MY FINAL STATS POST: 8-21 "Damage Report"
If anyone wants to take over maintaining
the spreadsheet Contact me via the email in my sig. Just take out the spaces and replace "at" with @.
I'll repost the top phrase intermittently on the forum so everyone knows.
I'm retiring from maintaining the spreadsheet because 30 minutes after learning of the 8-20 ship date slip, I had a 2.5 in the house from a local store. Like I said before.... This is what
I call shipping "on or before" Aug 20.
"If you want something done right --- Do it yourself." I guess that's why I'm a solo act for a living.
STATS REPORT:
The damage was extensive yesterday requiring a full reworking of the the "shipping pie" and stats tracking. I was too tired (performance and then partying with family visiting) to re-visit the doomed spreadsheet as I promised yesterday. However, being a man of my word I have yet to open my G5 box, and I've been working all day updating the spreadsheet so someone can take it over.
DAMAGE REPORT:
at least 19 people reported their 8-20 shipping date slipping
Of those, 4 were able to escape the "shadow of doom" to grab a 2.5 at a local apple store. (see
this post). 1 person even drove 300 miles (via a porsche) to get one.
3 others escaped the shadow of the 8-20 slippage because, even though they received the 8-30 email, theirs shipped anyway.
31 "Aug 20" orders who's fate is unknown.
3 more 6800 machines get a ship slip notice
And 4 other orders that didn't receive the doomed email actually shipped.
As bad as the carnage has been, please remember those less fortunate than you:
Two of the most unfortunate on the wait list are INVALPSION & USAEE:
They ordered 6-9, & 6-10 (that makes Inva..the most unfortunate
)
They are not ADC orders
They are not 6800 orders
And STILL they've had to endure TWO ship dates slipping.
Give them some encouragement gang.
From the info I have THE DOG COW with a 7-1 order is out till SEPT 27. Other 9600 and ADC orders (or worse yet BOTH) may share the same fate his him.
There is always a "diamond in the rough"......
An unfortunate 6-9 ADC order previously "hung out to dry".....DESERT DOG has a shipping confirmation on his order.
As always, congratulations to all who have received.
This is it for me gang -- No more spreadsheet updates. I'm "passing the torch" To anyone who would like to carry the flame onward from here. Please email me ( in sig. below). And continue to report the drama....the thrill of shipment.......the agony of slippage......and the delightful guilt of just snagging one @ the local store & canceling the pre-order.
I'll be visiting and posting once in a while with some pix and a few questions about setup etc.... I want to pass out a hearty thank you to those who've supported my efforts--PeterD11, Kneecap, WDLove, Cal6n, Rev.Emilio, Robin Hood and anyone else who passed a good word.
I'll still be around, but will say goodbye when I do my last post.
--E
