Xiaomi Mi Drone 4k - 393 euro including delivery

I've told them I'll wait until May15 2021 and opened three PayPal disputes for a defective battery, defective filters and a defective car charger. I've explained to PayPal that if they get Banggood to ship the drone it will resolve each issue or they can refund the accessories. BGs Customer Service smugly told me PayPal will just refer me back to them but I find it a very satisfying way to while away the wait.

Seriously, if everyone who got stung for accessories by them did this PayPal will get irritated with Banggood and demand action.

I've also emailed FIMI with my order details and history of messing by Banggood and asked them as a loyal Mi4k customer who could only order from their sole partner back in April what they are going to do about Banggood.

Someone got an ES order filled recently from Germany and noted the manufacturing date was April showing FIMI manufacturing were indeed making these in plenty of time for the initial May 15th ship commit. Banggood are clearly hoping to sell finite supply for higher prices so I'm subscribing to my backordered pals idea of go at them every possible angle.

Acouple of questions to ponder:
1)There's a disappointing number of people reporting issues with the 2020 X8 given the small numbers out there with no clear picture on whether you should fly as-is out of the box or update everything.
2) A lot of them are getting battered in shipping with no transport packaging so if it arrives in a battered box, should you sign for it and hope it's ok or reject it outright or test it and hope to resolve any defects afterwards. The long wait might influence your decision! But crash damage and shipping damage look very similar in the event of a claim.

Finally for anyone new to GPS drones this guy does some of the most concise videos on most of the X8's flight features and he's worth a look for anyone with one. Subtitled but his video editing is excellent. Start here https://youtu.be/Vpi47Xmg3DA
But he did an excellent job on Dynamic Home point setting if you're after the more advanced stuff. It's a great drone if you can get a good one.

Daibheid wrote: »

I've told them I'll wait until May15 2021 and opened three PayPal disputes for a defective battery, defective filters and a defective car charger. I've explained to PayPal that if they get Banggood to ship the drone it will resolve each issue or they can refund the accessories. BGs Customer Service smugly told me PayPal will just refer me back to them but I find it a very satisfying way to while away the wait.

Seriously, if everyone who got stung for accessories by them did this PayPal will get irritated with Banggood and demand action.

PayPal will make you return the accessories if your looking for a refund, no chance of getting your money back and keeping them. Just be aware trying to return a battery may be hard and need a specific courier, and PayPal will only cover return costs up to a certain amount.

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5500 wrote: »

PayPal will make you return the accessories if your looking for a refund, no chance of getting your money back and keeping them. Just be aware trying to return a battery may be hard and need a specific courier, and PayPal will only cover return costs up to a certain amount.

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You're right and I'm not interested in getting the accessories for free. My primary objective is to put pressure on BG via PayPal to cough up the drone itself. Worst case is to get my money back on the accessories and not be left with useless accessories if Banggood cancel - as happened with Gearbest on the Zino- or if I decide to cancel and buy something else.

I could return the accessories for a refund right now but as you point out that could be expensive but with PayPal involved Banggood may be made to pay. As I posted, I've told PayPal the best resolution is if BG get me my way overdue drone and these disputes go away - at no cost to anyone.
Banggood are starting to get a lot of heat on multiple platforms and being ambushed about the X8 situation on almost anything they post on Twitter etc and even on their own review site. It'll make a difference eventually!

pete6296 wrote: »

http://www.adverts.ie/20866366

Might somebody, everything but drone

Yikes, how long did you have the drone for?

Ah balls, sorry to hear.

pete6296 wrote: »

6 days

:eek: What happened?

pete6296 wrote: »

Lost drone

Have you read through the RCGroups forum?
It seems that you may have some comeback. The drone may have (had) a bug in it that could make flyaways more likely.

I don't want to get your hopes up, it may amount to absolutely nothing. But may be worth reading over.

pete6296 wrote: »

Haven't read this. Where do I find this forum.
All files etc. sent to fimi and they concluded drone was perfect

I can't link from here, but the threads are linked a page or two back.
Hopefully there will be a lot more info there coupled with the fact that it wasn't a one off, and there are relatively few of them out there.

