Zeus Coop - Closed for Orders

[keithr]

payment sent   and thank you for doing the CooP..

[Ed Slonka Jr]

Sent payment on Sept. 30. Thanks!

Ed

[Kainsel]

I hope I am not too late. Just sent the payment.
Thanks,
Mark

[Rainlover]

Payment window is closed.
Please check the 2nd and 3rd posts of this thread and make sure you are paid.
We have a lot of members that did not pay or backed out of this coop. I will do some calculations and see what we need to do to make this coop work.

John

[jnealand]

I cannot remember ever seeing a coop with that many non pays.  There is still some demand out there, but I wonder if it would be enough to close the gap.  Good luck with figuring this one out.

[Steve Gase]

I cannot remember ever seeing a coop with that many non pays.  There is still some demand out there, but I wonder if it would be enough to close the gap.  Good luck with figuring this one out.

I suspect that this coop took too long to materialize (through no one's fault).
If you don't already have your assembled gear in hand, it will be difficult to make it happen in the remaining 7 weeks. 

[tbone321]

I think that I have to agree with Steve on both points.  There were a whole lot of newbies in this coop as well.

[arw01]

I suspect that this coop took too long to materialize (through no one's fault).
If you don't already have your assembled gear in hand, it will be difficult to make it happen in the remaining 7 weeks.

+1, I'm sweating even being ABLE to have a show this winter, no matter how small.  The list closed up pretty good on payments in the last few days, and a quick peeks makes it look like we are still over 250 units.

[tallan]

Hello,

Well I know were all getting busy as lights on is not real far off. For me I was hoping to use one of them but it was more of a backup as well. Hoping for good news from Rainlover soon on this. 

I counted 239 on the 16 channel units but perhaps we had a few extra people pay today too.

[taybrynn]

Sometimes you can offer up the unpaid kits to any member who makes a paypal payment in the next day or two?  I've never seen so many non payers.

[zwiller]

I think that I have to agree with Steve on both points.  There were a whole lot of newbies in this coop as well.

+1  Might not get to them this year but I paid for mine.

I hope this comes out the right way...  We hit the base units, so I say we cut the non-payers and get this going.  Since the Zeus is new gear, folks will need ample time to learn how to build and use and time is limited.  There's not even a manual for them yet.  It's not quite like running a last minute COOP for existing gear like the aether II where the build is well documented... 

Thanks for running the COOP John and RJ for creating the Zeus!!!

[Steve Gase]

It may make sense to re-open the coop IF the coop closed because all slots had filled.
But everyone had their chance, and the coop ran the whole time period -- so there won't likely be new folks trying to get in.


I agree, lets cut off the non-payers and move forward.

[Rainlover]

I have requested new quotes for the PCBs and getting prices from suppliers.
With the number of kits that were ordered, we were able to reach some quantity discounts. With all of the nonpays, we don't reach those quantities. While it is still cheaper to buy 5000 of a part rather than 4600, the price has to be divided by fewer members, so the cost goes up.
I am still optimistic that we can do this coop at the price we quoted.
I will keep you posted. We may open this back up for a day or 2 and see if we can get any more members to buy.

John

[therealbigjim]

I would be willing to take 2 of the Zeus 8 Kits....

[zwiller]

Thanks for the update! 

I swore this COOP was gonna max out in a few hours and there would be people flipping out they didn't get in...