Troy Seegert
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Woohoo! I shall celebrate vicariously thru you!Won the lottery, Got the golden ticket. Email arrived at 12:06 pm. Order confirmation 12:57.
Woohoo! I shall celebrate vicariously thru you!Won the lottery, Got the golden ticket. Email arrived at 12:06 pm. Order confirmation 12:57.
Grats!! what day did you go on the waitlist?Won the lottery, Got the golden ticket. Email arrived at 12:06 pm. Order confirmation 12:57.
feb 20Grats!! what day did you go on the waitlist?
Except everyone's a winner!These invites are like Wonka Golden Tickets.
Except everyone's a winner!
"Just take my wallet, take what you need and give it back. Or keep it. I dont care".Pretty hilarious when you stop to think we are anxiously waiting for our turn to give FAS a bunch of money!
"Please, take my money! Can I give you money now, please?" Who else has a business like that? Cliff is a genius!
Pretty hilarious when you stop to think we are anxiously waiting for our turn to give FAS a bunch of money!
"Please, take my money! Can I give you money now, please?" Who else has a business like that? Cliff is a genius!
Congrats to ya, enjoy!For those checking the email everyday like I was I can say this. Got my invite today around 1:30pm and had my order secured by 1:45pm. I got on the waitlist on Feb 21.
Oligopolies and monopoliesPretty hilarious when you stop to think we are anxiously waiting for our turn to give FAS a bunch of money!
"Please, take my money! Can I give you money now, please?" Who else has a business like that? Cliff is a genius!
This delay bothers me more as a management consultant than it does as someone attempting to buy this product! It looks like they aren't gaining much on the list - a 2/19 order went out on 3/19, a 2/20 order went out on 3/20, etc., which implies a steady-state backorder situation. If I had a waiting list - a waiting list! - of people trying to buy my $2500 product, and a shipment came in, I would be hiring contractors, working OT, doing anything possible to realize the revenue. Get the cash in the door is rule #1. Making software sound like vacuum tubes is really hard. Fulfilling orders is so much easier.
I would also be communicating like crazy to the waitlisters trying to ensure that not a single one went and bought a Kemper. I would be telling them "OK, here's the deal, why we're backordered, what's coming, we genuinely appreciate your interest, stay with us, here's some fun news about the company, etc." Someone willing to wait to buy your expensive product is worth a fortune to any company. I would be treating them like potential lifelong customers, instead of...radio silence.
The only companies that ought to just let buyers dangle:
1) The trendy new bar in town that needs a line outside to look "hot" even if it's half empty (I am too old for that bar)
2) A company that is just so profitable that, I mean, whatever
3) A stressed-out startup that just can't even because the owner is also the mail room, help desk, window washer, and receptionist - and even then, the priority should always be realizing revenue. Let the windows get dirty. Fuss over your customers. Get the cash.
I have to assume that it takes time for them to load the software and test everything. Regarding Kemper... I would never buy a computer without knowing what I am getting.
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As Tom said, "The waiting, is the hardest part".
Unlike the genius involved with writing the code, testing and shipping the product is a repeatable, predictable process. The revenue from one unit could pay for a contractor for 2 weeks. And by "buying a Kemper" I mean deciding not to buy anything, losing the money betting on Marquette, honey where did this purebred Labradoodle come from, etc.
This delay bothers me more as a management consultant than it does as someone attempting to buy this product! It looks like they aren't gaining much on the list - a 2/19 order went out on 3/19, a 2/20 order went out on 3/20, etc., which implies a steady-state backorder situation. If I had a waiting list - a waiting list! - of people trying to buy my $2500 product, and a shipment came in, I would be hiring contractors, working OT, doing anything possible to realize the revenue. Get the cash in the door is rule #1. Making software sound like vacuum tubes is really hard. Fulfilling orders is so much easier.
I would also be communicating like crazy to the waitlisters trying to ensure that not a single one went and bought a Kemper. I would be telling them "OK, here's the deal, why we're backordered, what's coming, we genuinely appreciate your interest, stay with us, here's some fun news about the company, etc." Someone willing to wait to buy your expensive product is worth a fortune to any company. I would be treating them like potential lifelong customers, instead of...radio silence.
The only companies that ought to just let buyers dangle:
1) The trendy new bar in town that needs a line outside to look "hot" even if it's half empty (I am too old for that bar)
2) A company that is just so profitable that, I mean, whatever
3) A stressed-out startup that just can't even because the owner is also the mail room, help desk, window washer, and receptionist - and even then, the priority should always be realizing revenue. Let the windows get dirty. Fuss over your customers. Get the cash.
This is not a steady-state backorder situation. There were customers on a waiting list before I purchased my III, however it was in-stock when I bought it on February 1st, and in fact it had been in-stock for at least a couple of weeks, though I can't remember exactly how long.
Mine was shipped earlier this week and is sitting at the UPS store, anxiously waiting for me to get off work and go pick it up...Ok, so maybe I'm the one that's anxiously waiting to get out of work and pick it up, lol. Either way, it will be in my possession this afternoon!