Daibheid wrote: »

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Banggood are starting to get a lot of heat on multiple platforms and being ambushed about the X8 situation on almost anything they post on Twitter etc and even on their own review site. It'll make a difference eventually!

Well whaddaya know, I've got a shipping notification from Banggood. Could be the last thing I ever buy from them but at last!

Rock Paper Scissors wrote: »

You ordered from the Spanish warehouse?

Ordered from ES, Spanish warehouse on April 6th, committed ship date was May 15 and stayed at that until this week. They may have just got a pallet of a few hundred in as they did recently to the CZ warehouse but this week is the first time anything has shipped out of Spain.

Where it will sit for the next month. My drone is there 3 weeks now.

Saint_Mel wrote: »

Mine is in Holland this morning ... from the Ali Fimi store

CFC007 wrote: »

Where it will sit for the next month. My drone is there 3 weeks now.

Ah feck, I was hoping to have it this week when I saw it made it that far

just an update of sorts...

mine was estimated to ship before yesterday

got on to bg cs this morning:

09:03:54 
do you have an estimate on when it will be in stock?
I have read of people ordering on other sites & receiving this same item
Clara 09:04:30 
I am sorry the estimated time is not yet specified.
If you want you can wait for 1-3 weeks , it may be available within that.

Anyone else got for a refund since or talk to them ?

My Fimi X8 has finally moved from 'refunded' to 'processing' after being refunded the prize money difference 2 months ago.

5500 wrote: »

Just an update on my refund from banggood, I had to escalate to a claim with PayPal after I cancelled the order and they hadn't returned the money, but I'd also bought a case and second battery too, all as part of the same order. I was happy to keep the accessories and just get the money back on the drone, as I purchased from the fimi store on ali.

Explained the above in PayPal messages ect but some t!t in banggood rejected the resolution and has requested I return the lot to get a full refund.

Whatever about it I'll return it and claim the postage costs back, but they are totally useless to deal so be prepared for them making it awkward to get your money back

Return using paypal, or you will have a pissfest trying to get refunded for postage.
https://www.paypal.com/ie/webapps/mpp/refunded-returns

jamesd wrote: »

Same as mine, I'll contact them in chat today and see what they have to say.

I have The outter shell no camera, and remote control. Might be some propellers somewhere also.

jamesd wrote: »

Email in this morning.
We are sorry for the delay restocked issue of the item [SKUE85031]Xiaomi FIMI X8 SE 2020 8KM FPV With 3-axis Gimbal 4K Camera HDR Video GPS 35mins Flight Time RC Drone Quadcopter RTF One Battery Version in your order [84052970]. It is being shipped to the shipping warehouse and the order is expected to be shipped within Aug 15,2020.

I got a shipping date of July 21st.

Paddy_man wrote: »

I also got July 21st. I was on to them on chat yesterday and they said 1-3 weeks.
They are also giving me 500 point on my account AND, wait for it, a 1USD coupon after my order ships!!!! Jackpot! :P

Yeah, that was the tipping point for me. All is forgiven

NUTZZ wrote: »

I also got the email and an expected shipping date of ‘within July 21st’. Do we have to confirm we still want the drone? The heading at the top of the email indicates that we do but then at the bottom it says they will keep our order automatically if they get no reply.

I was thinking the same thing after re reading it this evening? Anyone any ideas.

Suckit wrote: »

Mine says August 15th. :mad:
I got a 2nd email that says I got a 1 USD coupon and that they made a mistake not explaining the IUSD coupon properly and I can use it to purchase fold out propellers.

Got the same email. Once I get the drone (ya, I'm still hoping 😂), I'll be ordering those props for a dollar.. Was gonna pick up spares anyway, shame you can't buy the spare battery for the 1USD.. I'm sure I'll still be waiting after your date for info on my delivery though..

Paddy_man wrote: »

Got the same email. Once I get the drone (ya, I'm still hoping 😂), I'll be ordering those props for a dollar.. Was gonna pick up spares anyway, shame you can't buy the spare battery for the 1USD.. I'm sure I'll still be waiting after your date for info on my delivery though..

My order has updated to: Our warehouse has started packing your items: July 15th 2020 21:20

There is hope...

Silent Running wrote: »

Mind me asking your order date?

17th of April and I just got a message on the app saying my order has been shipped...