Hey everybody sorry it's taken me so long to put this together but I was finally able to get survey for Snarf finalized!
We've just sent out a handful to make sure there's nothing set up incorrectly, so expect the rest to be sent out sometime today or tomorrow. So be on the lookout!
Thanks so much for your patience while I worked on this! Let me know if you have any questions!
-Michael
PS - Several of you asked for the option to be able to help offset the loss we're incurring from a pricing misquote for Snarf. So we added an item called "Misquote Offset" and here's the details from that item. Thanks again!
"I am altering the deal, pray I don't alter it any further" may be Darth Vader's motto, but it isn't ours, so when we found out a misquote from our factory was going to inflate prices $7-12 per knife, we in no way wanted our Snarf backers to pay towards these additional costs.
That said, because we were raising our prices for late backers, we wanted to explain the price change to our original backers.
When we did, we inadvertently created a bit of a firestorm.
Our backers came out of the woodworks asking for a way to help offset the price change, so here it is. But first, some ground rules:
1. First and foremost, don't feel any pressure to chip in, especially if it puts any undue pressure on you. We'll be okay, so put you and your family first.
2. Just know we have a solid relationship with Scikio, our manufacturer, and the additional cost we now have to cover reflects only half of the total misquote. They're covering the other half.
3. In the interest of transparency, (not intending to influence whether or not you give), here are the additional prices per knife over and above our original quote.
Again, please don't feel any pressure to contribute to this. We just appreciate you being a part of bringing Snarf to life!
-Michael and Melody, AKT
PS - for the folks who want the full scoop, the misquote came down to several factors. We originally had a different version of the utility blade locking mechanism and didn't have milling, so the first quote reflected a different level of manufacturing. Once we had upgraded to the Jab Lock and added milling, Michael reached out to Laura at Scikio and asked if the first quote was still good or if we needed to wait for a different quote. Laura said "yes," meaning we needed to wait for a different quote, but Michael interpreted "yes" to mean the first quote was good. We only realized the miscommunication a month or so after the campaign closed once we were making the down payment. Both parties felt they dropped the ball and we decided to meet down the middle with them covering half the added expense and us covering the other. So there you have it, and lesson learned for next time!
