Is FAS prepared for high demand at launch?

[mrphlurph]

Anticipation builds as March 1 approaches. I’m probably 200+ on the list and pining makes the fractal seem sweeter

 

[wcfieldskx]

Is March 1st still the date they will begin shipping?

 

[unix-guy]

Is March 1st still the date they will begin shipping?

Last comment from Cliff was "still on track for early March" (paraphrasing).

That was a few days ago.

 

[Promit]

We're doing our best. There is a worldwide shortage of fab capacity so getting some parts has been problematic but we think we've got everything sorted.

I swear to god, if the fabs are all busy churning out GPUs for those goddamn cryptocurrency morons...

 

[Adinfinitum]

My 53rd Birthday is March 3 - so like Smeagol, i’d love to say it was my precious/birthday present. No strangulation or biting off ring finders involved though. Well . . . If that gets me to front of the line . . That might be on the table.

 

[Shaw]

I just wish they allowed you to look up how far down the line you are. Aside from having happier customers, there would be a benefit for FAS as well. If people know how far they are down the line, they can plan their finances accordingly. It stands to reason that this would translate to more actual sales (as opposed to folks who got on the waitlist, mismanage their finances, and then miss their window to complete the purchase.)

 

[luke]

People's sense of entitlement never ceases to amaze me.

If you don't want to wait, move on to something else. If you want what it has to offer, put your name on the list and remain silent.

 

[Rick]

Name was on the list from the 1st day, but the silent part ain’t happening!

Listen, a big part of the reason they announced it before it was available was to create a buzz. No harm in anyone talking about it.

 

[finny47]

Suggestion - have a thread with when you originally received your waitlist confirmation email and when you received email ready to purchase notification. If enough people update it, then it should be easy to gauge how fast things are moving for people further down the list.

 

[DigiSage]

I swear to god, if the fabs are all busy churning out GPUs for those goddamn cryptocurrency morons...

If you knew how much time it took me, as a “cryptocurrency moron”, to make enough money to pay for my AxeFX III, you’d have a different opinion

 

[DigiSage]

I just wish they allowed you to look up how far down the line you are. Aside from having happier customers, there would be a benefit for FAS as well. If people know how far they are down the line, they can plan their finances accordingly. It stands to reason that this would translate to more actual sales (as opposed to folks who got on the waitlist, mismanage their finances, and then miss their window to complete the purchase.)

No consumer electronics company would ever in their right mind allow a link between their own (usually at least a little unpredictable) production schedule and their customer’s own financial planning. Guaranteed shitstorm for very little upside.

 

[lqdsnddist]

No consumer electronics company would ever in their right mind allow a link between their own (usually at least a little unpredictable) production schedule and their customer’s own financial planning. Guaranteed shitstorm for very little upside.

Indeed! No business in their right mind would reveal this information on a new product launch

 

[1poorplayer]

In case you all haven't noticed , there are 3 days left - to this wicked , horrible month.

( oddly I just realized it was the month I was married in. lol. Glad the wife isn't a forum member )

 

[Jason Scott]

People's sense of entitlement never ceases to amaze me.

There's a difference between feeling you have a right to something and simply wanting it.

 

[Shaw]

My comment certainly wasn’t made out of a sense of entitlement... I didn’t vote for Bernie Sanders, and don’t even believe in Welfare...

 

[unix-guy]

Suggestion - have a thread with when you originally received your waitlist confirmation email and when you received email ready to purchase notification. If enough people update it, then it should be easy to gauge how fast things are moving for people further down the list.

There is one already... Has been for quite some time.

https://forum.fractalaudio.com/threads/cmon-people-where-the-waitlist-order-thread-lol.134772/

 

[200man]

I didn't expect the AxeFx III when it was announced, so I'm just treating the whole scenario as a bonus and when I get it, I get it. Not that I won't be jealous of those in line before me posting pics and vids, but the AxeII is still handling its duties with aplomb.

I know the III will improve the game but hey, the sound is there right now in the II...geesh...what a time to be a guitar player.
My II is going nowhere. I’ve worried about a backup unit and maybe soon that worry’s gone.

 

[symphx]

Let's see...
24 for Metallica
12 for U2
10 for Misha
3 for Devin
40 for the rest of Artists roster
100 for G66
1 for Chris
10 for Australia
100 for waiting list early worms
that's about 300!!

...second batch shipping Summer '18

ps.- i hope i'm sooo wrong!

um 20 for Vai
40 for Petrucci
5 for Abassi
-10 for Meshuggah

 

[rlhjr34]

( oddly I just realized it was the month I was married in, Glad the wife isn't a forum member )

Conveniently it could have been the month you are divorced in too if she was a member.

 

[John Tisdale]

( oddly I just realized it was the month I was married in. lol. Glad the wife isn't a forum member )

Me too!

As to the topic at hand, I'll never understand the motivation behind asking questions that you know won't get an answer.

It's almost like asking my wife if I can have money. She'll either look at me like I'm stupid, or it'll start an argument that won't end for months, so I just don't ask.