[Arm-netbook] "zombie" campaign

[chadvellacott at sasktel.net]

On 16.9.8 10:52, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
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> crowd-funded eco-conscious hardware: https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68
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> On ~~, Sep 8, 2016 at 3:25 AM,  <chadvellacott at sasktel.net> wrote:
>>      (Quotes below, might have minor changes, and might have additions
>> enclosed by {}, and ~ for omissions.)
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>> On 16.9.7 20:20, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
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>>> On ~, Sep 8, 2016 at 3:13 AM,  <chadvellacott at sasktel.net> wrote:
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>>>>      But from a private reply from Luke (quoted next below), I guess that
>>>> we
>>>> have SOME more time.
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>>> ok, so i've learned that crowdsupply is taking preorders from the end
>>> date of the campaign, for a second batch which will be after the first
>>> one is delivered.  exact dates TBD, i'll need to see how things go.
>>>
>> But am I right to understand, that you pay the factory(s) at the same time,
>> and each factory produces it's things as one batch?
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>   yes, the factory produces its things in one batch: the setup and
> teardown costs (equipment, wasted materials) are pretty much the same
> no matter how many "things" are made.  so if you want one "thing"
> made, it will cost you.... $USD 1,200.  if you want *five* "things"
> made, it will cost you $1700 (around $340 each).  but if you want a
> *thousand* made, they're $30 each.
>
>   ... exactly the same "thing", exactly the same factory... exactly the
> same cost to set up, exactly the same cost to clean up afterwards.
>
> so the more you can get made at once, the less they cost.  very simple.
>
    So is it correct that the second batch of backers, must pay SOON ENOUGH that you can, at ONE 
time, pay the factory to, in the same set-up, produce for BOTH the FIRST backers AND the SECOND backers?

    (Or do the second batch of backers, have to, sadly, wait until they have ordered 150,000.00 
worth, before their parts start to get produced?)

    Eagerly,
    Chad.  (:^)