Hello everyone! Total newbies here, as in we’re still waiting for our Glowforge to arrive. Quick questions - are the current ship by times accurate? Like, if it says that it will ship by 2/24 will it actually ship by that date? Also, where do the machines ship from? We’re incredibly excited, as you can imagine, and we’re counting the minutes until we can get started! TIA!
UPDATE: For other newbies who find this post and are wondering the same thing: my Glowforge Pro shipped one day early and arrived two days after that! The box was terribly beaten up (and didn’t have the handle locks like you see in all of the other unboxing videos). However, the Glowforge appears to be working fine so far. Hope this helps someone!
Your best bet is to sign up for delivery notifications with UPS and FedEx, and you should get notice from then when a label is created, when it’s picked up, etc.
Hey! Thanks for the reply. We’ve definitely signed up for the UPS/FedEx alerts. We were just curious if there were others like us who recently ordered and could speak to their experience.
They don’t have a warehouse of them ready to ship, they are built pretty much on demand and to a schedule, the date is the estimate the company that assembles them provides to Glowforge. There was indication years ago that they were built in batches by model but no way to know now.
Relatively few new owners are active here, unfortunately, unless they have a problem.
Many of the most active users waited around 2 years for theirs!
Waited two years because our orders were long before the first unit was ever produced (crowd funding). New orders have been all over the map. Folks have received them on-time, before the expected delivery date, and well after. Polling recent deliveries has not been all that helpful because sometimes there will be shortage of a particular model. Wish we could help. My opinion, the company is notoriously bad at communication. Though they do deliver.
Good to know - thanks! Y’all are a patient bunch. They do have estimated ship dates that vary by model right now. I thought there would be more new owners here, but it looks like we’re in a sea of really experienced owners! We’re looking forward to connecting with you all and learning more once our machine gets here. Cheers, all.
Just mentioned this in another thread but I am a fan of Logos by Nick - he has a ton of free content on YouTube but also a one-time fee “course” you can sign up for. I’ve never done the course as I was somewhat familiar with design before I got my GF, but I have learned a lot from his YT channel.
Awesome - I’ll check him out. We haven’t found a single source for good Inkscape tutorials, so that’s awesome. We’ve been using Photoshop for most of our design needs pre-GF but wanted to switch to a more appropriate program for this.
Hello all! I just posted an update. It did ship on time - actually one day early! I actually got the shipping notification from Glowforge before UPS had it (via email and text from Glowforge). I hope other newbies find this info helpful!
They do have estimated ship dates that vary by model right now. I thought there would be more new owners here, but it looks like we’re in a sea of really experienced owners! We’re looking forward to connecting with you all and learning more once our machine gets here. Cheers, all.