Stratman68
Axe-Master
Sure wish they had the ability to produce, test and ship at higher volumes. At a minimum, it would be great to get estimated wait time based on which day we got on the wait list. I'm not in a rush, but if, for example, Fractal were to tell me that based on my wait list email stamp that I'm not getting an invite until next year, then I might spend the extra dollars and skip the line. But I'm not going to do that if they are not going to give guidance because I don't want to find out that the line moves quickly over the next few weeks. I absolutely appreciate the option to pay more to skip the line, but it's hard to judge if the extra dollars is paying for a week, month or a year of extra time with the unit. It's the lack of information that I think keeps people from spending the extra money. For example, hypothetically, f we were told it's 3 yrs away from buying, I'm confident many here would just spend the extra money and not wait. But each person has a different value on the wait time. Someone may never pay the extra $1k and others may pay the $1k or more if they found out they won't get the unit until next year.
Given the limited supply and huge demand, the best option would be to auction each unit off on eBay (and several at a time). This way the Fractal optimizes/maximizes their revenue. They can set the min bid at the lowest profit margin acceptable (and they already know their demand today based on current pricing). Everyone can bid the absolute most they are willing to pay at that time, and as demand decreases the prices will fall (but maybe not in which case Fractal clears them at a higher price than they expected and make more money - good for them, or the price ends up lower and the move more volume). Essentially the $1000 skip the line number would be set today by the market, and might be higher or lower based on real time bidding. Most of us have to wait anyway, so at least everyone would be able to bid and have a chance and winning the unit today. If not, they can bid on the next one and watch the pricing history to determine if they want to just pay for it or wait it out until supply increases or demand decreases (Fractal controls the supply through number of auctions and market dictates the demand). Real time pricing (Uber, etc) is a real trend that we are all going to see more of going forward. If someone doesn't like the price, they can't complain to Fractal as they didn't set it - the market did. Just some thoughts to help me get through the wait time. ;-)
Wow-Sorry but that doesn't sound so good at all. Have people bidding against each other? You call that the BEST option? That would END FAS as a great company..........