First and foremost, The promise was that people on the wait list had first priority, based on their place on the list. before any other customers. Second, explicit promises were made on the sales web page that the current prices would be honored, and that in the case of buying concurrently with an AXEII, a further discount would be honored.
Otherwise, what exactly would the function OF the waitlist be?
Your understanding of it would imply that the waitlist is for people who are kept on the hook for this product, based upon the knowledge that they may never get the product (as long as enough other people want to by them at super inflated prices) , and that the price would be whatever the company decides it wants it to be at the time that they decide to sell it to you (it has been raised another 50 bucks to 800 if you have not noticed) I think that is the "wait to get ripped off" list, and that was not the one I signed up for. Why would ANYONE submit to such a list? Whats the point. You are not guaranteed a time of delivery, any sort of priority, or even a stable price.
Indeed, the clear promise made, was that people on the wait list had priority over others based on their entry date to the list. The clear promise made was that the price available at the time of entry to the list would be honored. If, despite those clear promises, all the units can be sold at 1000 by simply waiting out the people on the list, forcing others to pay that price based on the existence of the list, but never, or PAINFULLY SLOWLY delivering to people ON the list, who will all eventually either drop off, or simply pay the 1000 dollars to get the unit now, well, that is absolutely illegal, and dishonest, and not the sort of behavior that I would expect from the guys at Fractal.
Conversely, if they are servicing the list AT THE PROMISED PRICES, and servicing it quickly (which would mean that I would be among the first, as I signed up on Dec 14th, a day after their stock ran out) Then I would imaging that it would only take a few days to or a week to get the list cleared. and if they knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that they have enough to fulfill the list, and want to sell a few to others who want it now at a grand, then let the market work.
Anything else would be Bait and Switch, and would be illegal and dishonest. So, If I, a guy who is RIGHT AT THE TOP OF THE LIST, is informed that they have sold out, or does not receive my unit for many more months, or if they refuse to honor their promise of selling the unit to me at the price available at the time of my entry to the list, then you can rest assured that there is something really fishy, and in fact down right illegal going on.
I, however, refuse to believe that is the case. I think they will service the list quickly and with first priority, honor the prices promised, and remain the company that they have always been.
