[Elecraft] K3 2nd run priority via-a-vis deposit

[Mike B]

This had always been my understanding of the system.  I'm in the 2nd run, and
didn't put in a deposit at that time because, 1) I knew I wouldn't get the rig
any faster, and 2) I just wanted to hang onto my money for a little longer ;-)

I think a lot of the problem has been too many posters early on stating their
misimpressions as facts about the ordering process.  These fallacies just
continued to grow over time, taking on a life of their own.

Last week, we just saw how one email was misinterpreted by several here as
showing a rig had been shipped out of order.  Tempers & emails flew, when there
was no need for it.  I trust Wayne, Eric & the crew to make the finest rigs for
 the money, and in nearly 10 years, I've come to trust their business practices
as well.  They & their crew will do their best to get the rigs out the door as
quickly as possible, as close to order priority as possible.

While everyone would like the K3s to be moving out the door faster (including
everyone at Elecraft, I'm sure), continued public complaining about the
unchangeable process does no one any good.

Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft wrote:

> We were taking great pains -not- to give this impression at Dayton,
> since we were already into the 2nd run. I apologize if there was
> confusion on this issue.
> 
> I am very clear on this and made sure we kept everyone informed of what
> we were doing. Prior to Dayton we had already changed the web order form
> to reflect this change and we had also noted from the first day of
> orders that deposit priority for low serial numbers -only- applied to
> the first run numerous times on the reflector.

73,

Mike
KW1ND