Wow, and before I was praising their customer service.... If they truly have been monitoring this (and sounds like they have if the region is now cut off) - I'm really going to have to stop recommending this thing... Hell, the only reason I didn't jump in on this one was because I accidentally missed the date (thought it was the 15th, not 13th).
And really, cost of goods wouldn't be putting them at a loss for their own markup... However, there are other dynamics to this.... In any case, poor form for not saying anything - All that was gained is a loss of people that advertise VIA word of mouth (the very best type of advertising for this sort of niche product).
Oh well, I'll build the open source version for my father's birthday (instead of buying another SG -I've been threatening for awhile, but his birthday is coming up) - maybe see about rapid tooling a nice case for it... All he really wants is mpg anyway
But reformed, don't feel bad... They
should have contacted you as soon as they saw this OR chimed in on the thread. I'm pretty disappointed, actually...