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Savvy off-road sold? (the unofficial Savvy customer support and Savvy rant thread)

Wait...it doesn't work? Ok, more work for me. So everyone stay off the site and I'll make sure I tell you when parts are in. I'll add checking Savvy to my morning coffee and craigslist routine.

I check their site for rear bumpers pretty much every time I see savvy mentioned on this forum.
 
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I would rather him say the actual time than just say next month.

Same thing with TRE I emailed them about 2 months ago for an ETA on their snatch block and they said 2 weeks. Still no snatch blocks.

That's gonna be a fun one for them. They didn't know what material I used for the pulley, the machinist that did the side plates died, the machinist that does the axles doesn't really like to do them, the anodizer is on the other side of the country, and I no longer assist with logistics, design, or expediting.

Not saying they won't be able to get it done but now they actually have to do it rather than say "I need snatch blocks" and they magically appear.
 
The super cool thing about proven out designs is that you can take that thing and run with it with another manufacturer.
If that were true and as easy as it seems, it shouldn't be a problem at all to get the tub rails back into production. I'll even consult for free on the design parameters and how to make them.
The fact that no one is says something about the demand.
Well, that is definitely an outside looking in perspective.
 
For anyone who feels the need to bitch about my not being willing to run out to buy more stamps locally when my recent USPS order was too slow to arrive feel 100% free to take over. In fact I actually did that once for 11 of the envelopes during that wait for the USPS stamps but I didn't know there was a required shipping speed for subsequent requests so I decided to just wait for the shipment to finally arrive.

I will forward any future decals I receive to you if you feel you can do the job any better. I've had quite enough surprising complaints about my not having enough stamps on hand to ship them out the same day I received requests for them. I was MORE than happy to do this and actually enjoyed helping out but with the recent bitching about my speed of getting more stamps (I wiped out my stamp supply) so I could get them mailed. I'm nearly about to say fuck it.

Seriously.
 
For anyone who feels the need to bitch about my not being willing to run out to buy more stamps locally when my recent USPS order was too slow to arrive feel 100% free to take over. In fact I actually did that once for 11 of the envelopes during that wait for the USPS stamps but I didn't know there was a required shipping speed for these so I decided to just wait for the shipment to finally arrive.

I will forward any future decals I receive to you if you feel you can do the job any better. I've had quite enough surprising complaints about my not having enough stamps on hand to ship them out the same day I received requests for them. I was MORE than happy to do this and actually enjoyed helping out but with the recent bitching about my speed of getting more stamps (I wiped out my stamp supply) so I could get them mailed I'm nearly about to say fuck it.

Seriously.

They are only fucking with you because you make silly statements. All you had to do was spend the same money at a local supply that you did on USPS and bingo bango, stamps to go. You gotta admit though, you got what you wished for. Want me to send you some stamps so you have a back up supply?
 
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Like a lot of people, I’m annoyed when I can’t buy things right when I want them. (It’s been a problem since I was eight.) And I’ve had my own frustration with Savvy for sure. But you have to feel for the small businesses that are having trouble getting their products made.

Imagine your small business runs on something made by someone else—a part that it just isn’t practical for you to make yourself—and your supplier keeps promising the part but hasn’t delivered, or has delivered intermittently. A lot of this custom metal can’t just be made by anyone, and the setup costs (money, and also time) are incredibly high.

So you don’t take orders for products you’re not sure you can ship. (I.e, you don’t ask customers for loans.)
And then customers (who should probably know better) complain to high heaven.

Failing to include parts, including the wrong parts, failing to include instructions when promised—to me those seem like reasonable complaints. But not selling parts that you don’t have, and are having difficulty getting? That seems beyond reproach to me.
 
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