is that it is hard to beat price of FTC Competition Set especially price of the set when ordering at team registration.
However when I compared pricing when bought separately, piece by piece, Servo City came $316 ahead ($1551 vs $1235). When I applied 25% ServoCity discount it came to $531 difference ($1551 vs $1020).
There were few pieces that are from Terix Robotics (battery, charger, specific servo accessories) and from AndyMark (motors and wheels)
You can find comparison here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...it?usp=sharing (second tab)

But beyond the price. Having number of headaches from Pitsco makes me uneasy with trusting our timelines to that company. I have not ordered anything from ServoCity, yet they are nice enough to send some free stuff (ZTE phone mount and Hub Mount).

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