{"id":6500,"date":"2016-12-07T16:08:00","date_gmt":"2016-12-07T16:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/\/?p=6500"},"modified":"2016-12-07T16:08:00","modified_gmt":"2016-12-07T16:08:00","slug":"linked-pebble-is-dead-and-its-customers-are-completely-screwed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2016\/12\/07\/linked-pebble-is-dead-and-its-customers-are-completely-screwed\/","title":{"rendered":"Linked: “Pebble Is Dead, and Its Customers Are Completely Screwed”"},"content":{"rendered":"

via Gizmodo<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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\u201cOne-to-one Pebble support is no longer available\u201d and \u201cany Pebble currently out in the wild is no longer covered by or eligible for warranty exchange.\u201d This means, no matter when you purchased or received your Pebble device, you are on your own\u2014and if your device dies, you\u2019re simply out a device. Any warranty you might have been promised from Pebble directly is void. (If you didn\u2019t purchase from Pebble, but from a site like Amazon, you may still be able to return the product for cash or store credit.) You can also expect to see zero software support (or updates) going forward, despite Fitbit\u2019s acquisition.<\/em><\/p>\n

If you took part in Pebble\u2019s recent Kickstarter, which launched on May 24 and raked in nearly 12.8 million dollars, and you have not received your product, then you are, again, screwed. As of today Pebble will no longer be shipping devices. Pebble 2 backers who haven\u2019t received a device won\u2019t receive one. The Time 2, Core, and Time Round, originally intended to ship last month and later scheduled to ship in January 2017, are completely canceled.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Pebble as a company no longer exists so therefore their agreements, promises, etc are also null and void. But, if Fitbit had any interest in converting millions of Pebble Fans over to its product, it has thrown that completely away.\u00a0<\/p>\n

FitBit basically told a million people that it won\u2019t honor warranties, offer refunds and not deliver on the promises made by a company it acquired. The real story here is that FitBit is treating Pebble\u2019s customers like they don\u2019t exist and like it doesn\u2019t need their business.\u00a0<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re a FitBit or Pebble Customer, you should start looking at another Smart Watch maker because these companies obviously don\u2019t want your money.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"via Gizmodo: \u201cOne-to-one Pebble support is no longer available\u201d and \u201cany Pebble currently out in the wild is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","apple_news_api_created_at":"2016-12-07T16:08:02Z","apple_news_api_id":"1afefeae-6c3d-474c-85ff-d5d5ad8de500","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2016-12-07T16:08:02Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AGv7-rmw9R0yF_9XVrY3lAA","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-linked","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-1GQ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7363,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2018\/04\/07\/linked-how-the-baby-boomers-not-millennials-screwed-america\/","url_meta":{"origin":6500,"position":0},"title":"Linked: “How the baby boomers \u2014 not millennials \u2014\u00a0screwed America”","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"April 7, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"How the baby boomers \u2014 not millennials \u2014\u00a0screwed America - Vox: This is a generation that is dominated by feelings, not by facts. 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