[hpsdr] Mercury status

[Greg Clark]

And to echo some comments I just got from Magnus who is processing the
orders, it could take several more weeks before our CC's are processed
-- He's starting at the top of the list and working his way down.

So, unlike me, be patient (hi hi)!

-- Greg

On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 6:48 AM, John Ackermann N8UR <jra at febo.com> wrote:
> Speaking for myself, but as someone with a pretty deep understanding of how
> TAPR works...
>
> The TAPR office is essentially John Koster, who does a tremendous job
> handling all TAPR orders and doing an amazing number of background tasks
> that the members never see, but would absolutely notice if they weren't
> done.
>
> When an HPSDR project comes along, the sudden rush of several hundred orders
> takes some time to process and a backlog tends to develop. However, John
> diligently works through the pile and in the end everyone gets their shiny
> new board.  But it's a *lot* of work, and it takes some time.
>
> If you got an automated confirmation right after you placed your order, that
> means the process worked and your order is in the queue.  The next step is
> to check your credit card for a pending charge; when that happens, John has
> actually processed the order.
>
> If you're concerned about your order status, you can contact John by going
> to the http://www.tapr.org/contact_us.html page.  However, please remember
> that every email John has to answer is time taken away from processing
> orders!
>
> 73,
> John
> ----
> Greg Clark wrote:
>>
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>>
>> Hmmmm, I see no such pending transaction for my card, guess I'll wait
>> a couple of days before I feel like my order got lost....
>>
>> -- Greg
>>
>> On 11/19/08, Chris Smith <chris at vspl.co.uk> wrote:
>>>
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>>>
>>>  John
>>>
>>>  I see from my credit card account that there is a 'pending transaction'
>>> for
>>> roughly the amount of a Mercury board in £sterling. So I'm assuming that
>>> TAPR have taken the money. In view of this I'm also assuming that enough
>>> have been ordered for a production run.
>>>
>>>  Cheers
>>>
>>>  Chris G4NUX
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>  On 19 Nov 2008, at 11:44, John Melton wrote:
>>>
>>>
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>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> Just wanted to check the status of the Mercury orders.
>>>>
>>>> It appears the TAPR order page is still active although the date for
>>>
>>> ordering by was 15th November.  Have enough been ordered for the build to
>>> go
>>> ahead?
>>>>
>>>> regards,
>>>>
>>>> John g0orx/n6lyt
>
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