Any interest on a group buy on ebony fret boards?

Allen · Post by **Allen** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 5:57 pm

I'm really sorry Dave. As you aren't in Australia, I completely forgot about you. Actually, I had assumed that Bob was going to deal with you direct, and have shipping and payment arranged through him. That's no excuse though.

I'll try and sort this out and get back to you.

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 3:19 am

Hi Allen many thanks for the reply, Bob has contacted me through the message system so I know whats happening (which makes a lovely change

lol). Please don't worry about forgeting me, its nothing new lol (no problem

)
This really is a great place to come and I'm glad I did!!!
Many thanks to all
Dave

Allen · Post by **Allen** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 6:29 am

Good to hear Dave. Glad it's worked out.

Allen · Post by **Allen** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 5:50 pm

Here's an update. I'm still waiting for 2 payments to arrive.

I'll contact both directly an see if we can track them down. Both were transfered on the 17th, so I really would have expected them by now.

I just checked the exchange rate, and it's a bit lower than when I did the calculations. I'll keep watching it, and if it jumps up, I'll transfer funds immediately, hoping to catch some savings.

Kim · Post by **Kim** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 6:10 pm

It hung at a little above 70c over the week end and has not done to well since the US market opened on their Monday, hard to believe it was 98c in early August

kiwigeo · Post by **kiwigeo** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 6:43 pm

US dollar is gaining some strength while Aussie dollar continues to suffer from negative sentiments regarding the future of our commodities industry.....

Kim · Post by **Kim** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 7:49 pm

Oh is that what is happening Martin.

Silly cynical old me thought that the worlds biggest con job was presently at play to ensure that wealth continues to flow where it was meant to in the first place before it was so distastefully redirected by a nasty bout of fair trade and competition. In a fit of lunacy, I thought that along with every other nation on earth whose GDP is resource backed, our nations potential to generate wealth, was found to be sufficiently attractive to the main players, to warrant a devaluation of our collective currencies, against what remains the world trading bench mark, the greenback, oh well. Guess it's a dam good thing I am not an economist then.

Cheers

Kim

kiwigeo · Post by **kiwigeo** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 8:15 pm

Mate....youve got to work on the reading material in your dunny. Your dunny library obviously consists of a couple of dog eared dictionaries nicked from the local library.

Heres my current dunny library:

Building Master Guitars by Courtnal
The Art of Violin Building by Courtnal et al
A Cavalcade of New Zealand Locomotives
Current edition of The Financial Review
The latest edition of American Luthier
The Field Guide to The Birds of Australia

Yours literarily

Martin

Stu · Post by **Stu** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 9:58 pm

Who's got time to read when there's business to take care of ?

It's purely get in, release the chocolate hostages then get out .

kiwigeo · Post by **kiwigeo** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 10:06 pm

Nah..the dunny is the only place in my house where you can read more than half a page without being interrupted by SWMBO.

Kim · Post by **Kim** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 2:46 am

Must agree Martin,

It is tradition that the cutting of a fine cigar should be a time of deep thought and careful contemplation. This sets ones mind up just perfectly to be as receptive as a sponge to water of even the most challenging and complicated readings such as people magazine, or the trading post.

Cheers

Kim

sebastiaan56 · Post by **sebastiaan56** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 4:48 am

I thought it was a case of last long as you can till this asphixiation forces you to flee.......

Did the bread go through Allen?

Allen · Post by **Allen** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 6:40 am

Friday morning and still a no show for Sebastian and AP.

I emailed both of you last night with the bank details again, so you can check over your transaction to see it everything is correct.

As both of you stated in your emails to me that the transfer took place on the 17th I suspect that something is amiss.

kiwigeo · Post by **kiwigeo** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 8:53 am

Allen,

If its going to minimise delays to the order then Ill fork out for Sebastiaans and AP's order and they can square up with me when convenient.

Sebastiaan/AP...let me know if this is okay with you guys.

Cheers Martin

sebastiaan56 · Post by **sebastiaan56** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 10:00 am

Allen,

I got notification that it was spat back this morning. I have tried again. i have emailed you the note, I assume everything is correct,

Kim,

Thank you for your generous offer mate, if it doesnt fo this time I can send Allen a cheque as Im not sure it would get to you! effin banks.....

ap404 · Post by **ap404** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 10:15 am

!!!
???

... as Mr Walker would say

I will have to do the transfer again from work Allen( within the hour ), failing that I'll go round to Westpac with a blunt musical instrument and have a 'word'

I'm very sorry for any delay.

Cheers, AP

ap404 · Post by **ap404** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 10:25 am

I have just re-sent the spondooly Allen.
Thanks for yr patience ...

AP

Allen · Post by **Allen** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 5:32 pm

That's alright guys. As I told Sebastian and AP in my emails,, I can cover the difference until it shows up.

I was getting concerned as these fellows were the first to say that they had transfered funds, yet everyone else's had already shown up. Now I'll just watch the exchange rate. It's .638 right now. Hoping it bounces back over the weekend.

If everyone in the group agrees, I'll wait until Monday at the latest, (Sunday in the USA), then transfer the funds. I'm hoping that the exchange rate is at least on par with what you've paid already, though a few cents on the dollar aren't going to make that much of a difference to most of us.

I don't want this to drag on any longer than the rest of you, as I'm chomping at the bit to get an ebony fret board for the current build.

Bob Connor · Post by **Bob Connor** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 5:56 pm

A 4 cent drop is an extra $120 bucks when you're talking about three grand Allen.

See what happens and if you need to recalculate what we owe let us all know on Monday.

Kim · Post by **Kim** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 11:36 pm

Just looked, .6194 what a complete and utter freak'in scam.

Allen · Post by **Allen** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 7:56 am

Both Anthony and Sebastian's funds showed up over night.

Now just hoping for a favorable turn in the ER

Stu · Post by **Stu** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 6:28 pm

Kim wrote:Just looked, .6194 what a complete and utter freak'in scam.

Right, That's it !!!!!!!

I make the motion we keep the bucks local and sink the bucks into the beer fund.
I'm sure we can work out a way of converting the empty slab cartons into
fretboards somehow................

cheers, Stu

Dominic · Post by **Dominic** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 12:44 am

Oz, I was thinking we should start propping up the Australian economy instead of the US by going local for our next lot of wood. So I went off the Aust-Tone-woods to have a shufty before I remembered that Tim prices in US$

Bob Connor · Post by **Bob Connor** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 8:14 am

A couple of alternatives are

Queensland Ironwood (Acacia Excelsa)

and

Brigalow (Acacia harpophylla)

Queensland Blackwood (Acacia melanoxylon)would also be suitable.

Ironwood is sensational fingerboard material - half as dense again as Ebony.

These come from Queensland and have costed about $12 a blank in the past. I'll get in touch with Dan and see what he's got.

Stu · Post by **Stu** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 9:42 am

This bloke does some great stuff too.
http://www.loggerheads.com.au/blanks.htm

Bendee - Acacia catenulata
Brigalow - Acacia harpophylla
Budgeroo - Lysicarpus angustifolius
Gidgee - Acacia cambagei
Ringed Gidgee - Acacia cambagei
Lancewood - Acacia shirleyi
Mulga - Acacia aneura
Myall - Acacia pendula
Myrtle Tree - Canthium oleifolium
Leopardwood - Flindersia maculosa
Needlewood - Hakea leucoptera
Red Ash - Alphitonia excelsa

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