I sent my thoughts directly to Scott, not to the reflector. This one will be out of hand in no time.
73, Bill K9YEQ -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Ted Roycraft Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2020 1:56 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K4 in production If that's the way you feel, why don't you ask for your money back? Ted, W2ZK On 7/16/2020 13:55, Tox wrote: > Given lead times, if the Dec/Jan ship date was not BS, then parts > would already have already been in transit before primary covid > impacts were in place. OK, that was missed. > > I understand these are not normal times. And I live in Santa Clara > County, understand current density and watch county #s (and Health > Orders being ignored by the public). > > That they aren't shipping on time now seems most immediately > attributable to covid, agreed. That this is the case is seems a result > of either failure to deliver or failure to honestly communicate last year. > > We're now reaching the window of the most recent round of delivery > promises, yet I don't know anyone, including those who fronted cash a > year ago on a Nov date, who has even gotten final pricing yet. > > Hence my frustration. I not only am impatient about getting the Shiny > (surprise), I feel deceived about how it has been handled by someone > sitting on thousands of dollars of my cash. > > Scott > > On Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 10:47 AM Fred Jensen <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Say again? The virus began in Asia [Wuhan China to be exact] at the >> very end of 2019. Many of the parts that Elecraft and every other >> manufacturer uses are sourced out of Asia. Everyones' supply chains >> are disrupted now but slowly improving. >> >> Elecraft is based in California. The population density in >> California is high ... high enough that if everyone stood 1 meter >> from everyone else, some would be standing in Nevada and some in the Pacific >> Ocean. >> [:=) From the news that leaks over the Sierra Nevada to Sparks, >> Elecraft is really working to both resume normal production AND >> protect their employees and families so they can continue normal production. >> >> 73, >> Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW >> Sparks NV DM09dn >> Washoe County >> >> On 7/16/2020 10:20 AM, Tox wrote: >>> The parts availability issue was supposed to have been resolved >> pre-covid. >>> Wondering what the facts are. >>> (not griefing you, just frustrated by Nov,Dec/Jan,Mar/Apr,Jul/Aug >>> string-along) >>> >>> Scott >>> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[email protected] >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this >> email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to >> [email protected] > > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
