[MF3D.FORUM:1323] Re: Black mount update

["Michael K. Davis" <zilch0@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bill,

Did you see this?

I ordered 100 and said I'd be willing to pay another 10 to speed things up.  

Mike

At 11:38 PM 11/2/00 -0600, you wrote:
>Thanks, folks, for the feedback on the black mounts.  It
>appears Sam's inspiration paid off; virtually everyone who
>has seen the black mount seems to have fallen in love with
>it!  The downside is that everyone wants them now, and
>there aren't any here now to sell.  (Sam paid to have
>the samples sent by FedEx by purchasing a small quantity
>for himself.)
>
>While it would be possible to have a small run of the
>black mounts made and sent here "relatively" quickly (say
>5-6 weeks as a WAG), it would be expensive to do so.  For
>example, air freight for a run of 2,000 mounts would add
>$10/hundred to the cost (rough estimate).  I previously
>said the black mounts would probably cost 75% more than
>the white mounts, but I'm now targeting a maximum retail
>price of $30/hundred for the black mounts.  Air freight
>would push that up to $40/hundred.
>
>If there is enough pressing interest in the black mounts,
>I'll be happy to place an order to have some sent by air.
>Otherwise, assume that March will be the earliest availability
>for the black mounts.
>
>There is one other approach I can think of that might get
>the mounts here by mid-January without the air freight cost.
>If enough people are willing to pre-pay now for a definite
>order, it could help speed things up.  (There are two factors
>at work here: a) I have to pre-pay for the mounts; b) with
>enough pre-paid orders I can set the order quantity high
>enough that it will be economical to ship the mounts by sea
>without waiting for other mount products that are under
>development.)
>
>Note that I do plan to have all four sizes of the 80x132
>mounts run in black.  There will be five product offerings,
>square, landscape, portrait, pano, and 645 mix.  The 645 mix
>will have landscape and portrait mounts, probably in a 2:1
>(or 3:1 ?) ratio.
>
>So what do you say?  Who's willing to step up to the plate?
>BTW, unless virtually everyone on this list orders, we'll
>need firm commitments of more than just 100 mounts per person
>to make this happen.
>
>Cast your vote on the rmm order form.  Use the notes field
>to indicate whether you are intersted in the more expensive
>air option, or just want to help speed up the regular price
>process.  http://www.rmm3d.com/ordering/order5.shtml
>
>I'll give it a few days and report the results before charging
>anyone's credit card.  If there aren't enough takers, I won't
>charge anyone's card and we'll all just wait for things to
>play out normally.
>
>Thanks,
>Paul Talbot
>
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