canslawhero Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 58 minutes ago, mn90403 said: I didn't make my Equinox purchase from Gerry. I didn't have to prepay because of my 'relationship' with my dealer but Minelab wanted to send to prepays first so I followed the rules. Bill will have my detector this weekend and send it to me. I'll have it for my beaches early next week! I'll tell you when I get it. Dealers don't want to get caught in the who's first game. Please don't ask them how many. Steve has said the fire storm was about to begin and now it has. Two months from now it will probably be out. Mitchel The 'fire storm' will only be out if Minelab recognizes the amount of interest in their new detector and seriously ramps up production...personally I see this getting worse and worse as a few finally get out and the reports (of just how good/versatile it is) begin coming out.... so the fire storm really begins next week and will build as folks see how few have actually been shipped out....we're talking very large Worldwide demand here folks... oh and Minelab, if you're listening, it's absolutely necessary to let us know exactly what you plan on doing to put this fire storm out....cheers.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luis Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 I am a fan of the brand of Minelab, I think it is the only brand that is innovating in the issue of detection but I think that with the equinox they are doing very badly in the distribution issue. For my part I do not mind waiting two or three more months, but sending only 4 units to Spain and 10 to England I see ridiculous. It's my point of view. If they do it to satisfy the customer I think what they are getting is the opposite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chase Goldman Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 3 minutes ago, canslawhero said: The 'fire storm' will only be out if Minelab recognizes the amount of interest in their new detector and seriously ramps up production...personally I see this getting worse and worse as a few finally get out and the reports (of just how good/versatile it is) begin coming out.... so the fire storm really begins next week and will build as folks see how few have actually been shipped out....we're talking very large Worldwide demand here folks... oh and Minelab, if you're listening, it's absolutely necessary to let us know exactly what you plan on doing to put this fire storm out....cheers.... What makes you think they are not ramping production to the max their infrastructure allows? As I posted elsewhere, this is a $10M/yr company (detector sales revenue) vs. $360B/year (revenue) for Apple. Only so much investment can go into production, R&D, and marketing. They have no reason to arbitrarily hold back production and probably want the customers off their back as much as you want the machine, probably more so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Herschbach Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 Even a good news thread goes south.... 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canslawhero Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 8 minutes ago, Steve Herschbach said: Even a good news thread goes south.... actually I'm from the North, lol I simply want Minelab to tell us what they're doing to deal with the shortage of units... transparency, and if they did so I'd shut up, lol 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tnsharpshooter Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 Just remember I don't think as heavy of interest as been shown with any model like Equinox previously. Minelab seems has built a popular product. Don't knock them for doing this. Rather APPLAUD!! I think they even stated they were surprised at the heavy volumes of preorders. Minelab probably wish they could wave a magic wand and get all wanted units to folks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred W Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 My dealer just contacted me. I paid in full in October (my choice) and am first on his list. He expects to have one Equinox 800 in his hand Feb 13th and is shipping it to me. Hopefully the flood gates will be opening. HH Fred 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Herschbach Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 Which company would you rather be? A company with a new product on the way that has massive threads underway by people upset they can’t get one quick enough? Or the company with the similarly late product that has nobody upset at all because nobody cares? I know for a fact several forum members will be getting an Equinox next week. That’s good news as far as I am concerned. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeRivers Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 9 minutes ago, Steve Herschbach said: Which company would you rather be? A company with a new product on the way that has massive threads underway by people upset they can’t get one quick enough? Or the company with the similarly late product that has nobody upset at all because nobody cares? I’d rather be the guy posting pics of my finds with my new Nox lol . It’s a supply and demand issue , no way ML could have anticipated the interest and high demand for the equinox , but if they would release a statement instead of letting rumors run rampant then this would not be as big of an issue 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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