MOTM

At the risk of YAMT (yet another me too) post supporting the Paul's, I 
just have to say that I am incredibly grateful for SynthTech and this 
community.  I am one of the people who didn't get a module delivered 
for well over a year and guess what?  NO BIG DEAL.  Me, I'd just drop a 
line once in awhile just to make sure I was in the pipe.  The fact that 
we have this incredible resource available is enough to keep me coming 
back.  Unlike some folks, I do understand that this is a cottage 
industry done mostly for the love of the product.

And, this community deserves a huge round of applause.  Before starting 
out, I joined a number of different lists and all of them except for 
this one are filled with a bunch of whiney, self-righteous windbags.  I 
have never once felt "talked down to" here when I've had novice 
questions.

Thanks!

- chris

On Feb 7, 2005, at 8:52 AM, paulhaneberg wrote:

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> Okay,  I've been keeping my mouth shut, but this has reached the
> point where I'm going to pitch in.
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> It is my company that is doing order fulfillment for all module kits
> with the exception of the VCOs and Power Supplies.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Paul Haneberg
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