Paul Klissner wrote:
>
> And you know what? You won't know if or when he got
> your e-mail (I've been through this).
Litco confirmed my order 2 hours, 41 minutes, and 37 seconds after
I placed it (2 seconds after window opened).
I requested that Litco confirm receiving my payment, which they did
7 days after I made my request. Given the Canada Post to U.S. Post
handoff of the letter with my money order, I found this delay to be
reasonable.
> Do you have to wake up at 6:00 AM PST?
No. I composed an e-mail about 5 months before the window opened,
and set it to be autmaically delivered at the required time. I was
in a meeting when the e-mail order was sent to Litco. I had actually
forgotten about it, but I had CC'd myself to remind me.
> What if someone cheats the Time and Date on their e-mail header?
I don't know. I would guess they could go by timestamp but by wall
clock time.
> How long is the e-mail queue?
No idea. I think my order was 1st in the run given the order
number, but this isn't conclusive.
> Does he open it right on time?
Two seconds seems pretty darned close to right on time :)
> How big is the line?
No idea. They accept orders for about 14-17 production runs.
> How fast does the order lot fill?
My order window closed after 4 hours.
> You have no idea. You might even lose some sleep just
> trying to be sure you get in under the wire.
See above. I slept well, thank you :)
> He's not even taking *backlog* orders. You have to fight
> for a small window, and if you miss it, you wait months,
> yet again. Can't beat that.
Actually, every order placed is basically a "backlog" order
with shipping in about 6 months. I'm pretty much used to
this with the work I do; we order parts that often have a
14 week or longer lead time.
The Alpha4 was worth getting. I don't regret getting one.
You might want to e-mail Litco and ask these questions directly.
I've found them quite responsive.
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