I don't like the "highest donors first"-scheme either, even though it might speed up things for everyone.
I've thought a lot about this, and there are quite some good points here.
In my opinion, the best way to go is:
1. I get a list of all remaining preorders.
2. I'll contact them all, explaining the current situation and letting them know that the possibility to upgrade to an instant-delivery 1GHz Pandora exists. I'll also ask for feedback how much they would be willing to pay for the upgrade (100 EUR, 200 EUR, 270 EUR), or whether they rather want to wait.
3. Use the information to calculate a new price for all Pandoras, in order to attract more people and developers.
The reasons I want to do it like this is the following:
1. Based on my experience with my preorders, not all customers are still available. It seems some have totally forgotten about the Pandora (never check the boards, didn't ask for updates) and changed their eMail. I've got quite a few of those myself... so we can sort these out upfront.
2. As mentioned, my primary goals are getting the invested money back AND deliver as many Pandoras (in best case: all of them) as possible. I know how much money I have, I know how many Pandoras I can still produce with the parts we have and I know how money I still need to have enough money for all investors.
Let's say, the queue has 500 customers left and 300 would be willing to upgrade for 100 EUR, 100 for 200 EUR. That would be 50,000 EUR.
So if these people upgrade, I need to make 50,000 EUR less on sales compared to the case no one upgrades. This would probably be enough to deliver ALL remaining units, while even be able to lower the price for new customers.
That seems like a good way for me to move forward.
I need as much information as possible. The only thing I need to pull that through would be the remaining customers list - and that's what I'll try to get now.
I've thought a lot about this, and there are quite some good points here.
In my opinion, the best way to go is:
1. I get a list of all remaining preorders.
2. I'll contact them all, explaining the current situation and letting them know that the possibility to upgrade to an instant-delivery 1GHz Pandora exists. I'll also ask for feedback how much they would be willing to pay for the upgrade (100 EUR, 200 EUR, 270 EUR), or whether they rather want to wait.
3. Use the information to calculate a new price for all Pandoras, in order to attract more people and developers.
The reasons I want to do it like this is the following:
1. Based on my experience with my preorders, not all customers are still available. It seems some have totally forgotten about the Pandora (never check the boards, didn't ask for updates) and changed their eMail. I've got quite a few of those myself... so we can sort these out upfront.
2. As mentioned, my primary goals are getting the invested money back AND deliver as many Pandoras (in best case: all of them) as possible. I know how much money I have, I know how many Pandoras I can still produce with the parts we have and I know how money I still need to have enough money for all investors.
Let's say, the queue has 500 customers left and 300 would be willing to upgrade for 100 EUR, 100 for 200 EUR. That would be 50,000 EUR.
So if these people upgrade, I need to make 50,000 EUR less on sales compared to the case no one upgrades. This would probably be enough to deliver ALL remaining units, while even be able to lower the price for new customers.
That seems like a good way for me to move forward.
I need as much information as possible. The only thing I need to pull that through would be the remaining customers list - and that's what I'll try to get now.
