--- In KOG@yahoogroups.com, "Kogswell Cycles" <kogswellcycles@...>
wrote:
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>
> I'm not even going to talk about the future. I think I'll just wait
> for stuff to arrive before I announce it. It's just too painful to
> announce delay after delay.
>
That would be a shame, indeed. A lot of the fun of these things is
the anticipation. Shipping delays of made-to-order items is normal
course of business in my experience. Multiple contingent process and
purchasing steps, each with its own probablity curve tends to broaden
the delivery date probablity curve. Most companies are only 100% on
time when compared to their last promise.

Back in the olden days, late deliveries of kidney machines used to
get everyone's guts in a knot, because there were serious
consequences.

Now it seems like the worst it gets is, "The advertising is bought,
but we don't have product in the stores." Okay, it's money, but it
isn't life and death.

You can only do _your_ best. You can't do your suppliers' best.
Lower expectations and a sense of (ironic)humor should reduce
disappointments. Besides, the hassles will all be forgotten when we
see the new frames and builds.

Patiently yours,

Mike Jenkins