<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Fri, Dec 9, 2016 at 10:02 AM Leif Johansson <<a href="mailto:leifj@sunet.se">leifj@sunet.se</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On 2016-12-09 15:47, Warren Kumari wrote:<br class="gmail_msg"> > So, the update which was posted (on Oct 12th, almost 2 months ago) says:<br class="gmail_msg"> > "The next batch will be ready by mid-November and we expect all<br class="gmail_msg"> > outstanding and new orders to ship by November 21."<br class="gmail_msg"> ><br class="gmail_msg"> > I sent email through the Crowdsupply "Ask Cryptech a question" link on<br class="gmail_msg"> > Nov 24th and got a reply saying:<br class="gmail_msg"> ><br class="gmail_msg"> > "Good point. I've actually asked the team to post an update - along<br class="gmail_msg"> > those lines - already. Our production partner (propoint) is busy running<br class="gmail_msg"> > the production line as we speak. The delay is mostly because we/they<br class="gmail_msg"> > were trying to figure out why we got such high failure rate the first<br class="gmail_msg"> > time around. We hope this (final) delay won't be more than 2 weeks."<br class="gmail_msg"> ><br class="gmail_msg"> > That was 15 days ago -- backers probably care much about the shipping<br class="gmail_msg"> > delays, but the lack of updates is disturbing.<br class="gmail_msg"> ><br class="gmail_msg"> <br class="gmail_msg"> Crowdsupply told me two days ago they were shipping to several of<br class="gmail_msg"> the backers - you included.<br class="gmail_msg"> <br class="gmail_msg"></blockquote><div><br></div><div>In that case a simple "Hey all, sorry for the silence.</div><div><br></div><div>Crowdsupply has just informed me that they are shipping to several of<br class="gmail_msg">the backers. We expect all to be delivered by [DATE] -- we'll be sure to let you know if this slips again..."</div><div><br></div><div>would have been nice. People who back crowdfunding projects understand that there is a large risk of things being delayed, or of the entire project failing - what annoys them more than the delays is the lack of updates / feedback...</div><div><br></div><div>W</div><div><br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> > At this point I've lost interest in the project...<br class="gmail_msg"> ><br class="gmail_msg"> > W<br class="gmail_msg"> ><br class="gmail_msg"> > On Mon, Oct 3, 2016 at 10:59 AM Warren Kumari <<a href="mailto:warren@kumari.net" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">warren@kumari.net</a><br class="gmail_msg"> > <mailto:<a href="mailto:warren@kumari.net" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">warren@kumari.net</a>>> wrote:<br class="gmail_msg"> ><br class="gmail_msg"> > On Mon, Oct 3, 2016 at 10:45 AM, Leif Johansson <<a href="mailto:leifj@sunet.se" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">leifj@sunet.se</a><br class="gmail_msg"> > <mailto:<a href="mailto:leifj@sunet.se" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">leifj@sunet.se</a>>> wrote:<br class="gmail_msg"> > > On 2016-10-03 16:06, Leif Johansson wrote:<br class="gmail_msg"> > >> On 2016-10-03 15:44, Warren Kumari wrote:<br class="gmail_msg"> > >>> Hi all,<br class="gmail_msg"> > >>><br class="gmail_msg"> > >>> Back in late July I helped fund the Cryptech campaign on<br class="gmail_msg"> > Crowdsupply -<br class="gmail_msg"> > >>> this said that boards will ship on September 15th.<br class="gmail_msg"> > >>><br class="gmail_msg"> > >>> I'm guessing that there is some delay, but can whoever is<br class="gmail_msg"> > organizing/<br class="gmail_msg"> > >>> running this side of things please send an update to the funders?<br class="gmail_msg"> > >>> Missing the timeline is unfortunate, but the lack of status<br class="gmail_msg"> > looks much<br class="gmail_msg"> > >>> worse...<br class="gmail_msg"> > >><br class="gmail_msg"> > >><br class="gmail_msg"> > >> Yeah you're right. We are waiting for new board to arrive and<br class="gmail_msg"> > will ship<br class="gmail_msg"> > >> asap.<br class="gmail_msg"> > ><br class="gmail_msg"> > > ... and goes wo saying I'll make sure there is an update soon with<br class="gmail_msg"> > some<br class="gmail_msg"> > > ETA etc<br class="gmail_msg"> ><br class="gmail_msg"> > Cool, thanks.<br class="gmail_msg"> > W<br class="gmail_msg"> ><br class="gmail_msg"> > ><br class="gmail_msg"> > ><br class="gmail_msg"> > > _______________________________________________<br class="gmail_msg"> > > Tech mailing list<br class="gmail_msg"> > > <a href="mailto:Tech@cryptech.is" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">Tech@cryptech.is</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:Tech@cryptech.is" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">Tech@cryptech.is</a>><br class="gmail_msg"> > > <a href="https://lists.cryptech.is/listinfo/tech" rel="noreferrer" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">https://lists.cryptech.is/listinfo/tech</a><br class="gmail_msg"> ><br class="gmail_msg"> ><br class="gmail_msg"> ><br class="gmail_msg"> > --<br class="gmail_msg"> > I don't think the execution is relevant when it was obviously a bad<br class="gmail_msg"> > idea in the first place.<br class="gmail_msg"> > This is like putting rabid weasels in your pants, and later expressing<br class="gmail_msg"> > regret at having chosen those particular rabid weasels and that pair<br class="gmail_msg"> > of pants.<br class="gmail_msg"> > ---maf<br class="gmail_msg"> ><br class="gmail_msg"> <br class="gmail_msg"> </blockquote></div></div>