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<blockquote data-quote="John Roberts" data-source="post: 58616" data-attributes="member: 126">re: X32 DiscussionLets put an ear to ground and listen for reports of how many people who placed early orders get delivery. There are definitely units dribbling out there (in the US.) While these early units appear to be placed for effect ( more hands-on tests and the like). I am aware of a couple units near me, and I live in nowhere MS. This product has been very widely promoted so initial dealer orders could be sold out already, and now the dealers need to wait for restocking orders. Dealers could just be acting prudently to not over promise by selling product they do not have in hand or firm delivery dates for. The supply chain coming from China is not exactly overnight lead time. If there are new delivery problems we&#039;ll find out soon enough, but it just may be a consequence of the product&#039;s initial sales success. Surely they&#039;ll tell us. They have been pretty forthcoming so far. Major new product roll-outs often experience hiccups, and this looks like a pretty major development effort involving lots of moving parts. Patience, there is little reason to invest this much effort in promotion if they aren&#039;t going to deliver eventually. JR</blockquote>

[QUOTE="John Roberts, post: 58616, member: 126"] re: X32 Discussion Lets put an ear to ground and listen for reports of how many people who placed early orders get delivery. There are definitely units dribbling out there (in the US.) While these early units appear to be placed for effect ( more hands-on tests and the like). I am aware of a couple units near me, and I live in nowhere MS. This product has been very widely promoted so initial dealer orders could be sold out already, and now the dealers need to wait for restocking orders. Dealers could just be acting prudently to not over promise by selling product they do not have in hand or firm delivery dates for. The supply chain coming from China is not exactly overnight lead time. If there are new delivery problems we'll find out soon enough, but it just may be a consequence of the product's initial sales success. Surely they'll tell us. They have been pretty forthcoming so far. Major new product roll-outs often experience hiccups, and this looks like a pretty major development effort involving lots of moving parts. Patience, there is little reason to invest this much effort in promotion if they aren't going to deliver eventually. JR [/QUOTE]

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