Archive of the former Yahoo!Groups mailing list: MOTM

Okay, I've been keeping my mouth shut, but this has reached the
point where I'm going to pitch in.

It is my company that is doing order fulfillment for all module kits
with the exception of the VCOs and Power Supplies.

Of those modules that we are handling there are about 150 IN STOCK
right now and ready to ship. We are building to a point where there
will be between 300 and 400 modules in stock.

While there is still the possibility of a delayed shipment due to a
parts shortage, Paul S. is making a major, major investment in parts
to make sure that does not happen.

All you naysayers have no idea of the complexity involved in an
operation like this. Paul has to guess at the number of a given
module that will sell over a period of time and then try to figure
out when to order parts. Some parts come in a few days. Others can
take several months. Paul has invested tens of thousands of dollars
in parts over the last few months so that everyone can get their
modules faster. It costs money to have kits sitting on the shelf.
In mzny cases Paul might have to buy 50 panels or PCBs for a given
module in order to get the per module cost down low enough to make a
profit. He might have to wait until 40 of those modules sell just
to recover his cost. And now he is shelling out the additional
expense of having my company put kits together and ship them.

Paul could have gotten out of this business a long time ago. It is
certainly not making him rich. The main reason I got involved was
not to make money off of the situation, but to make sure that Synth
Tech stayed in business. This was partly selfish as I am a big
customer as well. Like the rest of you I can't wait to see some of
the new modules that will be coming out.

To any of you who haven't ordered in a while, buy a module kit now
and then. You can never have too many! And you'll be surprised how
fast you get it.

Paul Haneberg