FWIW, I'm still waiting as well for a response to be able to place an order for the last 70% of a batch @ 0.1BTC
With CanaryInTheMine and others receiving regular stock, we have to assume that friedcat is prioritizing limited stock for higher margin purchasers at the moment; can't really blame him.
Here's hoping stock levels stabilize over at the ASICMiner camp. Sounds like they are super busy over there.
he's definitely working on getting resellers the remaining inventory but it's taking time to make it...
friedcat is a person who does not like to specify a date when something is not 100% in his control...
these have to be made on a schedule at a factory. and delays can and do occur (external factors beyond control).
if we were given a date and it was missed, it would be worse than current situation. and there would be comparisons to other manufacturers who provide dates, but no product arrives on the promised date. anyway... i digress.
people have really laid the brunt of their anger at resellers, but we've shipped what we got ASAP... give us a break already for crying out loud.
in arklan's case, he's the very first person to organize a group buy for the benefit if all who participated... he really worked his tail off and in the end which one of you gave him a tip for all the hard work? anyone? speak up!! recently he was asked to find out about getting coupons for the first group buy, he has done so at your request... he had no obligation to do this.
so now please be patient as arklan will get these out ASAP when they are received.in retrospect, I really wish friedcat never did these coupons, at least the culmination of what's been happening wrt coupons has lead me to this conclusion at this time...
there are more pissed people about coupons than those who bought at listed price and were stung by a price drop a few days later...
I think the intention was right on friedcat's part, but the result is more problematic than the original situation... I'm going to ask him to seriously consider never to do coupons again... in reality, he doesn't need to do this at all.
no good deed goes unpunished has a whole new meaning now...