crustysarge...I am here for several reasons. All of which have been stated multiple times. Your purpose as stated to warn others has been done throughout this thread. Done, noted....not sure how anyone could miss it. But nobody says you cant continue. If you want to argue with the other guys here, go right ahead...makes for an unpleasant forum, but I cant stop you.
And I say that to you other guys too.....tbunn, roadrage david, everyone.......lets not argue with crustysarge, Ducks Goat, or anyone else. They do have a right to be unhappy. Going back and forth in a negative way will only have one consequence.....getting this thread locked, losing the ability to communicate about the tri-y's here and potentially losing future sales for Ron
Ducks Goat...I dont think you are whining. You are unhappy, and as I've said I understand that. Wish it wasnt so, but I fully understand why you guys are angry.
There is no specific business model here...unless you want to call it the "scrape together enough sales to pay all the bills and then build an old set of headers" business model. Just the way it is. As stated many times it takes AT LEAST 3 sets ordered to keep the doors open each month. After that it becomes more difficult regarding what comes next. Sometimes Ron has enough to build 2 old sets after meeting the bills. Sometimes its been zero because something has gone awry, or because new supplies need to be ordered.
THIS is the reason new sets have to stay on track and delivered on time...to keep orders rolling in. I stepped in to help make sure the delivery of these new sets happened. Without them, nobody gets anything and the doors close. The old orders take a backseat.....squeezed in at ANY possible moment. When Ron has an extra $100 it goes toward shipping someone's old order...or the materials required to make an old order set.
What many dont realize is it frustrates Ron like crazy to have to give priority to the new orders over the old. Drives him crazy in fact. We have had arguments over it because I see no other way. But its the only way to keep things moving.
Things moved ahead beautifully after the first person he hired got the hang of things. When that guy left for fedex suddenly and the next 2 people flaked after working brief periods of time, what little funds there had been for hiring someone had been exhausted. Result? A few extra sets got built and lots of time/money wasted.
Regardless, old order sets continue to go out.....slowly. Someday I want mine, and I want the ability to order more later.......so you'll all excuse me if I keep trying to make it happen.
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