01-30-2012, 08:03 AM
How about "advance ordering"? Place your order six months in advance to reserve your model, and if they get enough orders, they'll tool it and make a production run, otherwise, forget it. I don't know of any other industry that does this.
Suppose the auto industry worked that way. Boy, I really like that new Edsel that I saw a sketch of. Ford says that they'll tool up for it once they get 25,000 advance reservation orders. Yeah, it'll be outdated before I get one and my deposit will be tied up for a while, but hey, the anticipation knowing that I might get one someday is worth the wait.
Suppose the auto industry worked that way. Boy, I really like that new Edsel that I saw a sketch of. Ford says that they'll tool up for it once they get 25,000 advance reservation orders. Yeah, it'll be outdated before I get one and my deposit will be tied up for a while, but hey, the anticipation knowing that I might get one someday is worth the wait.
Don (ezdays) Day
Board administrator and
founder of the CANYON STATE RAILROAD
Board administrator and
founder of the CANYON STATE RAILROAD