RE: Get your EDP yet?

["Krispen Hartung" <info@krispenhartung.com>]

I received the same email from MF with the extension of the backorder,
and I called them immediately afterwards. They said they had 50 or so
orders for EDPs, so maybe there is hope after all...with their "buying
power", as they say. I don't even care anymore. If I get them,
great...if not, I'll keep waiting indefinitely. I'm doing just fine with
my Rang and RC-20.

I did get my foot controller, however...and it's quite lonely and
without purpose in life. :)

Kris


-----Original Message-----
From: David J. Grossman [mailto:dave@unpronounceable.com] 
Sent: Friday, June 18, 2004 11:25 AM
To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
Subject: RE: Get your EDP yet?


Quoting Andy Ewen <andy.ewen@btinternet.com>:

> 150 were air-freighted to the US last Thursday so they will have 
> landed and probably be in a Gibson warehouse now waiting for despatch 
> to shops/dealers.

I talked to a guy from Gibson who said they would still need to be
Quality 
Assurance tested. If they have to do that to 150 units, there's no
telling 
when they will actually ship. If Gibson holds true to their previous 
committment to this product, it could be months before we actually see
these 
things. :(

Musician's Friend has already bumped the ship date to July 26th. To tell
you 
the truth, I don't even expect to get mine anymore. If only 150 were
shipped 
to the US, it's completely possible that Musician's Friend will not have

enough to fulfill the backorders that have probably piled up from before
I 
even ordered mine. Especially since they cancelled my order a few weeks
ago 
even though I told them not to. I may be at the end of the queue now.
All 
because Gibson lied to them about ship dates. I wonder if that was just 
incompetance or deliberate fraud aimed at getting more people to buy to
get 
more units on back-order. 

Gibson is a four-letter word to me now. They have strung me along for
too long 
when I have had numerous opportunities to buy used units but didn't
because 
that ship date was always just 2 weeks away. I will never even consider
a 
buying another Gibson product as long as I live.

- Dave