survivalshop Posted February 27, 2017 Report Share Posted February 27, 2017 If anyone here has a Wildgame innovations Feeder & it breaks , good luck with those imbeciles . I have a 40 gal. Direct Shot feeder that had a small Steel Paddle that distributes the Corn & it got a crack in it & started to jam . Well they sent me a RA # & cost me $20 to send it back to Texas & they sent me another new Timer/feeder back in about two weeks or so to replace it , well it didn't work at all from the get go , so I emailed the same guy back & told him the issue . The paddle would start , but the feeder wheel would not & show "OPEN " on the display , well great , I had a spare timer & it didn't make a difference , so they tell me that rechargeable battery that was just working fine in then I sent back, was not the right one for this feeder , even though it worked fine in the other same feeder , so I go out & spend $ 15 on a new hot shot Battery , their brand & got the same message , WTF . I emailed the same POS back said throwing $$ at the feeder didn't work & he was going to issue me another RA # & thats when I said BS < you sent me a bad unit , why should I pay to send it back , after a few min. ( he must have talked to someone ) he emailed me back & said I would have a return paid label in 7-10 working days , well its been much longer then that , so I emailed him back & no response , so I called them & all this butthead did was take my name & number for them to check it out . What a worthless Company , he said no parts were available , WTF , it looked like a $5 part was all that was wrong with the one I sent back , wish I had kept it & made a new paddle for it . So after a year your on your own , because they want you to buy a new one , because they don't make parts for them , I can see replacement motors for some Feeders on line , but thats about it , what a racket . Ok I feel so much better now , but you have been warned Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sisco Posted February 27, 2017 Report Share Posted February 27, 2017 I have had issues with their game cams. They are on my no buy list since then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
survivalshop Posted March 12, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2017 It has taken almost three weeks to get them to send me a return shipping label , numerous emails & finally a call to Customer unservice , I gave the second bad Feeder to UPS on Friday , can't wait to see how their replacement works. I will not be buying their product agin & will most likely repair anything that goes wrong with this one , in the future . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planeflyer21 Posted March 12, 2017 Report Share Posted March 12, 2017 It's really too bad that people with potentially good products fail at the customer service. And production. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
survivalshop Posted March 26, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2017 Finally got a replacement shipped to me & so far its working OK , Look how long it took , a$$#$%$#&* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwampGunnr Posted March 26, 2017 Report Share Posted March 26, 2017 WGI really sells all junk. Anything with their name on it. I'll never buy anything from them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmackc Posted March 26, 2017 Report Share Posted March 26, 2017 Okay, and?............ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
survivalshop Posted April 23, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2017 Well that lasted about a month , the Feeder Paddle cracked just like the first one that started this whole episode , Fun them in the Neck , I'll fix it myself ! POS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
survivalshop Posted May 19, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2017 (edited) I made my own feeder paddle & its been working for about a week with out a Jam , something the originals never did . It seems to throw it farther out also . I made a pattern & marked it out on some galvanized Sheet metal I have laying around , cut it out with my Dremel Tool ( Robocop would be proud ) & bent it on my Vice , centered a hole for the screw & checked balance like I do for my Drone prop's & away its been going . I think I made the tolerances a little tighter & no Corn has jammed yet . Now lets see how long it works Edited May 20, 2017 by survivalshop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sketch Posted May 20, 2017 Report Share Posted May 20, 2017 Nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robocop1051 Posted May 20, 2017 Report Share Posted May 20, 2017 5 hours ago, survivalshop said: ( Robocop would be proud ) Wasn't it YOU who said people should be required to have a license to own a Dremmel?? Honestly though... worlds greatest invention!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
survivalshop Posted May 20, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2017 9 hours ago, Robocop1051 said: Wasn't it YOU who said people should be required to have a license to own a Dremmel?? Honestly though... worlds greatest invention!!! It could have been I agree , its a hand held Lathe & Milling Machine in one , if used correctly Spell check sucks ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
survivalshop Posted May 24, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2017 Got a hell of a Jam last night , had to take it apart to get that small kernel out & I bent the Paddle doing so , so had to reset it & its back working now . Seems small tapered kernels are the down fall of this Paddle , I need to make my next prototype with less of a gap between the Paddle & housing .Still that went for quit a while with out a Jam , I think I'm on to something , because the other Factory one would have cracked & been useless to reuse . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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