Ripped Off

Discussion in 'Other Smoking Accessories' started by TheMadReefer, Jun 21, 2014.

  1. #1 TheMadReefer, Jun 21, 2014
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    So I feel very ripped off. I was just bought a Santa Cruz grinder for my birthday. I was very stoked. When it got here however it had two chips on the threads of the grinder. I suppose this part of my fault, but I figured they would be ok. I figured this grinder was ordered from a good website. Which was ezgrinders.com. So I figured it was just two chips on threads and it would be fine. I treated this thing so nicely. I kept it in a pouch that I had when I wasn't using it. I never dropped it, or banged it around, or clanged the pieces together. However this didn't stop a 3rd chip from appearing in the main chamber, a rather large chip. I felt that if I kept using it I would be at risk of getting paint, or metal into my product. Now I have a 65 dollar paper weight. I don't feel right sending a used grinder back to them. 
     
    Now I just feel cheated and ripped off. I'm going to have to save up forever to be able to purchase another one, and I for sure am not going to have bud on my birthday now. I would stay away from EZgrinders.com

     
  2. Grinder is useless with no bud.  :smoke:  Don't let yourself go dry on your b-day so you can buy a grinder. Just use your fingers bro!
     
    I thought the SC Shredder was top of the line and wasn't supposed to chip. Got a picture?
     
  3. I think those grinders come with a lifetime warranty just like space case..try to get a replacement or something
     
  4. Buy it from Amazon or their actual store next time. Yours could be a fake and that is why it is falling apart by itself. Next time Save up some more and get a Space Case.
     
  5. #5 TheMadReefer, Jun 21, 2014
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    How am I supposed to use that though when it has a bunch of bud gunk that I can't get off 100%?
     
     
    I thought the same thing.... Which is why I'm so pissed. I should of sent the thing back to them when I received it. I do not have a picture. Its not a matter of letting myself, more of a shitty deal cause I just got ripped off. 
     
  6. It is not a fake, they sell the real thing at EZgrinders.com In fact a lot of people would tell me to buy it from EZgrinders.com instead of amazon.... Also Santa Cruz are supposed to be better then Space Case. You are telling me Save up some more next time as if I just purchased a cheap grinder. When in fact I just bought a Santa Cruz for 65 dollars.
     
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    If you're willing, soaking it in rubbing alcohol for a while and then scrubbing with a toothbrush will clean it like new. 
     
  8. EZ grinders are just the distributors. Santa cruz is the maker. I'd complain to SC grinder company and see if they send you a new one for free or refund your money. Is there not some kind of warranty that comes with those?
     
    Oh and just for shits and giggles, I would use it anyway and smoke the paint and metal chips too. I've probably already have done that with my $20 aluminum grinder.
     
  9. I'm contacting Santa Cruz. I'll see what they say. Sadly though I don't have the grinder anymore, so I don't think they will be able to do much. 
     
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    You're probably right. I'd think they would want the damaged product. 
     
  11. #11 TheMadReefer, Jun 23, 2014
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    So EZgrinders.com contacted me seeing as how its Monday. However they won't do a thing. They didn't even ask to see it. They just told me that its been almost two weeks, and they won't do anything once its been used even just a little not matter how well its cleaned out.... What good is a warranty then? EZgrinders.com is crap.
     
  12. Oh shut up dude. Don't bash an entire distribution network because you got a bad deal. It sucks that you got ripped off but don't go blaming the people who had nothing to do with it. You learned a lesson to not spend that much on something you could do with your damn fingers. I have a grinder but haven't used it in years. I just use a keef box, just has the mesh screens to filter keef to the bottom. I just put my weed in there without grinding it and shake it around and get a ton of keef. Other than that I just use my fingers to grind weed.
     
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    You tell me I got ripped off, then you tell me I learned a lesson as if I did something to bring it on. Then you say I learned a lesson to not spend that much money on something that I want? Also you said I got ripped off, then told me not to blame the people who had nothing to do with it? Who did I blame that had nothing to do with it? I was sent a grinder that was faulty with chips. Yes it was my fault too by not contacting them and sending it back right away. However I did contact them a week after trying to deal with said faulty product. It doesn't seem like I am placing blame where it should not be.
     
    Also yes you can break up weed with your fingers, but you want a really fine grind to vape with. Yes its possible to get that with your fingers. However if you touch your bud that much then you will lose a good amount of kief and thc to your skin, even more so if you are breaking it up really fine, its going to require you handle all of it quite a bit. You seem pretty ignorant with these claims.
     
    Also while EZgrinders wasn't willing to do anything the Santa Cruz people themselfs were. The new grinder is on its way. They also sent stickers = ).
     
