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Matthijs
02-05-2009, 04:43 PM
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Link (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_G1ukIn3BRE)
G-Jet
02-05-2009, 04:48 PM
Ah, you beat me to it by 2 minutes!

great stuff.

G
Matthijs
02-05-2009, 04:53 PM
I like it that I can barely keep it up with all the news! :jumping0001:

Great that everybody is feeding this forum with info! Thx
JimmyDreams
02-05-2009, 05:19 PM
Am I the only one that has a problem with Aptera saying "We've presold over 4000"? They haven't pre-sold anything....there are 4000 people in line to POSSIBLY buy.

Am I being overly critical?
Matthijs
02-05-2009, 05:26 PM
Am I the only one that has a problem with Aptera saying "We've presold over 4000"? They haven't pre-sold anything....there are 4000 people in line to POSSIBLY buy.

Am I being overly critical?

Your right nothing has been pre-sold. Maybe he is trying to sell that to get more investors? It's targeted @ business week audience. It's a strange statement indeed.
NmGfan
02-05-2009, 06:52 PM
"We've pre-sold more than we can make right now"

A very telling statement there. We all know "pre-sold" was not entirely accurate, but the *back-order* quantity could be approaching a number that will be quite a challenge to fill in the time frame they've set.

Steve also mentions the latest difficulty is getting suppliers to respond quickly enough to their requests. This might become a rate limiter in production.

:happy0025:
ciege
02-05-2009, 07:13 PM
Pre-Sold sure is a mis-nomer here...........4000 'maybes' is more like it. But that's marketing for you
Matthijs
02-05-2009, 07:37 PM
Also in the short Aptera testdrive Steve states the same: YouTube Deeplink (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Q2ovG0Y7f0#t=0m26s)
Ardie3301
02-05-2009, 09:54 PM
I'll agree that "pre-sold" is not entirely true.

The term "4,000 deposits taken" would be more accurate, and just as impressive, delivering the punch that the marketing department wants.

I'll cut Steve F. some slack. He was an engineer, then a prez, back to engineer (sort of), and now sales rep. Those are tough transitions to make, but Steve seems like such a nice guy with such a great product, 4,000 pre-sold is nothing to get upset about.

-- Ardie
iwannaptera
02-06-2009, 02:53 AM
I'll agree that "pre-sold" is not entirely true.

The term "4,000 deposits taken" would be more accurate, and just as impressive, delivering the punch that the marketing department wants.

I'll cut Steve F. some slack. He was an engineer, then a prez, back to engineer (sort of), and now sales rep. Those are tough transitions to make, but Steve seems like such a nice guy with such a great product, 4,000 pre-sold is nothing to get upset about.

-- Ardie

Didn't Steve F say in Josh's video that he was happy to give a ride to a "pre-order" rather than a "pre-sale"? In my mind pre-order (as in I just might be interested in ordering one when my number comes up) may be more accurate than pre-sold (as in they have already been ordered, but just not quite sold yet ). Maybe Steve is just suffering from a little Freudian slip. He WANTS all those pre-orders to become pre-solds so badly that he mis-speaks. Of course, the lock-in's then blur the line between pre-orders and pre-solds even more... of course, "deposits taken" is the most accurate!