If you are planning to hold an off season event or host a demonstration of your robot over the summer, you might want some extra game pieces. Used orbit balls (the ones that survived championship) are available for purchase starting today here http://logoloc.com/first/ ]http://logoloc.com/first/ Quantities are limited. If you are borrowing a FIRST field for your off season event, please remember that game pieces are not included in the loan.
The first store still says the balls are sold out. Wouldn’t you think FIRST would figure it all out before sending out an email?
Also, had to use this route to even get there: Home > New Items > 08 Track Balls > 09 Orbit Balls.
I say about dang time for those inflatable clown game pieces. At least they can be flattened for cheaper shipping… But then, handling inflatable clowns is a very delicate situation, I’m sure. $13.95 in handling fees per clown!
I hear ya. This isn’t even a bad joke. for weeks now, I’ve been saying we need about 10 more orbit balls for demos etc, since were down to four. I figured FIRST might have some left for us after the season and was excited to see this email. So I went to the LogoLoc link. Then I had to dig around a little to actually find the page. Then, I realized not to click on the wordy links which didn’t work. (Disclaimer: I’m 100% sure this will all eventually work right today at some point as is always the case with this stuff. Quality control appears to always occur AFTER team email blasts go out and folks experience problems, but that is a rant for another day)
Neat, i thought, we’ll get 10! $30 in balls plus shipping and handling seems like a great deal. Then I clicked the dreaded “add to cart” button and found this:
Empty Cell Orbit Ball -
$3 + $6.31 Handling 9.31 each 93.10
All prices are in US Dollars Subtotal 93.10
Shipping 0.00
TOTAL 93.10
Well now, isn’t that a kick in the pants. My $3 orbit balls incur a $6.31 handling charge, EACH!!!
Oh, and yeah, with my total now being $93.31 I came to realize that this didn’t yet include shipping costs.
GAHHHHHHHH!
Thanks but no thanks. Unless someone infuses some sanity here, I’m going back to begging area teams for a few balls/ball remnants.
Travis is right, send in the clowns! Oh wait, maybe they’re already here…
By the way, you have to click the picture of the orbit ball to order. You can’t click the link. Guess this was really quickly put up.
I might buy one or two as memorabilia, and/or because they’re fun to kick around. For $10.
Why does this product have to be discontinued If you wanted a full game field of plastic and fabric, you’d need more than $1300. I can see demos doing “volunteer make a GUS ball” drives. At least it’s a fraction of the price.
Does anyone notice that the green ball is called a “fuel cell”? That actually makes more “logical sense” than Supercell. You return an Empty Cell to the fueling station and it becomes a… bad thunderstorm? That never made sense to me. I guess it was originally going to be called a fuel cell.
With game piece mark-ups like these, it’s no wonder teams tried to steal some this year!!! Full bags of them no-less. I guess they were just trying to plan ahead, & with off-season prices like these who could blame them in all honesty??
Not that I condone such an action, especially when they are needed during the regular season, but what’s worse? - The blatent theft of game pieces, or the extreme mark-up of USED game pieces at ridiculous rates??
Right, the same was true for my school and home zip codes. So, even if I choose to get fleeced (oops, was that out loud?), I can’t even complete the transaction online anyway. That’s when I decided to quit, because it’s really not a good idea for me to follow up on the phone with anyone over this. I’m wondering if our old poof balls will work in the robot for demo purposes.
If you wanted a full game field of plastic and fabric, you’d need more than $1300. I can see demos doing “volunteer make a GUS ball” drives. At least it’s a fraction of the price.