Regardless of hostility your argument was/is weird and entitled - Rama doesn't owe anyone exclusivity, some times plans change, maybe he had not planned to run a second round for another 2 to 3 years but decided to do so for whatever perfectly valid (or not) reason he may have had. Successful products are coveted, this isn't Supreme or Yeezy or something, if he wants others to have a new iteration (or just a regular rerun) of the board then that's entirely understandable.
I don't think I can actually express how much that sort of mentality bothers me, happens a lot too - people buy something and then somehow the faux sense of exclusivity and entitlement being taken away pisses them off and creates animosity toward the creator and a product they would otherwise love and be proud of, comments like "pulling the plug on buyers" start flying out. Buy stuff you wanna buy, when you can/want to buy it. If you couldn't or didn't wanna justify buying R1, or feel you may regret it later, that's on you.
Would you mind explaining how was this being entitled? I don't think I was.
Rama said R2 wouldn't be for long time. I factored that into my purchasing decision thinking it will be 2-3 years before the next round. So not wanting to wait that long I purchased.
The availability of an item can be a factor in my purchasing decision just like price, design, color etc... You may not agree with me, thats fine, but its factor of mine.
Now that I know Rama recycles his design so soon, Koyu R2
MIGHT happen in a year's time, I am less inclined to purchase it as there are other things I could buy and purchase Koyu next year.
I am happy to continue this discussion in pm, since we are getting off track form the thread.
