OK,
I'm in the home stretch on closing this deal, but want to clarify some things so that everything is on the level.
I've negotiated an initial order for the ribbon microphones. The company is not into small orders, so that means a fairly large cash outlay on my part to make this happen.
My intention is twofold here.
1. I feel I've been given a lot by the members of the lab, and have learned a ton from the group members. To that effect, I'm setting aside a portion of this order to be offerred to the lab at the lowest price I can ( factoring in shipping charges, import taxes, and business taxes for sale of goods(yes I'm registered as a business in my state, so have to report things as such)). I'm hoping this will put things in the $100-120 range (don't have an exact figure, as this will be the first time I've dealt with overseas shipping and US customs). These will be non-branded. These will go up in the Black Market when available ( shipping time is roughly 25 days from close of order).
2. If this goes well, my intention is to sell these microphones for profit, as I don't see many lower priced ribbon microphones on the market in the US. These would be branded microphones, and my intention is to work with the manufacturer to make these as good as I can.
I wanted to state this here, because the respect of the group is of value to me, and hope that the group would be supportive of this.
My business intentions are to build a company that is friendly to the DIY community, not to profiteer from it. It's in it's infancy, so hopefully I'm getting it off on the right foot.
Regards
ju
I order on a monday, it comes on wednesday. Can't beat that!
