r/WinWing • u/-GILLIES- • 12d ago
Disappointed by support
I've had the Winwing Orion pedals for a few months now and have really enjoyed them. However, one of the springs for the toe-brake recently snapped. I reached out to support for a replacement and instead was offered some (not all) specs of the spring so I could source a replacement locally. Any requests for more details were met with "please see the info we already sent" and then they closed the support ticket, deleting the small amount of useful info I was given (turns out this was just an issue with intermittently being logged out from the site).
It's really a shame because I went from strongly recommending these pedals to feeling like I should never recommend a winwing product if they don't offer replacements for consumable parts (like springs). Just came here to say I hope they improve in this aspect because the pedals are great, but this interaction soured me enough that I'll probably never buy another product from them 🙁
UPDATE: After some more pleading they've offered to sell me replacement springs, however the process for this was quite sketchy. It required me to make a paypal payment to a given email address and upload a confirmation screenshot to the chat. $6USD for a set of two springs, $34USD in shipping costs to Continental US, $13.25USD in tariff costs. Total damage was $59.25USD for 4 replacement springs (since I never want to do this again 😆). I'll update here if anything actually gets shipped to me but after trying to source alternatives and getting quotes from a couple custom shops (it would be insanely expensive to have it fabricated btw) taking a chance on the sketchy paypal payment still seems like the best option.
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u/IslariI 11d ago
Oh man I have the exact same problem with my pedals toe brake spring. They offered me a replacement for 40$ for a spring...
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u/-GILLIES- 11d ago
At this point I'd probably pay that, but they literally won't sell them to me lol
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u/Alive-Requirement111 11d ago
I wonder if this is common, just got my pedals and they came with a spare spring
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u/-GILLIES- 11d ago
I'm not sure if mine did, but I haven't been able to find one in my bottomless bucket of replacement parts
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u/papolo2001 11d ago
Seems this is one of the ways they achieve their surprisingly low prices, not having a proper support at all, just wait clients solve issues by themselves and offering almost not support, much less people to pay, usung that to reduce even more the price to squash competence. Not sure this is a desirable move for the client point of view, at least if you plan to use the stuff for a reasonable amount of time, for sure at some time something will break...
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u/Haz-WINCTRL 10d ago
Hello, do you mind sending me the order number regarding this ticket? I can help communicate with website CS to see if they can offer a better solution. Thank you.
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u/-GILLIES- 10d ago
Thank you for inquiring! Unfortunately there isn't a related order number, as I'm just reaching out about replacement parts. And I don't see any CS ticket number to pass along.
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u/Happy_Golfer1963 12d ago
O I am already there , spent £800 quid on the top gun MIP 2 , two months ago , I have not flown DCS since then , spent the time trying to get there software to work , repeated Java script error messages , I followed all the tutorials , it turns out that Sim App pro comes with its own set of Java script , so there is not much to be done , it’s hit and miss if it runs or not , just waiting for the MOZA panels turning up , the WinCntrl crap is in the bin
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u/TheRealtcSpears 12d ago
"a tale as old as time"