I read with interest the long threads about trust and integrity but I can't shake one point. Regardless of ultimate cause, a manufacture like Burgess Optics cannot realistically blame a vendor for what they themselves ship to the end customer. If a manufacturer is going to "trust" a vendor to deliver product ready to use or "dock-to-stock" then there must be safeguards in place to verify this trust periodically.
IMO a manufacturer who does not verify and check their vendors quality is gambling with both their reputation and the customers money. Additionally, the whole product system must be verified before shipment -- in this case, the whole optical assembly (remember Hubble).
As a consumer I hope BO gets their act together enough to ship good product without the vapor-ware syndrome. Hinting at the end product properties is as bad as setting the official specs prematurely. Even though final specs can change, doing so only breeds customer dissatisfaction.
-Guy
IMO a manufacturer who does not verify and check their vendors quality is gambling with both their reputation and the customers money. Additionally, the whole product system must be verified before shipment -- in this case, the whole optical assembly (remember Hubble).
As a consumer I hope BO gets their act together enough to ship good product without the vapor-ware syndrome. Hinting at the end product properties is as bad as setting the official specs prematurely. Even though final specs can change, doing so only breeds customer dissatisfaction.
-Guy
"I know engineers. They love to change things."
- Leonard McCoy (Star Trek: The Motion Picture)
