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However, Outlaw's delay on this product is inexcusably excessive. I say that because even though the delay is at SN, the problems are apparently so great that SOMEONE in SN could have predicted a long delay months ago and Outlaw should have been told that so they could tell us to not expect the product in 2009.
That seems reasonable. I just wonder if there has been any such prediction made within Sherwood. After all, the only reason we learned of the Model 997 a year ago was because Sherwood had told Outlaw to expect a product launch within a matter of months. At that point, Sherwood was acting as if the 972 would be in dealers' hands by the beginning of 2009. More recently, Sherwood was telling folks at CEDIA that they were pulling the trigger basically right then (early September) with inventory already in the states. At that point, there was hope that Outlaw was 60 days back and could have the 997 in the warehouse shortly after Halloween. Outlaw's reaction was to warn us that they weren't ready to make any such promise and not to get our hopes up prematurely. It's a hard thing for us to judge because we aren't fully in the loop - and as such, any attempt to lay blame runs the risk of hitting the wrong target...
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