[Elecraft] Crybabies - Woe is me - I have a contract

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

Lee, 

There is as much a problem with those who label as "cry-babies" 
anyone who complains about delayed delivery or lack of useful 
(and believable) delivery schedules as there is with the "when 
will my K3 be shipped" postings. 

The fact is that Elecraft have not made a single stated delivery 
target - from the initial "July" for the first orders to, 
"November" for the second production run and beyond.  Each and 
every person who has ordered a K3, with or without a deposit, 
deserves an accurate delivery estimate and when conditions 
change they deserve a prompt and believable update.  However, 
all many are getting are infrequent postings about more delays 
or the comment that at current shipping rates it will be the 
end of March before the backlog is cleared.   

There are folks on this list who relied on shipping commitments 
and sold their other radios and are now off the air.  There are 
others who counted on having their K3 in time for a vacation or 
DXedition, there are others who are watching their existing 
radios depreciate by the day but don’t want to sell them because 
they do not know when they will get the long overdue K3.  There 
are those who have development projects ready to go for K3 
accessories or software but are on hold due to the excessive 
delay and lack of clarity. 

All anybody is asking for is a useful and believable shipping 
schedule/commitment. 

73, 

   ... Joe, W4TV 
  




> -----Original Message-----
> From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net 
> [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Lee Buller
> Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 11:16 AM
> To: Elecraft Reflector
> Subject: [Elecraft] Crybabies - Woe is me - I have a contract
> 
> 
> 
> Take your complaint to management....not to the list.  I am 
> sure there are a lot of people who are tired of hearing of 
> your shipping woes.  So you have a "contract"...  Big deal.  
> You knew the risk going in.  You agreed to it.  If I was 
> Elecraft, would refund your crybaby money and tell you I 
> would never sell you a radio in a million years.  Or, I would 
> gold plate a K3 and ship it to you just to shut you up.  I 
> would give it the serial number of Crybaby0001
> 
> "You" are those people who complain about their raw deal!  
> 
> Get a life!
> 
> Now, lets get back to Ham Radio - having fun - and building radios.
> 
> K0WA
> 
> 
> 
> In our day and age it seems that Common Sense is in short 
> supply.  If you don't have any Common Sense - get some Common 
> Sense and use it.  If you can't find any Common Sense, ask 
> for help from somebody who has some Common Sense.  Is Common 
> Sense divine?