RE: Tempest Multigame Shipping update

> Hmmm..., I wonder what shipping/accounting principle Clay uses, LIFO,
> FIFO, PIKFOL (People I know first, others last) ;^)
>
It's kind-of an ordered stack/FIFO thing. ;-)

I receive orders on a first-come/first-served basis. I then sort them so
that people ordering the *exact* same things go into the same stacks, but
preserving the FIFO nature.

There will then be something that 90% of the people order-- the "special".
Like a Tempest Multigame with a Reset Adapter. Those are top priority
because I can build them all at once all the same, put them in the same
boxes with the same op-kits, and tell UPS that they all weigh the same and
ship them all at once every week.

I repeat the process for the next most common versions on down. So the list
I posted are probably a couple of the last of the "special"s and then less
common variations like two or three kits at a time, different numbers of
reset adapters, ship with other stuff, etc. Basically anything that
requires me to do something off the beaten path.

There are occasional exceptions-- if I have something fail final test I
might get an odd number of reset adapters or something and fill a one-off
order with the leftovers. No overall conspiracy though. ;-)

> Actually, I don't mind being late on the list. That way if problems get
> found (like the Mutlipac), I get the revised version right off the bat.
>
> Hey wait a minute, maybe we can have a muti kit of the multi kit! You
> know, all the different versions of all the different revisions Clay has
> made along the way. (Just teasing Clay. I think you're doing a great
> job.) At least I'm ahead of that aek guy.
>
Yeah, poor Al. He's always having to wait for me to get to him. I'm very
literal when people tell me "no rush" or "I won't get to it right away"...
;-)

-Clay
Received on Fri Jul 16 12:30:21 1999