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Originally posted by azstumbler:
Hayes Robotics used to be the gold standard for modems. Everyone wanted one they were the best and everyone wanted one. They were ecstatic making money hand over fist and everyone thought they were going to be the next Intel/Microsoft in their field. Well they went bankrupt. Simply becasue they were unable to keep up with the orders as they never increased production capacity. The backorders kept getting bigger and bigger and the wait longer and longer. Then the cash flow dried up and the company dried up. Unless Shrockworks does something to increase production people will go somewhere where the wait is not measured in months
Kind of an Apples, Oranges argument, but I'll concede that most people don't want to wait months, least of all me.

However, short of paying someone to "Copy" or Custom Fabricate doing thier own R&D and charging you for it, I don't see any alternative to having to wait.

We'll see, I mean there are more people buying X's and I get more interest in the Club lately, but it seems most people buy them for Mall Crawlers.

If a supplier builds as they receive orders to avoid over extending themselves in materials and labor, that's acceptable. As mass production costs are reduced, creating an inventory to ship from will be more realistic, but not until more people decide to turn their rigs into Rock Crawlers.