Sam Livingston-Gray

Ordered an all-terrain electric skateboard (EDIT: the Veymax Nymph; it is: SO PINK) on Tuesday morning and have been checking my email compulsively: has it shipped yet? How about now? How about now?

Finally saw an email, got super excited, opened it up to see "some items in your order are on the way", clicked through... and it's just the spare parts I wanted to make sure I had on hand: tire, inner tubes, drive belts, bearings.

Mar 20 at 2:52amWeb
Show threadSam Livingston-Gray18h ago

FedEx out here just:

10 PRINT "LOWERING THE BAR"
20 PRINT "TRIPPED ON THE BAR"
30 GOTO 10

That e-skate I ordered on Wednesday the 18th? Woke up to an email with a scheduled delivery date of... Wednesday the 25th (CA -> OR, though admittedly across almost all of both states, ~1k miles). But clicking through to the tracking details shows a scheduled delivery date of Monday. It's like someone vibe-coded an entire company.

Show threadSam Livingston-Gray18h ago

At this point, if I saw someone in a FedEx uniform rolling up to my house *on the e-skate*, carrying the box, my first thought would be "well, at least they got the address right this time."

In checkout flows, if I see FedEx as the only delivery option, I'll go back to the search engine and see if I can order the same thing from another site that uses a different carrier.

Show threadRichard Schneeman2d ago
@geeksam which one did you get?
Show threadSam Livingston-Gray2d ago
@Schneems @paulyd the Veymax Nymph. Plenty of tempting boards out there, but as a starter, this one seems more than adequate. And very very pink.
Show threadRichard Schneeman1d ago
@geeksam @paulyd that's cool. I had an Altered brand electric skateboard in college and loved it (minus some scars). I've always thought about one with air tires as asphalt is pretty bumpy around here. Have fun, wear protection, don't ride wearing sandals 🙈
Show threadSam Livingston-Gray1d ago
@Schneems @paulyd oh, I am Team Gear! And yeah, Portland streets are usually pretty chewed up and often wet, so big wheels are a requirement. I'm considering airless, but we'll see how many flats I actually get first.
Show threadSam Livingston-Gray1d ago
@Schneems @paulyd honestly these YouTubers out there doing 25+ mph speed tests with just a brain bucket... smdh
Show threadpaulyd II - the wrath of caro-kann2d ago
@geeksam
v.relatable()

Also what did you get???