But Dave, don't you know that what you are trying to do is simple and straightforwardHaving been glued to my office chair 16 hours per day for the past 33 days in a row, with no weekends or significant breaks, I can only say that my skin has become quite thick regarding such things.
Indeed, these tech guys are amazing and deserve success. But is the project now going to fail at the last hurdle of actually selling the product by convincing customers that this is a consistently reliable film, with good quality control and efficient supplies and support ? If customers can't see that Ferrania products are better than, or sufficiently different from, Kodak, Fuji or Ilford, they may just remain a curiosity or novelty for us analog geeks to experiment with. And that may not generate the volume of sales to meet ongoing cost of developing the project further ?
Yes, yes - you may all proceed with the "I told you so's..."
Having been glued to my office chair 16 hours per day for the past 33 days in a row, with no weekends or significant breaks, I can only say that my skin has become quite thick regarding such things.
You may call this a loss of credibility, but if the entirety of our communication (warts and all, as I've said before) - and the monumental problems we have overcome - does not earn us some level of credibility, then, well... OK.
No one is forced to buy our products, after all...
their spokesman is american though...maybe an italian would have been a better liar!
Sorry I do not want to seems angry or anything, and Pres_400 is right the film making part is much more interesting... But I do have first hand experience on the situation, since I develop and maintain (and deploy) complex web applications as my main job, and I did write some e-commerce platforms in the past. I know very well the struggle and it is by no means easy, but I also know how much of a party killer is to phone a client the day of deployment and saying that the product is delayed. And yes I had to pick up that phone a couple times.
I really don't want anything from Ferrania - I don't have problems waiting for my reward whatever it will take. But as a supporter of the project I sincerely feel let dow by this. No one asked to set a date - I surely did not - but not respecting it at the latest moment transmits to me a sensation of sloppiness I do not want to have. That's it, this is my last take on this subject, I sincerely hope my bad sensation will be proven wrong. I too prefer the technical discussions.
Remenber:Having been glued to my office chair 16 hours per day for the past 33 days in a row, with no weekends or significant breaks, I can only say that my skin has become quite thick regarding such things.
Fail? Jesus F'cking Christ...fail? A two day delay in opening up the online store and you are ready to label this a failure. Good god.....overreact much?
I am going to double my film order once the monochrome film is up and running for sale. I dont care when that is.
Forza Ferrania!
#&*@ the cry babies.
Your order will make up for the one that I'm not going to bother sending now.
I shoot film, not feelings.Your order will make up for the one that I'm not going to bother sending now.
I shoot film, not feelings.
Quack, quack!I shoot ducks, but I know when the season opens and closes.
Well said.I shoot ducks, but I know when the season opens and closes.
BUT......is it really good enough to say "some things messed up on the kickstarter emails"....."messed up" as a excuse doesn't work in the real business world.
No-one is trying to grind them down. Far from it. I'm sure everyone here wants them to succeed and wishes them the very best. Which is precisely why we are concerned whenever they shoot themselves in the foot. It's not about us, it's about them.Illegitimi non carborundum
If you hold such discussions in a private chat room or whatever, then more power to you and anyone engaging in this discussion, but that's not what happens here. People working for, or on behalf of Ferrania are publicly called all kinds of things, for mishaps, which are mostly outside their control.No-one is trying to grind them down. Far from it. I'm sure everyone here wants them to succeed and wishes them the very best. Which is precisely why we are concerned whenever they shoot themselves in the foot. It's not about us, it's about them.
Yes it does, and quite well in my opinion.Using blasphemy to try to make a point....says it all.
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