Hey guys.
Here's the situation.
The main panels of the guides are bent and awaiting powdercoating...
The scoops were not able to be done by me at the place that I took them too to bend.
So yesterday I finally found a place who is going to do them right away and I expect to pick them up either this afternoon or tomorrow.
Once they are back, they are all going straight to powder coating.
The boxes are ready for them, the bubble wrap is ready for them.
I don't want to sound like I'm making a bunch of excuses for these guides because really it's been 100% my idea, my planning and ultimately my fault for the guides being soo late. I'm sure you can understand that I never intended for it to happen like this.
Industry at the moment is super busy around here and as this is a small job for companies they don't really give it a lot of priority.
Where I was previously working, I had access to soo much more stuff and the quick and easy drawing abilities of our designer, but having moved jobs in the meantime, I lost that access so stuff slowed down.
If the parts hadn't already been ordered and paid for, I would happily refund your money but unfortuneatly to get anything done as a private entity, everything must be paid for in advance.
In future with group buys like this, I will not take any money until the parts are on order and on the way.
I will finance the buying out of my own pocket until the parts are ready. I will find a way somehow.
The problem with the Stagea Series II was that the design wasn't 100% completed when I started taking money, this has been my biggest mistake. Having no Series II Stags in Melbourne which are easily accessable had been the biggest hold back there.
What I can say though, is that I now have the design so any future units wont be a problem.
I am truely sorry for the long delay in completing this group buy.
I really hate being in this position, but I can say that the Series II should be powder coated next week (which takes a couple of days) and in boxes as quickly as I can get them in.
The Series II guides are being cut, bent and coated by one company so they will arive to me completely ready to go and will only have to be packed and sent.
I am really really sorry for this and it's very enbarrasing for me.
BASS OUT