kiotiken
Veteran Member
I'm surprised so many people are saying the OP should be just as grateful for the opportunity to build a box blade as an attachment of his choice. I enjoy these types of projects when I'm challenging myself with something new and with the knowledge that I'll be getting something very useful in the end. Building something I already have sounds like as much fun as hitting my hand with a hammer.
As far as everybody saying this is an $800 box blade, BS it is. An $800 box blade is a fully assembled, nicely painted, delivered box blade that you back your tractor up to and start using. He'll probably use $50 of paint and painting supplies as well as consumables for his welder etc. and it's going to take him a bunch of hours to build. Because we all want to see it and he's agreed to do it, he's also going to have to stop and document the whole process. If EA values the DYI box blade kit at $800, the idea is DOA. I still agree with the poster that the value to EA is cost + shipping, and that would have been a pittance compared to the (positive) attention EA WAS getting.
There's no doubt that EA made it VERY clear that the person selected would have their choice of attachment to choose from and they would work with that person to find something that would be useful to them. If anybody needs help finding that, let me know, I'll be happy to provide the quotes. Now this thread has dragged on, we find out that this was a lie, the selected person does not get to select the attachment and no, EA is not going to work with them to find something that they will find useful.
Should Roger still take the box blade, ya, of course he should. He should build it and then sell it and buy the attachment he wanted. Is he going to put much effort into documentation and feedback (if EA still even cares), I don't know, but I wouldn't. It would also take me a really long time to do because it would be near the end of the stuff on my list of priorities.
For a thread that is all about EA, I would have thought that Ted himself would have had at least enough interest to look at it. He easily could have said that he could only provide a box blade if he had taken the time. Now it's too late, the person has been selected and EA needs to follow through with their commitment. PR is a funny thing, it cuts both ways.
As far as everybody saying this is an $800 box blade, BS it is. An $800 box blade is a fully assembled, nicely painted, delivered box blade that you back your tractor up to and start using. He'll probably use $50 of paint and painting supplies as well as consumables for his welder etc. and it's going to take him a bunch of hours to build. Because we all want to see it and he's agreed to do it, he's also going to have to stop and document the whole process. If EA values the DYI box blade kit at $800, the idea is DOA. I still agree with the poster that the value to EA is cost + shipping, and that would have been a pittance compared to the (positive) attention EA WAS getting.
There's no doubt that EA made it VERY clear that the person selected would have their choice of attachment to choose from and they would work with that person to find something that would be useful to them. If anybody needs help finding that, let me know, I'll be happy to provide the quotes. Now this thread has dragged on, we find out that this was a lie, the selected person does not get to select the attachment and no, EA is not going to work with them to find something that they will find useful.
Should Roger still take the box blade, ya, of course he should. He should build it and then sell it and buy the attachment he wanted. Is he going to put much effort into documentation and feedback (if EA still even cares), I don't know, but I wouldn't. It would also take me a really long time to do because it would be near the end of the stuff on my list of priorities.
For a thread that is all about EA, I would have thought that Ted himself would have had at least enough interest to look at it. He easily could have said that he could only provide a box blade if he had taken the time. Now it's too late, the person has been selected and EA needs to follow through with their commitment. PR is a funny thing, it cuts both ways.
