[Elecraft] K3 Deposit Clarification - just curious

[Alexandr Kobranov]

There are simply some of us buying low S/N´s and paying for them 100% 
deposit. There are also some of us buying anything in "special price 
offers". There are some of us never buying but only tyre-kicking.
And there are some of us which do not care about S/N a not waiting for 
some "happy hours" - just thinking about future in ham-shack and how 
to ballance budget. Not running some kind of "buyers contest"...
It is simply picture of our community with all pros and cons.
I am afraid if our friends in Aptos will be more or strictly 
"commercial" there will not be any such rumors (good!) but price will 
be close to ICOM/Yaesu and nobody will take care about S/N and 
firmware upgrades and developers will not be in so closed loop with 
"customers" as Elecraft is doing. I was in some FT-2000 mail-list and 
never seen there any reaction from Yaesu excepts some good US guy 
communicating and trying to keep users mailed about new FW etc. - but 
no messages about one to another day responses, fast FW version u/g 
reacting to errors or needs but what was very often was  replacement 
of whole units (in some cases several times!) to fix something which 
cannot be fixed at all :-)
I undestand that our friend in Aptos maybe made some mistake with 
expected number of orders (simply under-estimated) and then 
consequently there are some problems with time-table. But there is no 
need to give up this as - I am afraid -  there is nothing else to 
order :-)
Or is over there at least so good RIG to order now for the similar 
money? I do not know, so sending order with deposit, keeping fingers 
crossed, being happy to see any other S/N going into the air and 
waiting for mid-late January 2008 (but being realistic :-)).

73!
Lexa, OK1DST

Fred Jensen napsal(a):
> Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft wrote:
>> I see there has been some confusion regarding deposits in recent 
>> emails. To clarify this, we just added the following to the shipping 
>> status web page.
> 
> Just curious - other than placing an order early to get earlier 
> delivery, from whence cometh the obsession with a low S/N?  The guy who 
> flies the S/N 0001 aircraft is called a "Test Pilot" and generally makes 
> more money than a vanilla "Pilot," for good reasons.  I ordered my K3 
> last month, and with all the reflector traffic about firmware revisions, 
> downloading, and version control, I'm hoping my S/N will be high enough 
> that things Aptos-wise will have stabilized some.  Am I missing 
> something important here?
> 
> 73,
> 
> Fred K6DGW
> - Northern California Contest Club
> - CU in the 2008 Cal QSO Party  4-5 Oct 08
> - www.cqp.org
> 
> "When trouble arises and things look bad, there is always one individual 
> who perceives a solution and is willing to take command. Very often, 
> that individual is crazy."
> 
> Dave Barry
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