  14. Clean it with ISO and return it


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  15. Oh don't go calling people ignorant, that only makes an ass out of yourself. You put the blame on that website, all that they probably do is receive the products from the different vendors and act as a middleman. I'm sure they don't test the product or anything since the vendor company should have done that themselves. You're putting the blame for a faulty product on the people who didn't make it, does that seem smart to you? Nope. I just don't like ground weed. Sure I will tear up my nugs a little bit for better air suction in my bong, but ground weed to me just burns quicker. I can toke on a nug for like 10 fat rips out of my bong, but only like 1-4 if it's ground weed. I don't know why you just didn't contact the SC company in the first place. They're the ones who will do something about it, not the middleman. It wasn't ezgrinders fault so don't go blaming them. Obviously they aren't going to send you another grinder because they didn't make a mistake. SC made the mistake and just be fucking thankful they're sending you a new one with complementary stickers.
     
  16. #16 TheMadReefer, Jun 24, 2014
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    You honestly make decent points about the retailer. And sense I'm not ignorant I see them, and even agree on a lvl. I still think if they sold a faulty product they could still do more. I mean them being the middle man has nothing to do with why they didn't replace it. Had I contacted them right when I received it they prob would of sent me a new one. A week and a half doesn't seem like much time to me. Even many ebay sellers offer 2 weeks to contact them. However like I said you made some good points.
     
    However what I was refering to when I say you were being ignorant. Was simply you stating the lesson was me learning not to spend so much on a grinder, when I can break it up with my hands. You might as well call everybody who has ever spent the same amount or more on a grinder ignorant for doing so. When there is good reason they are doing so. For me the biggest reason is the really fine grind you need with most vaporizers. You simply do not understand this reason, so you tell me I am ignorant.  You not liking to smoke ground up herb doesn't make that reason any less so. If I was smoking instead of vaping I wouldn't be using a grinder either. However for me to call anybody who wanted a nice grinder ignorant for spending money on something they could do with their hands, would be well ignorant. It was also ignorant of you to assume that just because you don't like, or don't need to grind up your weed, that somebody else doesn't not like, or even need to. 
     
    Also in case you didn't know. What makes ( in my opinion ) the Santa Cruz grinder worth it is the design of the teeth. I'm not sure if you have ever looked into it. But they are designed way different then any other grinder, they have a patent on them. Most grinders use diamond shaped teeth and kind of attempt to cut into the weed. These grinders, while they still grind up rather well. Tend to leave little beebee like pellets of bud. Those don't vape as well as you need surfice area to vape weed. The Santa Cruz grinder has teeth that instead pull the weed apart and shred it. This isn't just my opinion either. The Santa Cruz grinder has won the best grinder award like two years in a row or something like that at the cannabis cup awards over the more pricy Space Case.
     
  17. Alright, I never even called you ignorant. You called me ignorant, simple as that. I was merely telling you that if you really have to save up money that long to buy a grinder, why not just use fingers. I didn't originally know you used a vaporizer so don't call me fucking ignorant for a fact you hadn't pointed out yet. If I were you I wouldn't be vaping if I didn't make any real money. And what a dick move to pull for a company. Manufacturing a product that is much more efficient and could be crafted by all to make everyone happy, nope they have to patent it for more money. Just another messed up part of the business world. 
     
  18. Just send the maker of the grinder a polite email with your concerns,always keep it polite,but firm.
    Hopefully they may do the right thing by you and send a replacement,yours may not be the only complaint they have recieved.
     
    Worth a try anyway
     
  19. #19 TheMadReefer, Jun 25, 2014
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    No, I never said you called me ignorant, I refered to other things you said.  Also what you said had nothing to do with me using fingers while I saved up money,
    but rather that wanting a grinder to do something that I could do with my fingers was stupid. Even though you didn't know why I needed the grinder. Like you said you didn't know I needed it for vaping, but that didn't stop you from insulting me about it. That is ignorant
     
    Also why wouldn't you be vaping if you didn't make any real money? Vaping uses much less weed and gets you way more high. I never said you have to have the weed grinded to vape, just that it works much better, and thus your bud goes further, and its worth it to grind it with a good grinder. I mean a single of some good bud costs around 50 bucks, 15 more and bam there is the grinder. Consider the amount of weed its going to save and why wouldn't somebody is it trying to make things last want to invest in that? 
     
    You sir, again are being ignorant.
     
  20. Thanx for trying to help = ). I mentioned above, though briefly, that Santa Cruz them self's have gotten back with me, and everything is good. 
     

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