Originally posted by paultvx
What makes you think their entire business hinges on this deal? I'm sure they'd fine selling to their existing market without the hassle of tooling up for a small run or even a run of just one. The VX is a limited market. Why do you think there are hardly any aftermarket support for it? If it wasn't for Tone and individual efforts like what Inaba has done here, there wouldn't have been any. That fact that we haven't gathered 25 orders quickly after the intial post was made pretty much tells them that there isn't enough of a market to justify the trouble. Don't be surpised if the whole thing goes up in smoke if we don't get 25 orders.
Why are you always so abrasive?

I don't understand what you are missing here. They want a commitment of $2500 before they'll tool the design. If one person offered them $2500, they'd tool the design. This isn't rocket science.