Pharaoh Availability Down The Line

Kalimba · #1 (**permalink**) 08-15-2005, 04:23 AM

Is anyone directly involved with the Pharaoh group buy (Ten, MSPatton) at liberty to discuss some of the numbers related to the purchase? I'd be interested to know how many chips total were ordered, how many of those ordered were already sold in the pre-order (or have been sold since), and (through the magic of modern math) how many chips are theoretically available for sale somewhere.

What I'm getting at is that I'd like to know how easy or difficult it might be to get hold of additional new chips 6 months, 1 year, 3 years, etc. down the road.

I read in another thread that Michael (MSPatton) just ordered additional blue NCV's, so perhaps the implication is that any chip can be reordered and, thus, Pharaohs will always be available, if the demand is great enough. Is that actually the case?

FetishGirl · #2 (**permalink**) 08-15-2005, 05:36 AM

Good question! I would want the answer for that myself!

iluzion · #3 (**permalink**) 08-15-2005, 10:39 AM

i hope they will be available for a while, i can't afford (nor have the need for) that nice of chips yet, but in about a year when i need a nice set of clays, id LOVE to get a set of pharoahs

StoneColdNutz · #4 (**permalink**) 08-15-2005, 01:03 PM

Great question, not only for ordering additional chips to add to your existing set, but also for future value of these babies... Hopefully, one of those guys will chime in.

KYBill · #5 (**permalink**) 08-15-2005, 02:41 PM

bump dela bump ... id like to know also.

MSPatton · #6 (**permalink**) 08-15-2005, 02:50 PM

I will defer this to Greg to answer.
I don't want to step on toes here

TenPercenter · #7 (**permalink**) 08-15-2005, 11:38 PM

I would not talk about numbers or plans (specific anyway) of any vendor that helped out with the buy. At least not without the absolute consent of not each one, but of EVERY one. It would not be good strategy for them to discolse all that information.

However, I wouldn't mind if any vendor wants to discuss anything on their own, that's up to them.

Kalimba · #8 (**permalink**) 08-16-2005, 01:24 AM

I realize now how touchy a subject this is. I think the thing that I am looking for is some sort of reassurance that these will available for some general-but-not-too-specific length of time. All of the details and specifics of the purchase are really irrelevant and I shouldn't have asked for that information.

TenPercenter · #9 (**permalink**) 08-16-2005, 01:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kalimba

I think the thing that I am looking for is some sort of reassurance that these will available for some general-but-not-too-specific length of time.

Guaranteed. At least the denoms are....

the NCV's are really up to HPC if they want to replenish. That's a huge risk/investment.

Billjr13 · #10 (**permalink**) 08-16-2005, 02:02 AM

Hey Ten, now that it is all said and done how do you like the chips? You have them in hand are they what you wanted?
Do you think the change in the mold helped bring the weight up to 10 grams unlike the JB's?
Do you like em still?