Panky my money is good. I will send you an additional $10 for the effort if you score. I just do not have the time to F5 and when I want to buy something I want it in a reasonable timeframe. I am certain others understand this too and it is not just the Trippy Tips. It is across the board. Let's throw out JCmodtronics, EQ, Empire MOD etc etc. That is my rant and I would just like to see people stick to schedules. I work in a high tech engineering driven medical business that needs to deliver new products quickly and regularly. If we were to follow the model that I am seeing developing in the PV world we would be crucified. I am just fearful that we are helping to breed this behavior and as I stated earlier from this day forward I will no longer contribute to the frenzy. I will not post in a thread that is more than six weeks past due on promissed deliveries of new product nor will I purchase product from a Supplier that can not give accurate projections and project status. I fully support pushing technology but not spurting off about how the next greatest thing is coming creating hype and delivering nothing for 6+ months. Few industries would stand for the hype we are buying into when many of these products are in the tinker and R&D stages. Anyway thanks again man and nic level at 2X my normal dose now. Ahhhhhhh better
All due respect, as I can see where you're coming from:
But,
I have a house full of personal computers that tells a different story.
I'm STILL waiting on a Macintosh Power PC I ordered in 1995...it'll never come.
I'm STILL waiting on several Motorola Coldfire 68040 processors I ordered in the early 2,000s. Doesn't look like I'll ever see those either.
My Epson laser printer says all over the box, "Upgradable to PostScript", 15 years later and they still have not released that cartridge and never will. Their answer? Just get another printer, it's cheap now! My answer, "Well, I already have a life-time supply of toner for THIS printer, are you going to give me credit for them?" No...................
I could go on for hours and days about these sorts of things from even some of the tightest managed companies in the world. I worked in IT for hospitals for a while as well...and their contractors and bidders often hyped up stuff and came up short on promises too.
Not saying it's OK mind you. It's just always been part of the American Way. Not really any worse today than it has been in previous industries and markets. Do you have to play every round? Not at all.
I gave up trying to beat it years ago.