[sdiy] On the Internet, talk is cheap

[cheater00 .]

Dave,
let's not go there.

I strongly invite everyone to ignore this thread for now.

Cheers,
D.

On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 4:40 PM, Dave Manley <dlmanley at sonic.net> wrote:
> Did the business model for selling these chips consist of taking orders (and sometimes money up front) and not delivering for years while making endless promises, or was it run different than motm?
>
> Just wondering.
>
> -Dave
>
> -------- Original Message --------
>  From: Paul Schreiber <synth1 at airmail.net>
>  Sent: Fri, Jun 7, 2013 07:26 AM
>  To: synthdiy diy <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
>  CC:
>  Subject: Re: [sdiy] On the Internet, talk is cheap
>
>>About 63,000 CEM and SSM ICs.
>>
>>In a period of ~ 9 years I sold about 80% of them, when Dough Curtis died I
>>returned the remainder to his estate (they were on consignment).
>>
>>Most were 1 to 5 at a time, but I have a few 'bulk' buys (most of the
>>CEM3320s went to SWR for a phaser used in a bass head amp). I also bought
>>Parts from the Ensoniq auction and from Cheetah in the UK (CEM3396s).
>>
>>Paul S.
>>
>>
>>What chips?
>>
>>Nick
>>
>>Sent from the future
>>
>>On Jun 7, 2013, at 8:42 AM, "cheater00 ." <cheater00 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I think Kickstarter isn't about group buys, is it?
>>>
>>> D.
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 1:04 PM, Tom Ivar Helbekkmo <tih at hamartun.priv.no>
>>wrote:
>>>> Paul Schreiber <synth1 at airmail.net> writes:
>>>>
>>>>> So, the day before the chips arrived, I had ~ 800 emails.
>>>>> [...]
>>>>> Day 30: at total of about 14 orders. In a MONTH.
>>>>
>>>> These days, one could use kickstarter.com to safely run such a project.
>>>>
>>>> -tih
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