And the notion that everyone will have an EQUAL CHANCE to get one without a vast inventory to draw from or some kind of management on the front end is arguable, to put it mildly.
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Scrap Yard isn't giving anyone an "advantage". They're giving themselves a "disadvantage".
Then I'll ask again to clarify how Scrap Yard makes things "unlevel" for the consumer? Saying that people don't have an equal chance would mean that one person is given a disadvantage while someone else is getting the advantage.
Again, I agree with a lot of your intention and maybe even the plan that has been brought up. What I disagree with is the implication that Scrap Yard runs an unfair system. This implies some sort of preferential treatment which, frankly, I don't see. Everyone has the same warning of when the knives will go up - everyone has the same process to go through and order them - everyone has the same chance to get them.
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I'm going to echo Porkerson on this point. If these knives were priced higher (probably double), that would solve everyone's problem. Supply and demand would balance out then.
And on that point, I respectfully concur. But doubling the price of their knives would require Scrap Yard to violate the principle upon which the company is built, namely, Busses for the masses.
I totally agree.
You know, Swamp Rat used to have a different system. A variety of knives available for sale at any time. "Busses for the masses" as you said. Ideally, it would be the solution that you're hoping for. But orders were coming in for Ratweilers faster than they could make them. Their machines would be committed toward only making one knife in order to try to keep up and no new models could possibly be made. It got to the point where people waited over a year before they ever got their knives. People complained about wait times and criticized Swamp Rat saying that it was "unfair" and "bad business". When SR snuck in a special batch of knives, people complained that they weren't taking care of their orders.
It is obvious that providing Busse's at these bargain retail prices is one heck of an undertaking. It has resulted in a massive-scale demand. This either results in enormous waiting times (and complaints) or will result in a short availability time (and complaints).
