Thanks for the quick reply, Donna.

You get a green cartridge in the box, albeit I haven't got round to opening mine yet either unfortunately.

I got mine delivered, but haven't opened it yet. Does anyone know if it comes with any starter filament and cartridge or do you have to buy those in advance?

Have you given them a ring? I gather a couple of people cancelled their orders when they offered the raised price, so there might be one or two going still (unless they put those at a higher price).

order cancelled, they said no stock and price was incorrect

Is that instead of the glue I saw in some videos?

No, I didn't get the email, but then I did still pay £18 more than the original £82 anyway.

The masking tape helps with adhesion of the project to the print bed and is easy to remove when complete. If you look around the 'net it's number one on most tip lists.

You didn't get the email asking for an additional payment?

and why would you use masking tape? :smiley:

I ended up paying £118, which is still good.

Looks like we got lucky on the price. Ended up paying £100.79, which was £79 plus £4.99 delivery and VAT.

Tip: If you're using masking tape on the glass print bed, don't forget to recalibrate the print head gap :disappointed:

Just got mine today, couldn't be more happy!

They'll arrive tomorrow (Thursday), for the stock they have providing you paid the higher price.

I know it's not a huge saving over what you can pay elsewhere, but it's still a pretty good deal if it can be unlocked.

I'm really hoping these mods won't be too tricky!

Just received a shipping confirmation email. Looks like it's on its way.

Buffoon you say? :man:

Thank you, I'll see if I can manage that! :smiley:

Filament adjust guide:

1. After unplugging power supply, remove extruder cover.
2. Remove 2 front screws holding the fan in place. (Torx T8 I think) Careful not to drop the standoffs and carefully move the pcb aside on its wires.
3. Loosen the Nut now revealed next to the calibration disk (black & white segmented wheel)
4. Push a section of 1.75mm filament through the feeder. This should press the filament retaining wheel out a smidgen.
5. Gently tighten the nut up again. All being well the gap will be slightly wider than originally set.
6. Gently pull the filament out again.
7. Reassemble the pcb, standoffs and fan.
8. Replace cover and power up.
9. Load filament using the standard process.

Also if you decide to use 3rd party filament, there is a way to trick your cartridge into thinking it didn't use any (because it has a chip which predicts when the cartridge has run out). So just feed your own Filament in, Keep the original cartridge in its place/socket. Start printing, then Stop the print, pull out the cartridge and continue.
This should trick the printer into thinking its using its own cartridge, whilst your actually using your own filament. Also this doesn't make your cartridge chip think its running out of filament.
Should run on versions below 2.0.8..

On filament size. Apparently, there is (unofficially) some manual adjustment in the filament feeder assembly where it can be slackened off to allow the slightly larger diameter 1.75 off the shelf reels to be used without jamming.

I received the same email this morning.

I gave them a ring and they're a very friendly company. They were clearance stock but still new.

I've added some filament to my order and am going to test the hot-swapping hack to get round the 3DS filament lock once I've experimented with the official cartridge.

I'm a bit concerned about the non-standard filament size though, as it's just shy of 1.75mm I gather? :/

Can you use strimmer line with these?

I'm not biting, that's just your inner gimp talking and hoping for a roasting.

It's strange that it happened out of hours, yet the price got jacked first to £79, then to £99 (+vat) overnight while we were still ordering them. I feel someone had their finger on the button, despite the message Simonw1975 has received.

Did anyone else get the same message as Simon?

Guilty as charged m'lud.

To me this 3D printer doesn't seem too much of a deal. The main issue with them is the price for discontinued cartridges forcing you to hack it for use with bulk filaments

Dear all,


Many thanks for your orders yesterday evening.


Unfortunately, there was a pricing error feeding to us from one of our suppliers and we are unable to fulfil the order at the price you have paid.


Having spoken to our supplier they have agreed to come down in price on these considerably to help and we are also happy to do the order at a reduced rate to assist in keeping the cost as low as possible.


I can therefore offer the printer you have ordered at a price of £99.00 ex VAT / £118.80 inc VAT, which should still be an incredible price compared to what the printer is usually worth.


If you would like to proceed with the order at this price please can you confirm your authorisation for us to create a charge for the additional £35.43 ex VAT / £42.52 inc VAT on the same card (or send a Paypal money request to the same account) as the original order? Goods will ship from us on Wednesday and be due to arrive with you on Thursday.


If you would not like to proceed with the order at this price then we will ensure that your order is cancelled and refund processed immediately for you.


I apologise for any inconvenience caused, but with this happening out of hours there was no immediate ability to resolve with our supplier.


If you can come back to me and let me know either way what you would like to do with the order then I can action accordingly.


Apologies again for the pricing error.

