I was quite pleased when on my birthday, my parents had purchased for me a $100+ dance pad from RedOctane. It was nice, semi-hard, and was working fine. This was on July 19th.
Two months later, on September 19th, the pad was fucked up, as I couldn’t stand in the middle of it without it registering that as down. I sent an email a few days ago, and got a response that says that because it’s out of warranty (which basically ended on September 18th or so), they can’t do anything, and apparently this is, and I quote,
“not an entirely uncommon problem”.
Excuse me? You’ve released a product that you KNOW has problems like this? What the fuck.
What’s the average lifespan of a dance-board anyway? These are things that are stamped on as a matter of course. That DOES suck though. Can’t you appeak to, say, the place you bought it from? The Gamestation where I live accepts parts of/old boards all the time.
Speaking of DDR (well, there’s a rough association >_>) it’s one of my dreams to see someone dancing to B4U’s Fourth Mix. ^^;;
I’ve had my 2 pads for close to a year and a half. Works fine for me.
I agree. I bought the RedOctane pad with the foam insert (i dont know the brand name), and it didnt work right out of the box. Luckily i got my money back, but hey, it still wasnt good quality.
Search for ways to fix/modify RedOctane pads. They are constructed rather cheaply, but some people have taken it upon themselves to find ways, using basic materials from your local home depot, to turn them into high-quality pads. With a bit of technical know-how and a soldering iron, you should be able to repair the sensors (sometimes they only have to be shifted inside back to their optimal position).
I boughy my RedOctane from EB, and got the extended warranty. With 3 days left on it, I took it and smashed it against my wall, jumped hard on it a few times, and went and got a new one, with another warranty. You just have to know how to cheat the system.
As a note, Id like to thank and congradulate you for not throwing a fuck-fit at the store you purchased it from.
This reminded me of a similar (but not the same) issue involving things that people dont “LIKE”.
The problem I encountered ALL the damn time at gamestop, when I worked there over the summer, was that people came to us saying we have to give them their money back because they didnt “like” the controller.
My stance on this is:
Buyer beware. People review videogames before they make a purchase, people review cars before making a purchase, but when it comes to perifrials they just say “oh, thats pretty, and expensive, it must be good!”. Then 2 weeks later, “I didn’t like it… I demand a refund.”.
Tough shit. While it IS our fault for selling you a product that doesnt WORK we WILL NOT refund you for somthing just because you simply dont like it. If you buy it used, then that means it is our product that we have given someone “store credit” to resell in our store. That makes it our product and thus we WILL give you a refund if you dont like it. However, if it is brand new and says somthing like Pelican on it, guess who’s product that is? NOT OURS. So I think consumers (not you, just to be clear, you did good) should take it up with the company who made it, not the store that sold THAT companies product.
Just a little beef I had with stupid consumers and I needed to get it off my chest.
Damn I can only imagine the kinds of people you must have had to deal with at Gamestop Izlude. Also thanks for telling us about the product, though I’m not a DDR fan.
