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Congratulations to customer XYZ for ordering the 1,000th PropBOE

Ken GraceyKen Gracey Posts: 7,400
edited 2012-07-19 06:16 in General Discussion
Today we've crossed our 1,000th PropBOE sale to customer XYZ. They may have bought the 999th of the 1,010th board. The only thing that's certain is that we've sold over 1,000 units and customer XYZ will receive their PropBOE for free. This is being handled by Jim Carey, our Sales Manager.

We've got another 1,512 units in production in about two weeks, but we'll be running out of boards before then as advance information to anybody who's on the fence about making this purchase. You've got my support for the Lifetime Warranty.

A special thanks to our USA production team for handling this product's manufacturing so well!

Ken Gracey

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  • PublisonPublison Posts: 12,366
    edited 2012-07-18 10:43
    Ken Gracey wrote: »
    Today we've crossed our 1,000th PropBOE sale to customer XYZ. They may have bought the 999th of the 1,010th board. The only thing that's certain is that we've sold over 1,000 units and customer XYZ will receive their PropBOE for free. This is being handled by Jim Carey, our Sales Manager.

    We've got another 1,512 units in production in about two weeks, but we'll be running out of boards before then as advance information to anybody who's on the fence about making this purchase. You've got my support for the Lifetime Warranty.

    A special thanks to our USA production team for handling this product's manufacturing so well!

    Ken Gracey

    That's a great sale cycle on the new board! Congrats!

    Now, let's see them at Radio Shack. :)

    Jim
  • BitsBits Posts: 414
    edited 2012-07-18 10:46
    Congrats to customer XYZ and Parallax.
  • GordonMcCombGordonMcComb Posts: 3,366
    edited 2012-07-18 10:51
    Good ol' "Ziz" (that's how his friends pronounce his name). I'm sure he'll be pleased.

    A thousand PropBOEs is a good milestone, and just the tip of the iceberg.

    -- Gordon
  • Ken GraceyKen Gracey Posts: 7,400
    edited 2012-07-18 11:26
    Publison wrote: »
    That's a great sale cycle on the new board! Congrats!

    Now, let's see them at Radio Shack. :)

    Jim

    Would like to see that too, Jim, but I know it's not possible: high production cost, fairly low margin, high sale price. All of those details spell trouble for large retailers. Even if we wanted to sell this through RadioShack the retail price would be forced up higher than our other customers should pay.

    It's in the benefit of our customers to make this available only through non-retail channels.

    Ken Gracey
  • mindrobotsmindrobots Posts: 6,506
    edited 2012-07-18 11:30
    Wow! I have first edition Prop-BOEs - wish I had gotten them signed!! :lol:

    Congrats to Team Parallax!!
  • Cluso99Cluso99 Posts: 18,069
    edited 2012-07-18 16:48
    Great news Ken.

    Hey, when did the 1,000,000 prop chip ship?
  • WBA ConsultingWBA Consulting Posts: 2,935
    edited 2012-07-18 17:30
    Dang, I missed it. I have actually been thinking about buying a second PropBOE too.... Better luck next time I guess......... Good luck on continuing the march upward for sales!
  • WhitWhit Posts: 4,191
    edited 2012-07-18 20:06
    If you are at 1000 now - mine must have been sub-500ish...

    Great news Ken!
  • LoopyBytelooseLoopyByteloose Posts: 12,537
    edited 2012-07-19 06:16
    Is that the same XYZ that I went to high school in San Francisco with back in '65?

    Actually, I am happy to hear the Propeller BOEbot is doing well. It is hard to get everything you can put on one working with just a BasicStamp, even a faster one. But with the Propeller on board, it can really be loaded with goodies.
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