You have to wait a couple of days for your truck.  I've been waiting 6
months for parts.  I'd LOVE to hear a "few days away" response.

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On Tue, Sep 28, 2021 at 12:58 AM Forrest Christian (List Account) <
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> Fortunately in my case we're largely doing component-level sourcing
> instead of assembly-level sourcing, and I'm probably over fussy about
> qualifying a new part.   Plus the vendors tend to be over-fussy about
> change management so the risk is rather low, at least I hope so.
>
> But your point is exactly right.   There is a lot of "what can we do to
> get this out the door" going on right now.   And it isn't just your
> immediate vendor you have to worry about.
>
> On Mon, Sep 27, 2021 at 10:20 PM Steve Jones <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> That's what concerns me. Companies like packetflux deliver topnotch gear
>> at affordable prices. They stand behind their product.
>>
>> So forrest may bring in 10 units to verify, then order months or years
>> worth of component. Somewhere up the chain though one of the components
>> components gets a shortcut to meet demand.
>>
>> Something like the time chucks surge suppresors didnt get the flux washed
>> off the ethernet pins (note, ever since that, whenever I plug in an rj45 I
>> work it in and out 3 or 4 times,so the snafu created outward quality
>> checks) chuck stood by it, I think changed a vendor or brought the process
>> in house.
>>
>> But that didnt change the fact that there was end user failure that was
>> not directly due to the manufacturers lack of due diligence. An upstream in
>> the chain cut a corner.
>>
>> I'm dreading the consumer electronics hitting the market this holiday
>> season. I forsee a ton of weird shit hitting support that boils down to
>> supply chain component changes on the fly.
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 27, 2021, 10:19 PM Sean Heskett <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm sorry to hear this Forest.
>>>
>>> I wanted to send you some words of encouragement though.  Your products
>>> and the solutions they provide are EXTREMELY valuable to not just my
>>> business but our whole industry.  There is a slew of stuff your products
>>> accomplish for us that would honestly take a fraken-monster to replicate.
>>>
>>> I know it's tough going and there's not really an end in sight with
>>> these supply chain issues, not just for you but for America and the world.
>>> Unfortunately we've off-shored most of our manufacturing and that won't
>>> come back home quick.  With all the weird things we've had to deal with the
>>> last couple years, I have to keep telling myself "This too shall pass".
>>>
>>> *But please please please keep doing what you are doing!!!!  You are a
>>> true hero of the WISP world who makes products we all need!!!*
>>>
>>> Please let us know if there's any way we can help.
>>>
>>> *Sean Heskett*
>>>
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>>> On Mon, Sep 27, 2021 at 4:06 PM Forrest Christian (List Account) <
>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'm getting really tired of dealing with supply chain issues.   Like
>>>> burnt out, don't want to do this anymore, I've had enough tired.
>>>>
>>>> Just the things I'm dealing with today:
>>>>
>>>> The last few days, all of my spare time has been related to reviewing
>>>> options to replace a part which has become unobtainum.   Like as in,
>>>> manufacturer has moved from a long lead time to 'don't bother asking'.
>>>>  This seems to happen on a recurring basis now (with different parts) -
>>>> versus pre-covid it was maybe once every year or two (since I'm careful to
>>>> select parts to avoid this issue).   I've had one part I've had to switch
>>>> vendors on like 6 times now.
>>>>
>>>> And it's not just parts, my enclosure manufacturer for the
>>>> rackinjectors sent us this gem today:
>>>>
>>>> "We had the enclosures ready for pickup since last week, but our road
>>>> is under maintenance and the whole street got ripped off. My forklift is
>>>> not able to get off from our driveway to the road because the step is very
>>>> steep. I heard the city will start paving tomorrow. Hopefully we can load
>>>> the pallet by Wednesday."
>>>>
>>>> Can we please go back to the way it was in 2019 sometime soon?
>>>>
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