winterdyne wrote:Thanks for posting some info, Wayne.
Can you please let us in the EU know what's going on with our stuff too? When can we expect anything?
Sorry for the wall of text you're about to read, if you do.
This is all a guess for how long it could take for the EU backers to get their rewards but I would say December or, at the latest, January. Here's why I say that:
NOTE: If anyone has better information about some of the time frames I am using please feel free to add a more accurate explanation.
According to Wayne's update on the RRT KS page the middle to end of October is expected to be when the very last of backer rewards for wave one are to go out - I am assuming (I know I shouldn't assume) that statement also includes the EU rewards. Most likely the EU rewards will head to an East coast port for shipment to Europe, without knowing for sure which port the rewards will go to I have to
guess which one. I did a quick Google search for "the largest east coast port" and got the USDOT (US Dept. of Transportation) website for all ports on the east coast. A huge chunk of the ports are around New Jersey, New York and Delaware (I'm using full state names for the benefit of the European backers who may not know what the state abbreviations are) and so with that I'm going to
guess yet again that a tri-state port will be used.
I used to live in New Jersey (on the coast about 45 min. North of Atlantic City) but now live in Illinois (up by the Wisconsin border about middle of the state), I have driven from Illinois to the coast of New Jersey and it takes about 18 - 20 hours traffic permitting. Knowing that I can say it will take two days, maybe, three to get the rewards from Michigan to a tri-state port. If the rewards go to a port other then a tri-state port it could take four or five days. With unloading/loading of the rewards from the truck to the ship I'm, again, guessing that could be another few days - so let's say a week to a week and a half from Michigan to happily sitting on a ship ready to go to Europe. Then we need to add a few days to allow for the ship to fill up with containers before it actually leaves.
For six years I was in the US Navy and did several Mediterranean cruises (Navy parlance for a six month deployment) on an aircraft carrier and it usually took a week to cross the Atlantic to the rock of Gibraltar. And that was with the ship fartzing around with doing circles to allow for training and flight ops, since a cargo ship moves much slower than a US aircraft carrier but does go straight from port to port we can safely say that it will take the cargo ship, the rewards is on, about a week or so to get to a port in Europe or the UK. Again, allowing for a few days of unloading/loading and any possible delays it should be about two weeks to go from the US to the rewards sitting on a truck in Europe or the UK. Now I don't know if European countries have customs like the US does so if there is a customs check then add, what, a week on to that number.
So right now as it stands we are looking at almost a month to a little over a month (accounting for possible delays along the way) to go from Palladium's warehouse to a truck in the UK or Europe.
Now, I have no idea what it takes for delivery trucks to make their delivery's around/from the UK or Europe. For arguments sake lets assume (again, I know I shouldn't be assuming) that it takes a week for the truck to go from the port to Palladium's chosen re-distributor. Another week, possibly two weeks, for the re-distrbutor to organize and re-pack the rewards for delivery to the homes of the backers and then up to a week to be delivered to the homes.
So now we are looking at a month or so for the rewards to travel through Europe or the UK. Of course, I am erring on the side of lengthy time frames when the rewards are in Europe, as I said I have no idea what it takes for delivery's to be made or distances to be driven around the UK or Europe. I sincerely hope that the EU backers receive their rewards sooner than this but you also have to be realistic about what it takes, in terms of time, for things to travel around the world.
So a final tally of total time,
IF I am correct, of about two to two and a half months for the rewards to travel from Michigan to the doorsteps of EU backers. Like I said I hope that this guess-timate is very much on the long side and that the EU backers receive their rewards sooner.