...and no i am not saying anyone should share profits, just that when you invest in something you typically get something in the end above someone who jumps in after the fact
Correct... what you're getting is an AKG active setup without having to be on Jon's timeline. I don't think this is going to that profitable of an endeavor for him and I'm sure it's time consuming, so he has all his other projected prioritized above AKG actives for good reason.
I agree to some extent. I've asked for odd stuff from vendors before and been willing to either front parts, cash, time or any combination. Yes, it costs me more then it does anyone else later, but 1) I get said object I'm after and often times 2) I get it first. Beta testing stuff after you've paid for it isn't particularly fun, but thats the trade off. If you want it bad enough, you pay to play.
Has anyone actually asked Jon what sort of cash and time it would take to bump it up in the priority structure?
which is exactly my point - thats backwords in a typical business set up
why would i pay more for something that might not work and be the test rat, then after it is all said and done others get a working product for less
normally you would pay less because there is no guarantee it will work, in exchange for your time/money investment
I agree from the customer standpoint, but I think it makes sense from the business standpoint. If it's going to take me 2X the effort to learn what's needed, get everything ready, and do a lot of up front R/D type stuff, then I have a much bigger hurtle/incentive to overcome then just sending out another order. When I pay that premium, I try and even out the reward to match that effort output. Yes, it's not optimum from my standpoint as a consumer, but there have been a couple of items that I don't think said object would have materialized any time soon (if at all) had I not paid a premium. just food for thought.
Really, I'd like for you folks to get this because A) this has only been the slowest project I've ever seen on TS and I'd like to see it succeed after all this time. and B) It's a cousin of the Gefell setup which is what I'm after. Getting half-way there bodes well for what I'm interested in.
I still think someone should contact Jon and see what it would take to get the priority structure moved around, he may say payment up front, he may say a price increase overall, he may say nothing (that he decides his own priority structure), but at least you would know then.