Lightning update: January shipping for earlybird rewards
over 3 years ago
– Fri, Jan 15, 2021 at 12:30:34 AM
Dear Solidteknics family
Happy new year! May 2021 bring you all that you hope for.
We'd like to start off your year in solid style, with the shipping of earlybird rewards!
If you're not sure if you backed an earlybird, the name of your reward will be one of the following:
- Pledge $29 EARLYBIRD 7.5" Lightning Skillet
- Pledge $87 3 x EARLYBIRD 7.5" Lightning Skillet
- Pledge $118 EARLYBIRD 7.5" Lightning + 7.5" nöni
- Pledge $464 Earlybird 7.5" Lightning FULL SET
NB. We ship one reward at a time.
Shipping is expected to commence next week, and we will send tracking numbers when rewards are packed and ready to be dispatched from the factory.
Please note that we create shipping labels well in advance of shipping: if you get a notification that a UPS label has been created for you, please know that the delivery date is an estimate based on shipping that day - a revised estimate will be determined when the package is actually on the move.
If you are an earlybird backer and need to advise us of a change of address, please email us with your backer number and new details at [email protected]. Shipping lists have been compiled, so edits to your delivery address through Backerkit surveys may not be noticed.
Happy healthy home cooking,
Mark, Steve, Belinda and the Solidteknics USA Team ♥♥
Lightning update: Surveys and January shipping
over 3 years ago
– Sun, Dec 13, 2020 at 08:15:24 PM
Dear Solidteknics family
Thank you for being so responsive to answering your surveys through Backerkit, and for bearing with us while we worked through some pledge amount discrepancies.
We are on schedule to ship the earlybird pledges in January! If you are an earlybird backer and have not yet completed your survey, please respond now or your shipment may be delayed.
To request a link to a lost survey, enter the email address you used for Kickstarter in the "Lost your survey?" section on our BackerKit project page at https://solidteknics-lightning-iron-skillet.backerkit.com, and click "Get my survey".
Thank you for your support of our manufacturing in the USA!
Happy Healthy Home - and Holiday! - Cooking,
Mark, Steve, Belinda and the Solidteknics USA Team ♥♥
Last call for order updates: surveys close on 11/25!
over 3 years ago
– Wed, Nov 25, 2020 at 11:19:53 AM
Dear Solidteknics family
A quick reminder that we are using Backerkit for post-campaign add-ons and address surveys for this 7.5" US-ION Lightning campaign.
The last day to complete your Backerkit surveys - and to purchase any add-on items - is this Wednesday, November 25. The surveys will close at 10pm Pacific Time. After this time, we will lock your reward selections and charge your cards for add-on item purchases. If you need to update your shipping address after this date, please email us at [email protected] with your new details, and your backer number.
Pledge amount discrepancies
Some pledges are showing a credit when the survey is opened, which is most likely due to carrying over shipping costs between the new Kickstarter add-on system and the Backerkit system. The credits should not be used for other add-on purchases - it is required to cover the shipping. We are still working through these discrepancies, and will contact each effected backer to resolve these. This will not affect the estimated delivery of your rewards. If you have questions around this, please contact us directly at [email protected].
Thank you for being so responsive to answering our BackerKit survey - you have no idea how tremendously helpful this has been when trying to keep track of all 875 of you!
Happy Cooking!
Mark, Natasha, Belinda, Steve, and the whole SOLIDTEKNICS Team :)
Backerkit surveys have now been sent!
over 3 years ago
– Fri, Nov 20, 2020 at 02:15:04 PM
Dear Solidteknics family
As we said in our last update, this campaign we are sending our surveys through BackerKit, which also offers you access to more Solidteknics products as add-ons. Some backers were also able to take advantage of a new beta system for add-ons through Kickstarter before the campaign closed. We have introduced both of those new systems in this campaign, and it has become obvious that a little tweaking is needed to resolve some discrepancies. Bear with us while we sort these out!
In the meantime, some pledges are showing a credit when the survey is opened. This is most likely due to carrying over shipping costs between the new Kickstarter add on system and the Backerkit system. The credits should not be used for other add-on purchases - it is required to cover the shipping. If you have questions around this, please contact us directly [email protected].
More on Backerkit surveys
You don’t need to create a BackerKit account to fill out your survey. When you receive the email with the survey, click the survey link to respond. Answer any questions about your rewards, provide your shipping information, and purchase any add-on items you would like. If you have a change of heart, you can go back later and change your responses. We will give you a couple of days warning before closing the surveys and making our final pledge counts in order for production to commence.
Questions or concerns?
Please email the service team direct at [email protected].
If you haven't already, please join our Solid Cookware Lovers Facebook group of over 10,000 members!
Happy Cooking!
Mark, Natasha, Belinda, Steve, and the whole SOLIDTEKNICS Team :)
And that's a wrap! Our 12th campaign funded! A HUGE thanks to you, our SOLID supporters! ♥
over 3 years ago
– Sat, Oct 31, 2020 at 12:21:05 PM
Dear Solid Kickstarter family,
Thanks to YOU and 875 other backers, our new US-ION™ Lightning 7.5" Skillet is going into production! We are truly humbled and grateful for the huge support and are as excited as you, to get you cooking on your new forever pans!
Your to-do list:
While celebrating this historic moment in American manufacturing, please keep an eye on your emails for declined credit card transaction notices from Kickstarter (and how to fix them), or from your bank flagging suspicious activity.
The banks reject around 10% of credit card debits from Kickstarter (particularly if you are in the USA) so, if this happens to yours, please contact your bank to assure them we're legit and you're committed to your pledge to our campaign. Just like we fulfill our promises to ship rewards all our backers, we're counting on you to follow through and help keep this new cookware industry alive!
Your pledged total versus your reward
If you have added extra pans to your reward without using the in-built Kickstarter add on feature, please let our team know by email to [email protected]. We cannot alter your original reward level; we will keep notes of your add-ons, but your reward level will not change. Although the campaign has closed, it is not too late to add more to your pledge! See below...
ADDRESS SURVEYS - address details are vital!
This campaign we are trialing our surveys through BackerKit, which also offers you access to more Solidteknics products as add-ons. You may be familiar with the usual look and feel of our Kickstarter campaign surveys - this one will look a little different, so keep an eye out! We will be initiating the surveys earlier than usual, to allow our team more time to gather every address before we are ready to ship. Look for your survey in the coming days.
Please help us get your pan to you on time.
Collating the shipping lists can take weeks. PLEASE fill out all fields of the address survey, and please double-check your address is written correctly to help speed things up. For most domestic and international shipments we use UPS. We cannot use foreign characters when creating shipping labels within UPS, so please no Cyrillic, Kanji or Hangul - UPS can only accept English alphabet. 감사합니다, 有難うございます and Спасибо!
A reminder to our international backers
Please note that as importer, you will be responsible for any import duties or taxes payable on imported products from the USA. As regulations vary across countries, we cannot advise on this!
Questions or concerns?
Please email the service team direct at [email protected].
If you haven't already, please join our Solid Cookware Lovers Facebook group of over 10,000 members!
Happy Cooking!
Mark, Natasha, Belinda, Steve, and the whole SOLIDTEKNICS Team :)
