Alright guys, I have a not-so-brief update to post here.
I live a little over an hour from TheProfosist. A few months ago I contacted him, asking if there was anything I could do to help him move this along. He was interested in handing all of the parts of this GB over and letting me handle the shipping/distribution of these parts, so that's the route we took.
Today I met up with TheProfosist and collected all material components of this buy, and caught up to speed on the logistics since I hadn't even joined GH when this buy started. My understanding is that money was collected for labor and parts, but not shipping. A lot of the components purchased ended up costing more than planned, so the money is all gone (including assembly money). You can choose to believe this or not, but that's really not the point.
The point is that
there is no money left in this buy. As such, I unfortunately need to ask for money in order to send these things out to their respective owners. :-/
I'm still awaiting the master list of participants, components, and the like. For now, I simply have possession of the parts, as shown below.
Phantom GB by
HoffmanMyster, on Flickr
As soon as I get more information on which pieces go to which geekhacker, I can begin the process of tracking people down and working out payment/shipping. Until that time, I wanted to alert everyone to the current status and get the ball rolling, so to speak. I know that many involved in this GB are probably not very active anymore, so hopefully I can reach everyone in a timely manner.
If you remember what you paid for or had mailed to TheProfosist, please feel free to post here or PM me that information (include "Phantom GB" in the subject please!). If not, I will PM everyone once I have that information.
Regarding the timeline: I wasn't sure when I would receive these parts and be able to start working on this, so please bear with me as I am fairly busy in life right now. I will do my best to get this out in a timely manner, but I do have prior commitments that may take priority. I hope you understand. Regardless, I
will stay in contact with everyone and work to resolve this ordeal as swiftly as possible (I want this out of my kitchen sooner than later
).
If anyone has any questions for me, please feel free to address them here in the thread or via PM.
As a final note, I ask that we not dwell on the past issues of this group buy, and instead look forward to making some progress.
Alright, let's get this show on the road!