Status June 8th
I have settled into my hotel in Switzerland. I have good access to the Internet and should be back online tomorrow. I have meeting normally in the morning and into the early afternoon but will be able to get to e-mails in the late afternoon. I will be heading heading back to the US on Friday.
Hello from Germany!
I arrived in Germany yesterday and spent most of the day sleeping off the trip. I got out a little to see the city earlier on. At one point I was supposed to meet up with someone for a meeting to discuss a proposed project(more on that in a few months) but unfortunately he couldn’t make it. So instead I got a big heavy German lunch and a big glass of Paulaner beer and sat out for a while. The jet lag took care of the rest of the day.
I have a pretty bad and expensive internet connection here at the hotel. I think I am paying about 1.50 Euros a minute. My Internet connetion will improve when I arrive in Switzerland tomorrow. I should be able to work on my e-mails then.
Status: May 24th 2010
I am currently working on shipping as many of the orders due as I can before my up coming trip.
Unfortunately I caught a very bad cold/cough last week. Most of it has since cleared up and I am almost 100%. I lost my voice around Wednesday/Thursday of last week and I haven’t gotten it back yet. This is the reason I haven’t been and won’t be answering the phone at least this week. If it is urgent please do leave me a voice mail. At this point our e-mail account is clogged with e-mails about the Kingston project so a VM could help resolve any urgent issues before I leave on my trip.
Travel Notice: June 5th through June 14th
I will be traveling to Europe beginning June 5th through June 14th. I will be visiting suppliers to discuss current and new projects.
Please note that due to my impending trip and the current orders to be delivered before I leave I will not be able to ship any more new orders for pre-built watches before I leave. Online ordering is still open and active but new orders will be shipped after I return. At the moment the lead time for custom watches is 12 weeks.
During the next 3 weeks before the trip I will be focusing on preparations for the trip and shipping the orders that are due. If you have urgent issues regarding a current or overdue order please call me and leave me a voice mail. For e-mails I will do my best to keep up but with the Kingston pre-orders coming in there will be quite a lot of paperwork to do over the next few weeks as well.
I will have access to e-mail for most of my trip and I shall do my best to be online while I am away. However I have an ambitious schedule so the time I have available to be online may be limited. I will have to see how early I get up due to the jet lag : D Please note the sales order confirmations will be e-mailed after I return.
Status: May 11th, 2010
Computers are now back to normal again.
I started on some e-mails and will return to them again in the evening. I usually work on watches and other orders during the day while my head is clearest.
Now that the link to my server has been re-established I can complete work on the Kingston pre-ordering pages.
Status: May 10th, 2010
The Kingston page just needs a final review and testing. Now begins the work of creating the mailing lists associated with the pre-order customers.
I haven’t been able to get to e-mails in about 7 days at this point. I should get to them tonight or Tuesday morning at the latest. The admin required to prepare for the Kingston is taking a lot of time. In addition I had quite a few errands I had to run for my family last week. My schedule this week is much more clear.
Please note that if you placed an order in the last 4 days the PDF copies of the sales order confirmations will be going out in a day or two. I had to replace a router here in my office last Thursday and while it is working now I have to get my IT guys to come in and re-establish my ability to download orders from the server. This only affects my office’s connection to the Mk II site’s server and not the web site’s server. Order and the web site’s security are functioning normally. I should be able to have my connection re-established later today.
Status May 6th 2010
I have spent much of this week running around to pick up our latest order of watch boxes that just came in and also running family errands (e.g. Mother’s Day is coming up). I have also run into a few more hiccups during the production of the custom watches due this week. Nothing serious but it has taken more time to complete the builds this week. Unfortunately that means that I haven’t been able to get to e-mails yet this week. If you have a urgent issue please leave me a VM. I hope to be able to get to e-mails later today (its 2.30 am right now) but if I run out of time it may not be until late Friday.
This Saturday I will be offline as I am cooking dinner for my wife and mother for Mother’s Day but I will be back online on Sunday. On Monday the 10th I will be unavailable in the morning so while I expect to get to e-mails on Sunday I probably will have to skip Monday and return to e-mails on Tuesday.
Status: April 21st, 2010
Its been a few days too long for e-mails but I will get back to those this evening. I have been spending most of my time focusing on getting orders out knowing that its easier to catch up on e-mails than it is on orders.
I will be focusing today on getting some overdue parts orders out and watches. I have to spend the morning and afternoon on shipping orders in order to make the most of my time out of the office this afternoon, when I have to run other errands.
Parts orders could have gone out faster this month but I have been very cautious over the last few weeks to keep myself healthy. My apologies to those that have been effected by the delays.
Update
I was hoping to be online a few days ago but the jet lag kept me in a fog until about Saturday. I spent the last few days instead cleaning up and re-organizing the office. A lot of junk builds up after 15 months of neglect. I am probably about half-done with the re-org but got enough done to get back to work and finish up the clean-up next weekend.
I will be back online Monday.
Parts orders
Parts orders received before today will be processed and shipped out as before. The paperwork is just taking time to get through.
The site has been updated to remove the option to order parts. If you would like to order parts please contact one of our authorized assemblers. They will be able to order the parts on your behalf for your projects through the end of 2010. Please note that delivery restrictions may be applied by the individual assemblers at their own discretion. Orders placed by individuals through our site for parts after March 31st, 2010 will be canceled and payments refunded in full.
Again thank you for your understanding. The winding down of our parts business is a necessary sacrifice in order to allow us to continue to develop and manage the Mk II line of watches.