Warning in case of buying or selling DJI equipment:

[Bernard]

https://www.notebookcheck.net/DJI-N...able-if-buyers-are-not-careful.1036617.0.html

 

[akdrone]

It was always my understand that was the case. Apparently not. Makes sense.

 

[mavic3usa]

Thanks for posting a different viewpoint on this issue: Important: DJI Account Rebinding Service Changes on June 19, 2025

Good to see an article pointing out the negative aspects, they even mentioned the word "legal." The first thing that will happen is the thieves will take full advantage of the people who simply haven't found out yet or don't realize something so stupid could be implemented. Nothing else in the world when you get your hands on the actual hardware does it magically transform into a paperweight if you're not aware. The services and the data contained within, sure. Imagine if you power on a computer, everything looks fine but somewhere in there is a program that can lock you out permanently. We call that ransomware and it's used by crooks to take advantage of unsuspecting victims. My guess is sites like eBay will automatically reverse any claims regarding locked drones which only helps to swing the pendulum the other way so the buying criminals will cheat the honest sellers. The entire setup stinks.

The DJI process has gone from bad to worse when they added/changed three things:
1. They won't confirm or deny if a drone is locked. I guess they got tired of fielding requests and they put the onus on the buyer/seller to work out the trust issues in a forum where there is already little to no trust.
2. They implemented a zero tolerance policy which is never really true when you unlock for some and not for others. This only means they unlock when they feel like it and it's going to be much fewer rather than more often.
3. They tell everyone you have to bind whether you have Care or not. Which means if you don't bind, you put yourself at risk.

For me, it's hard to believe this unless they are big plans to overhaul how this works going forward. It's been a minute since I've gone thru my drones so I'd like to take some time to review the process again using my own equipment. However, the endless horror stories I continue to post across social media on a daily basis is quite concerning. Unfortunately nothing will be done until the retailers and Amazon and Best Buy are impacted the most.

This is almost certain to become class action.

 

[Cafguy]

This is almost certain to become class action.

I see your point I really do BUT this feature has never really caused me a problem and I own lots of DJI drones.
I kind of like the fact that DJI will not help anyone but me if questions about my drone arise. DJI has always maintained contact with its drone owners thru a password system. To my knowledge DJI has never unlocked a drone, perhaps they may have transfered an account and relinquished a code to the new account holder that allowed them to create a new password but I don't think DJI has ever revealed a password nor transferred ownership of a drone without the DJI account holder being notified.

It can be sad to buy a drone only to receive a high tech paperweight but really when making a purchase for this amount of money it pays to research your purchase.
I also understand that not one person here including myself have read the terms of ownership we all signed when we opened the box, but if we do I can tell you we will indeed find that your drone is tied to an internet account that requires steps to transfer in order to sell your drone.
Sure I could do without it and if its causing more harm than good then maybe they should abandon the whole thing. The instances of drone theft are going to go up tremendously if they do.
Like it or not DJI is a producer of nice drones we all want. the fact that our ownership has a stipulation or two while unnerving, wont make me not buy one. and they reserve the right to do what they must do to combat theft.
You know there are other companies that make their buyers go thru much worse. Did you know if you go out and purchase a 250,000 dollar Ferrari with cash and you take it home and paint it, the Ferrari people will come give you your money back and take their car out of your driveway, plus you will be blacklisted from ever owning one.......How can they do this you say? Well,..Its written in very small print in the 2000 page ownership agreement.

When you opened that clear plastic on your shiny new DJI drone the little sentence you ignored on the box read "doing so binds you to the terms of ownership" that is made available online before you rip it open. I know I know nobody reads all that fine print but maybe we should.