Work around for firmware/configuration update error "command not recognized"
I spent more than an hour attempting to update my Drop Shift keyboard. I'm not sure what has changed, but I was not able to do it entirely from the Drop website as I had previously done. I have most of the keys configured how I would like, but the default LED function was a very bright, distracting, rainbow wave going across the keyboard. Every time I turned the computer on I had to manually adjust the lights how I liked. Using the online version or the locally installed app, you first have to install the QMK XAP interface. You then have to flash your already configured firmware file, which can be done on the Drop website. If you are logged in your last configuration is saved under your account and you can alter what you like, so you don't have to start from scratch. So, following the instructions I selected the appropriate board, entered bootloader mode, but when attempting to flash the file, I would get an error that the C:/Users/Mike C..... command is not recognized...
Oct 18, 2024
Anzial's [MD] product link (has no warranty info): https://www.massdrop.com/buy/16373/
MD named link (with 3 year warranty): https://www.massdrop.com/buy/lg-31-digital-cinema-4k-display#description
Keep in mind that I'm not on anyone's side, but companies (especially resellers) / people make mistakes "all the time" like typos, incorrect descriptions, wrong pictures. However just because it happens "all the time" the time does not mean it is justifiable nor acceptable.
The numbered link which you provided was probably using MD's numbered system at the time you purchased it. The named link was probably created after.
If MD says that no warranty is applied to items that do not list a warranty then it is what it is.
Did you ask and receive an answer about your warranty FROM the company around the time of purchase? If a community member answered the question around the time of purchase and not MD then isn't entirely at fault (they should have corrected individual [time and staff permitting] or [at the very least] posted that no warranty would be included (which would probably cause potential buyers to reconsider). Shady? Yes. Illegal? Probably not.
Perhaps at the time of your purchase, the deal that MD made with whomever they received the items from, did not have a warranty. Maybe they were / are receiving warranties for the other drops (that occured after yours).
Sucky situation, but I hope this post helps.
If the company did something like what a dealership did to me which was actually lying about a product and what you would get (gave me the "a man is only as good as his word" crap and I trusted them. They also wrote vague service reports, would not answer questions via email, and did not disclose vehicle damage on what was supposed to be a new car. Apparently if they fix it while it's "new" and it hasn't been sold yet, it's still considered new).
So uh.... knowledge is power and get everything in writing...and even when you do your due diligence, you still have a possibility of being screwed....