Don't call them! Read the original post. Check your junk mail as my confirmation email went there

I have ordered from One Stop Pc Shop and I'm calling them, but nobody answers. Has anyone contacted them?, they haven't cancelled my order, but I haven't heard anything from them either, not even a confirmation email.

Does anyone know if the unit comes with any filament?

Now gone from onestoppcshop.

I spoke to the UK distributor for 3D Systems (who make the Cube printer) and they don't know anything about this low price on the Cube 2. They haven't had any stock of the Cube 1, 2 or 3 for ages. I pointed out that the Cube 3 is selling for $200 in the US and they said they'd see if they could get some stock for the UK, but it would be unlikely. The cube 3 is much better than the 2, with twin print heads and a finer 70 micron print resolution. Not sure if it would be so easy to hack for using generic filament though.

Did anyone also place an order at Onestoppcshop? They're still showing stock at £72.89 plus delivery.

Yep, Una have cancelled the extra 'back-up' order I made this morning too. The online shops probably all tap into the same supply source. Transparent have pulled their £120 listing too. My son says his school recently took delivery of three of these exact same printers. There must have been a deep price cut at some point, with stock. And don't forget, there is the 3rd gen model with twin printheads in the US for £155, so it is plausible, just where exactly was the stock?

Sorry, I was writing this while thekanester posted. I've not had a cancellation from Transparent, only Una.

Anyone had a cancellation from transparent yet?

Its a 3d printer. Loads of fun

Una technology refunded my order. Have not heard from son stop pc shop. Hopefully that will go through.

Hurray ordered, what does it actually do?

Deal still on

Ordered from una technology too hope fully both ship will know by wednesday!! Wish me luck

Ordered from onstoppcshop

I am unable to order on both websites can anyone help

My order not going through page is frozen doesnt refresh

Found another place that sells them cheaper. The way I see it, they use the same supplier who is most likely ditching the stock. As said earlier, there is a place in the US selling for £155 + £199 delivery if anyone is interested...
http://www.onestoppcshop.co.uk/3d-systems-cube-381000.html?gclid=CPvlv4TZ7M0CFdZAGwod3vAN9w
and another:
https://www.unatechnology.co.uk/shop/peripherals/peripherals-printers/peripherals-printers-3d-printers/3d-systems-cube-printer-second-generation-silver-1-print-head-prints-abs-and-pla/

It could be real the £20 increase may be to slow the rate of sales a touch... I doubt they have price flexing (though you never know)

haha definitely no-one getting these now with buffoons like this

Well, rather strangely, one of the top projects at the moment is to make Donald Trump (ahem!) "posterior plugs"

:wink:

Just ordered 6. Should be able to double my money reselling these no problem. Thanks OP! :wink:

Make 3D flamedeer?

Grand Total Excl. Tax £99.00
Tax £19.80
Grand Total Incl. Tax £118.80..

What can you do with this printer??

I've found some US sellers clearing the 3rd Gen Cube for $200, which is about £155. I suppose it's possible that this is a clearance of old stock by the manufacturer through an authorised seller. Given these Transparent guys sell to schools, etc. they may have shifted quite a few in the last couple of years and been a favoured distributor of 3D systems and so have been chosen to get rid of this old model?

It let me order one just now at £125 delivered. Never knew I needed a 3D printer before seeing this.

I think that was when they increased the price. Possibly to correct it, before giving up.

I just noticed that they added VAT on my order twice, pushing it to just over 100 quid :disappointed:

Out of stock - good luck to those who managed a purchase.

Price changed, then OOS and then the Product does not exist. Good luck

Now error 404 page not found. I guess they already know. Oh, well.

Or change the price?

Could report as spam?

Can I delete the post lol

And the price has just nudged up a bit...

And some chimp is bound to ring in the morning 'to check', thus preventing any dim-witted warehouse bod from sending it out before the penny drops.

Ok no-one ring until Wednesday ok

This is one of those situations where the OP is gonna be kicking himself for sharing before taking delivery. Sorry Simon, I couldn't resist ordering just in case but it's gotta be a mis-price and their T&C's clearly state that no contract is formed until goods are dispatched.

The title, photo, SKU, and description would all have to be wrong, or just the price.

Mistake price. Should be one of the cartridges

"Image accuracy cannot be guaranteed
Please do not rely on these images when purchasing."

"NOTE: The accuracy of the information on this page cannot be guaranteed. If necessary, please contact us before purchasing"

Doesn't exactly inspire confidence. The reviews are not that good either.

the sku I have on my invoice is for the printer

Probably a mis price by a factor of 10!

Seems to be too cheap.....

how odd, they have the same printer on the same site at 10x the price. Are you sure this not just filament?

​My invoice says 3d printer and the sku number is for the printer when you google it don't know if it comes with filament but you can buy a chip which will let you use generic filament

Nice catch! Jumping on this.. Hope it's not just the filament! :wink:

is that ok

Site in title.