[RBW] Re: Green Caffeinated Wheelmen mugs back in, and questions about Riv style pre-oredering.

2014-10-17 Thread Mike Schiller
Edward Abbey bandana's!! can I get a few in green? ~mike Carlsbad Ca On Thursday, October 16, 2014 12:32:48 AM UTC-7, Philip Williamson wrote: Presaling the Jamboree shirts and patches was the only way they could have happened. It was a big deal for me, and kind of a breyeah/...akthrough

[RBW] Re: Green Caffeinated Wheelmen mugs back in, and questions about Riv style pre-oredering.

2014-10-16 Thread 'jinxed' via RBW Owners Bunch
Dave, you hit my biggest worry right on target regarding delays. I was involved in a custom watch project through another forum that began in 2008 I think. Those just started shipping last month. It was really unsettling to see how much hate and negativity was unleashed by the delays, despite

[RBW] Re: Green Caffeinated Wheelmen mugs back in, and questions about Riv style pre-oredering.

2014-10-16 Thread cyclotour...@gmail.com
RBW list-dwellers are a pretty unique pool of people. Consider the amount of items bought and sold here that are paid and shipped with trust and good intentions. I'm projecting a bit, but I don't think any of us would be too thrown off by a pre-sale item. Big-money items are different than a

Re: [RBW] Re: Green Caffeinated Wheelmen mugs back in, and questions about Riv style pre-oredering.

2014-10-16 Thread Jim Bronson
Elephant made me a very nice offer on a full custom frame as part of that run, but ultimately I acquired a complete Redwood instead. It was a lot more cost effective that way and I know that I will like my new to me Redwood, because it's a Rivendell. On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 11:44 AM,

[RBW] Re: Green Caffeinated Wheelmen mugs back in, and questions about Riv style pre-oredering.

2014-10-16 Thread 'jinxed' via RBW Owners Bunch
Agreed about this list. IMO, if this list was the only market a business had, they would have a small, but very dedicated and trustworthy pool of customers. Although the ACW stuff has a decent following outside these members, I consider this place my largest source of inspiration and

[RBW] Re: Green Caffeinated Wheelmen mugs back in, and questions about Riv style pre-oredering.

2014-10-15 Thread Dave @ Riv
As the orchestrator of presales around here they always make me nervous because delays are inevitable for products that don't yet exist. And we feel so apologetic when they're late. We only presale things that have enormous upfront costs: unique MUSA things like the rain jacket and full