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Originally Posted by cbf
So what's the point in letting us order this early?
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Originally Posted by cgmv123
So AndyMark doesn't have to deal with shipping (as many of) them during build season.
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Eh, not really. We are geared to ship many things during build season, so this is not a big deal.
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Originally Posted by jhersh
My understanding is that a number of teams have budgetary restrictions that limit when they can spend their money. There were a number of requests to provide the hardware "early" so that the money was spent in Q4 2014 instead of Q1 2015.
It may also be convenient for teams to have the hardware in hand on kick-off instead of waiting for shipping after kick-off.
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Yes, this is true. We had a large demand for teams to be able to buy these back in June so that they could use their 2014 school year budget money on hardware they know they will need in 2015.
Also, the biggest benefit for us and National Instruments to allow advance orders is to accurately determine the number of extra units produced in addition to the units given to the teams in the kits. We really had no idea how many extra units would be purchased as extras, so allowing advance sales helped us determine that number.
Andy B.