Tone-Deaf
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Hello, Dancing Sea, and congratulations on moving your Zbox to a new home. And glad that you are enjoying your new components.
I have appreciated your posts, and your analysis of the wait-list issues. And I appreciate your constructive observations, like having good notice of the potential wait-time. However, I do have a slightly different view of some of the numbers, that I wanted to "share" (offered in the spirit of good conversation, and not argument!).
I understand your estimate of a wait-time of 3+ years. But I am seeing changes that may not be reflected in that estimate. As JBzen noted, there is now an additional administrative person, and the order list does seem to be fully updated now (the most recent order shown is from yesterday).
I ordered on "Black Friday", and first showed on the list on January 29. As of yesterday (41 days after I appeared on the list), I have moved up 66 places (which may include both orders fulfilled and orders cancelled). That is about 1.6 places per day, or about 49 places per month. At that rate, the last person on the list (about 1432) would get their order in about 29 months (a little less than 2.5 years).
2.5 years is still a long time to wait, but it also enough time that additional actions could be taken to shorten the wait time. For example, Decware recently changed their policy so that new items can no longer be added to an existing order. Also, there is more time to hire and train new staff.
So I guess my point is that I think the wait time may end up shorter than what we can estimate based on past experience. And as I have said before, I understood the potential long wait time when I placed my order, so I am not complaining.
(PS - I know I should not have posted this, as it may "jinx me" and result in a 3+ year wait time).
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