On Fri, Dec 9, 2016 at 10:02 AM Leif Johansson <le...@sunet.se> wrote:
> On 2016-12-09 15:47, Warren Kumari wrote: > > So, the update which was posted (on Oct 12th, almost 2 months ago) says: > > "The next batch will be ready by mid-November and we expect all > > outstanding and new orders to ship by November 21." > > > > I sent email through the Crowdsupply "Ask Cryptech a question" link on > > Nov 24th and got a reply saying: > > > > "Good point. I've actually asked the team to post an update - along > > those lines - already. Our production partner (propoint) is busy running > > the production line as we speak. The delay is mostly because we/they > > were trying to figure out why we got such high failure rate the first > > time around. We hope this (final) delay won't be more than 2 weeks." > > > > That was 15 days ago -- backers probably care much about the shipping > > delays, but the lack of updates is disturbing. > > > > Crowdsupply told me two days ago they were shipping to several of > the backers - you included. > > In that case a simple "Hey all, sorry for the silence. Crowdsupply has just informed me that they are shipping to several of the backers. We expect all to be delivered by [DATE] -- we'll be sure to let you know if this slips again..." would have been nice. People who back crowdfunding projects understand that there is a large risk of things being delayed, or of the entire project failing - what annoys them more than the delays is the lack of updates / feedback... W > > At this point I've lost interest in the project... > > > > W > > > > On Mon, Oct 3, 2016 at 10:59 AM Warren Kumari <war...@kumari.net > > <mailto:war...@kumari.net>> wrote: > > > > On Mon, Oct 3, 2016 at 10:45 AM, Leif Johansson <le...@sunet.se > > <mailto:le...@sunet.se>> wrote: > > > On 2016-10-03 16:06, Leif Johansson wrote: > > >> On 2016-10-03 15:44, Warren Kumari wrote: > > >>> Hi all, > > >>> > > >>> Back in late July I helped fund the Cryptech campaign on > > Crowdsupply - > > >>> this said that boards will ship on September 15th. > > >>> > > >>> I'm guessing that there is some delay, but can whoever is > > organizing/ > > >>> running this side of things please send an update to the funders? > > >>> Missing the timeline is unfortunate, but the lack of status > > looks much > > >>> worse... > > >> > > >> > > >> Yeah you're right. We are waiting for new board to arrive and > > will ship > > >> asap. > > > > > > ... and goes wo saying I'll make sure there is an update soon with > > some > > > ETA etc > > > > Cool, thanks. > > W > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Tech mailing list > > > Tech@cryptech.is <mailto:Tech@cryptech.is> > > > https://lists.cryptech.is/listinfo/tech > > > > > > > > -- > > I don't think the execution is relevant when it was obviously a bad > > idea in the first place. > > This is like putting rabid weasels in your pants, and later > expressing > > regret at having chosen those particular rabid weasels and that pair > > of pants. > > ---maf > > > >
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