Product Registration with Blade NOT FAA

[Cman]

Hi

I am wondering if anyone else registers there heli's on the Blade website. I try to but often forget to and can never recall the purchase date. if you do why? and if blade employees are reading does this help you in any way?

C

[JonJet]

Originally Posted by Cman

Hi

I am wondering if anyone else registers there heli's on the Blade website. I try to but often forget to and can never recall the purchase date. if you do why? and if blade employees are reading does this help you in any way?

C

That would be for warranty registration and has nothing to do with the FAA

[johny-fly]

Who mentioned the FAA?

[JonJet]

Originally Posted by johny-fly

Who mentioned the FAA?

That would be the OP...in the thread title

[Skapr1]

Also you'd be notified if there was a product recall.

[jrman83]

I have tried to register through their website but not sure if it works or not. When I enter everything and hit the "register" button, it just comes back with a page that says "We have found 0 items that match your search criteria." I have no idea what to do with that or if it ever even took my info. So it seems pointless.

Am I the only one that gets this?

[Cman]

I put "Not the FAA" in the title so things would not get confused with the other registration.

I have always been successful in registering with blade I'm not really sure why I do because all items I need warranty for I did not register.

[johny-fly]

Originally Posted by JonJet

That would be the OP...in the thread title

So patronising.
I was asking who has mentioned your registration is linked to the FAA.
Try to be polite. This is a hobby not a one upmanship.

[HarryR]

Hey, that is a timely thread.

I had no problems registering although the process is somewhat unwieldy ( finding Serial numbers etc etc ).I have registered my Blade DX8 and it think it is a good thing because Blade does get some information on the user and as they are supporting the users VERY WELL, I have NO problem to quickly do the registration.


BUT..
Here is where this brillant idea goes wrong. The short story. I bought an used ARXXXX for the 180CFX and, as I have an update cable, I just wanted to quickly get to the latest firmware update. I know how to do that because I have already one other 180 CFX registered (the FBL unit). However, it turns out that the person I bought this unit from had already registered it. The HH registration system told me " the item has already been registered, it must first be de-registered before you can register:.
COME AGAIN??
I am hunting the seller as he needs to get the unit de-registered. I got a response this morning telling me that he bought the heli USED from someone else. So now he is chasing his seller ( who may not want or may be unwilling to do this). You are getting the idea. This was and is a BAD IDEA and I would prefer HH to tell me that the registration would be 5 dollars instead.
The bottom line is that anything that can / should be registered ( updates , warranty etc) may turn out to be a real pain in the butt to get support or legal updates / upgrades for. In my mind it reduces the value of those items dramatically knowing that I may NOT be able to keep it current because YOU NEVER KNOW if this is going to be an issue.
So this post is to tell you and Blade / HH that they should really look at this policy again.

[franklin_m]

I've registered my products and can't as of yet see any value. Seeing the "de-registration" challenges makes me less likely to buy used. So for me, it's of dubious value. Now, if blade did something to incentivize registration - something tangible - that would be a real plus.

[Snakebite]

Originally Posted by franklin_m

Seeing the "de-registration" challenges makes me less likely to buy used. So for me, it's of dubious value.

It's in Blades best interests for people to not buy used...