A quick question for US buyers

allentc2 · Sep 6, 2016

On average, how long does DJI usually take to get a drone to a customer in the US?

msinger · Sep 6, 2016

For me, it usually takes 3-4 business days. I believe they are now shipping all Phantoms from the east and west coast in the US. When they used to come directly from China, I'd receive them just as quickly.

Dirby · Sep 6, 2016

I sent one back and had it back in a little over two weeks.

SamNetwork · Sep 6, 2016

msinger said:
For me, it usually takes 3-4 business days. I believe they are now shipping all Phantoms from the east and west coast in the US. When they used to come directly from China, I'd receive them just as quickly.

3-4 Days? Sweet, I just ordered mine.

msinger · Sep 6, 2016

allentc2, and just to clarify, I was referring to buying a new Phantom.

Hollywood · Sep 6, 2016

Ordered mine on a Tuesday and got it Thursday.

allentc2 · Sep 6, 2016

Cool, thanks! I ordered....Sunday I think it was? So maybe this weekend I can fly (assuming the batteries are good, I can properly set the thing up, my Mini 2 connects to the P4, the planets are in alignment, etc. etc. etc.)

Hollywood · Sep 6, 2016

allentc2 said:
Cool, thanks! I ordered....Sunday I think it was? So maybe this weekend I can fly (assuming the batteries are good, I can properly set the thing up, my Mini 2 connects to the P4, the planets are in alignment, etc. etc. etc.)

Takes like 10 minutes to setup lol other then charging the battery.

WilsonFlyer · Sep 6, 2016

Most Best Buys stock them now.

SamNetwork · Sep 6, 2016

WilsonFlyer said:
Most Best Buys stock them now.

Yea but they can be $80 more.

Suhail78 · Sep 7, 2016

SamNetwork said:
Yea but they can be $80 more.

I bought mine from Best buy, and it was the same price as on the dji website, it was on sale for 200 off the regular price at the time

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msinger · Sep 7, 2016

Suhail78 said:
I bought mine from Best buy, and it was the same price as on the dji website

They are usually the same price-wise, but most people have to pay tax on top of that when buying from Best Buy.

Suhail78 · Sep 7, 2016

msinger said:
They are usually the same price-wise, but most people have to pay tax on top of that when buying from Best Buy.

Yep, this is true, they taxed me 97.50 for the bird and an extra battery, which cost me 100 bucks -

Model: CP.PT.000342
SKU: 5132500
Quantity: 1

its interesting, the battery is on their website now for 169!!!!

msinger · Sep 7, 2016

It's the cost you pay for convenience

dudemang · Sep 7, 2016

2 days if you order through B&H

dudemang · Sep 7, 2016

allentc2 said:
On average, how long does DJI usually take to get a drone to a customer in the US?

I know the feeling of not wanting to wait. Waiting for the Phantom was like I was 8 years old again waiting for Christmas.

msinger · Sep 7, 2016

dudemang said:
2 days if you order through B&H

Not bad. You can also get them in one day from Amazon.

Suhail78 · Sep 7, 2016

msinger said:
It's the cost you pay for convenience

Well, i was taxed 97.50 for the bird and a battery........The battery was only 100 dollars, which they are now 169, not sure if it was on sale or if they jacked the price up, so i guess that kinda made up for the tax......at least thats one way of looking at it ha!