[Gta04-owner] Status GTA04 GroupTour

[Boudewijn]

On Monday 02 January 2012 13:30:23 Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote:
> Am 02.01.2012 um 13:06 schrieb Timo Jyrinki:
> > 2011/12/30 Xavi Drudis Ferran <xdrudis at tinet.cat>:
> >> It just occurred to me that maybe GD can offer to buy back your GTA02 if
> >> you buy a complete GTA04 from stock. So you pay 750 EUR in advance, get
> >> your GTA04 and once you have it working, you send your GTA02 and get
> >> some of that money back when GD receives it and tests it. GD spends
> >> some money buying the GTA02 but it comes from the complete GTA04
> >> already sold, and keeps the possibility of selling a new complete GTA04
> >> from the bought GTA02.
> > 
> > Now this is something that should have been there from the beginning -
> > sounds really good for reaching a bit more of the GTA02 owners. Of
> > course there is the problem that new GTA04:s cannot be built until
> > some of the GTA02:s have been gotten back, in the worst situation
> > leading to a serious bottle-neck of waiting.
> 
> (....)
> 
> Instead of having a central organization doing this, I propose that
> there are local groups doing this. It reduces shipment cost and even
> allows that community members to meet in person and help each other.
> In that case, an upgrade can be done very fast.

Imagine some 25 euro's for one way sending, and 10 euro for replacing the 
board, then the swap already costs 60 euro. That's more than early birds save 
by getting in the line early. Wait... you won't be getting back your own 
Freerunner in this scheme of course, so it'd be 25 for receiving the Phoenux 
(+leftovers of the Freerunner: low power web sever/home automation board) and 
25 for sending your own.

It involves quite some logistics in any case. I see I'm not really part of the 
solution yet ;-) I am sure enough of my skills to offer to swap devices near 
the middle of the Netherlands. If someone is interested, please contact me off 
list (or maybe we'd make a page on the wiki with swap spaces?).

Best regards,

Boudewijn
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