Norm S Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 I got this from the Horses mouth. Minelab has 8 testers that has to test each machine in their test garden for one hour. The team is led by Juan. The 1st glitch came when Hugo was scheduled for vacation from Jan 15th - 30th. Well they had to use Jared to replace Hugo but Jared wasn't trained in the Equinox he was an ETrac tester. They had to hurry up and train Jared. After the test is complete they have to turn the detector into Bridget the Irish wash woman to clean them and put a coat of hair spray on them to make the look shiny new. Then they go to Carmen Kristoff to disassemble them and on to Brenda the boxer and after Brenda they go to Maria Mendenez for shipping. Before they go out the door Jaun calls his team together for a stamp of approval and then Bill Barney from shipping signs off before they go to the port. At the port Customs agent Alex Munoze has to sign off then Kirby from Minelab delivers the check from Minelab to cover the shipping to the financial officer of the shipping company and away they go. So now you have it. It all started with Hugo's vacation.. 1 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chase Goldman Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Now I know where Norm gets his bottle caps for testing the Equinox. Hey, its 5 o'clock somewhere. Thanks for the chuckle. I needed it. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOXaholic Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Thanks Steve, that helps take the edge off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeachHunter Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Too funny Norm! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chase Goldman Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 23 hours ago, Norm S said: I got this from the Horses mouth. Minelab has 8 testers that has to test each machine in their test garden for one hour. The team is led by Juan. The 1st glitch came when Hugo was scheduled for vacation from Jan 15th - 30th. Well they had to use Jared to replace Hugo but Jared wasn't trained in the Equinox he was an ETrac tester. They had to hurry up and train Jared. After the test is complete they have to turn the detector into Bridget the Irish wash woman to clean them and put a coat of hair spray on them to make the look shiny new. Then they go to Carmen Kristoff to disassemble them and on to Brenda the boxer and after Brenda they go to Maria Mendenez for shipping. Before they go out the door Jaun calls his team together for a stamp of approval and then Bill Barney from shipping signs off before they go to the port. At the port Customs agent Alex Munoze has to sign off then Kirby from Minelab delivers the check from Minelab to cover the shipping to the financial officer of the shipping company and away they go. So now you have it. It all started with Hugo's vacation.. These things happen, that's why Minelab didn't go way out there on a limb and say "Our commitment is to fulfill all backorders by the end of March." I am certain they will 100% strive to meet their goal until April comes along. Despite my cynicism, I would rather have this scenario for the Equinox than the other disappointing alternative...Minelab delivering an unimpressive machine that everyone could get their hands on from day one (or worse, no one could get their hands on). Steve and the rest of the testers made sure ML didn't deliver a clunker by the vast majority of first reports. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norm S Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Chase I agree with you 100%. I just like to have a little humor to go along with the wait. I am sure it will be worth the wait. Minelab did their homework and from all I am seeing most everyone is pleased from out of the box performance. Even most CTX users like it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chase Goldman Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 26 minutes ago, Norm S said: Chase I agree with you 100%. I just like to have a little humor to go along with the wait. I am sure it will be worth the wait. Minelab did their homework and from all I am seeing most everyone is pleased from out of the box performance. Even most CTX users like it Norm, I agree, especially re: the humor part, that's why I chose to quote your post to make my point regarding Minelab. Cynicism mixed with humor. Shaken but not stirred. I had a great laugh reading your what came out of your horse's mouth. Lol. And to be clear - the ML engineers and designers have appeared, so far, to have hit out of the park with Equinox (again with great help from the testers). Otherwise, in other areas of the business, there is always room for improvement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coherent Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 Actually.. Hugo wasn't going to take vacation at that time, but his mother-in-law had to have hernia surgery and his wife insisted they go and take care of Mom's cats while she is recuperating.. so it's the cat's fault. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InTrouble Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 Received my EQ 800 yesterday the 9th was shipped on the 7th of March from GPS Central in Calgary ,Alberta. I ordered the unit on Nov.26.. Looks like delivery is starting to speed up, considering the original shipment to all of Canada was 2 units in February. Now if the ground would just thaw. Garage testing will be the order of the day today. Many thanks to all the members here that have been doing such a fine job of getting information out on this new machine. Seeing this is my first metal detector I am feeling way ahead of the game through all of your valuable insights. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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