Basic Spark Comes With Remote now!

ZPFunk · Feb 24, 2018

I just chatted with DJI customer support, and the basic spark now comes with a controller at no additional cost, and I was told this is a permanent price change.

ZPFunk · Feb 24, 2018

AeroMirage · Feb 24, 2018

Gee, I never knew a 16gb sdc was equal to a RC in value!

Beario · Feb 24, 2018

Yes it is permanent but this package is also $50 cheaper at B&H.

Frogbmth · Feb 24, 2018

Yes in retail stores too for a couple of weeks now, I got one with mine and discounted too so a good deal is to be had I think for the spark at the moment.

ZPFunk · Feb 24, 2018

Indeed

ZPFunk · Feb 24, 2018

Im sure they were tired of getting contacted about cell phone fly aways. I started on a Basic first without the RC, then got the FMC w/ RC. Device only control is easily enough to turn a lot of people off. Smart move i say.

weeessss · Feb 24, 2018

I saw that too. I’m debating returning my unopened combo and get this then add the extras I want.

Hotwire · Feb 25, 2018

well it's kind of good news, unless you paid US$850 for the combo package last year. Then it just feels like you got taken for a sucker.

Ophidia Snaketongue · Feb 25, 2018

I paid 878 dollars (£629) for mine, just before Christmas. Dammit. Ah well, sunk cost fallacy and all that!

Richard Madonna · Feb 25, 2018

And you can add the dji goggles on B&H for 250

Oluminide · Feb 25, 2018

So for those who bought the spark without the remote does this mean we still have to pay the extra $120 to get it?

msinger · Feb 25, 2018

Oluminide said:
So for those who bought the spark without the remote does this mean we still have to pay the extra $120 to get it?

Yes. DJI's sales are not retroactive.

weeessss · Feb 25, 2018

If B&H already does it then when will other stores offer the remote free as well? I keep checking Bestbuy for the same deal.

freedomsoftware · Feb 25, 2018

Sucks. I paid nearly $700+ for mine last year with the fly more combo

Beario · Feb 25, 2018

It is the same cycle over and over again. We all get excited when the new quad gets released and jump on it and enjoy it for a bit and before you know it a new quad gets released and the price gets lowered making a lot of people feel like they paid too much. I was ready to jump on the Mavic Air very much the same way and it took a lot not to do that. It looked too much of an incremental upgrade to me to buy. The pattern is eerily similar to Apple with upgrades every year. I have not upgraded my iphone in a while and I'm not going to. I'm also keeping my Sparks and going to have fun with them. As the technology gets better at a faster pace, the cycle will be even faster for upgrades for quads so you have to be accepting that its going to change and something better is going to be released. If you give it that consideration, you actually paid what it was worth at the time you bought it.

beachcombing · Feb 25, 2018

I don't understand people complaining about purchases they made LAST YEAR. Makes no sense.

lightbg · Feb 25, 2018

It's the same in every field. I play keyboards and by the time you get the latest and greatest shipped to your door there's a new one out. If you learn your equipment to the best of its ability you'll be able to figure out how to do what the newest models can do. I learn something new every time I fly, so even if it's superseded it still does what I bought it for. When they don't support it with batteries and parts anymore then it's time to upgrade.

Jake

NyJosh · Feb 25, 2018

Yep, I've been explaining the same point to people in the computer area for years. Everyone says they want this super great deal on the current gen processor, etc. but hem and haw because they know a newer, slightly faster one is going to come out and they wonder if they should wait for that one. Then they realize the newer one will cost more and will take a while for the price to come down so wonder if they should wait some more and it becomes a never ending cycle.

Bottom line: If you want the bleeding edge newest of anything, you're going to pay the early adopter's premium. If you want the cheapest, sweetest price on something, you're going to have to wait, which means the replacement model won't be far behind after you buy it.

I bought the Spark because it does everything I want in the price range that I was ok with spending at the time. Will I drool a bit when the Spark 2 / platinum / air / widget comes out? Sure! Will I regret buying the Spark when I did? No! It was what I wanted at a price I was ok with at the time.

If it makes you feel better, let's assume the Spark 2 will come out in 3 months. If you bought your Spark 9 months ago, you got to fly it and enjoy it for a full year before "next gen envy" kicks in. Someone just buying it today at the cheaper price is only going to fly it for 3 months before it's superseded. Then they're probably going to have way more buyers remorse / doubt about their purchase than you, despite paying a good bit less than you.

BTW, thanks @ZPFunk for sharing so others that may be in the process can benefit from your finding as well!

MikeSpark · Feb 25, 2018

lightbg said:
It's the same in every field. I play keyboards and by the time you get the latest and greatest shipped to your door there's a new one out. If you learn your equipment to the best of its ability you'll be able to figure out how to do what the newest models can do. I learn something new every time I fly, so even if it's superseded it still does what I bought it for. When they don't support it with batteries and parts anymore then it's time to upgrade.

Jake

Yeah, that's true. Use your staff until it is broken, too old or it need too many upgrades. Then change, because too many cash is flowing down....