Now I feel I must get myself in some deep water.....
The i5 Worldwide Tour , exciting as it is to many of us , and as enticing a prospect it is for many headfiers here , is in danger of alienating some (at least me).
The sticking point for me is the costs which will be the responsibility of each and every headfier who takes part. I can understand having to bear the cost of mailing the parcel within your own Country as this is the norm. Even this is something I would like to see changed and thankfully there are some forward thinking people out there -
@Tony-Hifi
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@Gracesheng
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@LucasCL
These people have gone out of their way to ensure that their products are given the best possible start in an increasingly competitive market by ensuring that no expense whatsoever is incurred by the individual.
@Tony-Hifi
is now reimbursing , via Paypal , the cost of delivery to the next reviewer. He has extended the review period to 10 days to acknowledge that many of us work full time and have very stressful weeks and do not need the added pressure of sacrificing our weekends with our families simply to get a couple of hours listening time in before we have to move the product on. What this also does , is to ensure speedy onward delivery to the next person , because as we are not paying for it , the product naturally will be sent Special Delivery by 1pm the next working day.
No cost and much less stress. All for the sake of £10 and 3 extra days.
I am still applying to take part in Tours that don't have such favourable terms and conditions because I can afford the cost of sending on the product. I don't want to seem a cheapskate and I want to be a part of this Community.
@Andykong
what you are asking is for us in the majority to have the Cayin i5 for 7 days , to ask all their friends in headfi to get onboard the Tour and apply here for the chance to do this and then , when the Dap has to go across the water , we also have to pass the hat around and , at our own expense , we have to foot the bill for that. The cost for shipping is likely to be $50...... You probably already know that trying to pool together money from your own friends for something like this is likely to create bad feeling and is a headache for the person responsible for collecting the money. I know , in days gone by I would just put up the money myself . Now I would like to come up with another proposal.
My proposal is that Cayin put up the money themselves for any International Shipping , in return for a photo of the receipt which they can put through their expenses on their tax returns as a necessary cost of marketing their new product.
Alternatively , Cayin could allow distributors on each Continent a loaner model of the i5 and leave it to them to have the product returned back to them and they can foot the bill with the heavily reduced rates they get for international mailing.
We live in a very competitive World now , especially in the Audio Market and there are some fantastic Daps out there. I have recently tried the Audio Opus 1 for 10 days on a review tour. It didn't cost me a penny , only my precious time, and that I gave with pleasure.
It doesn't take much imagination to see the boost you will give the Cayin i5 with this Worldwide Tour Andy, and I can see from the introduction here how much time effort and money has already been spent making this DAP look so good. This will be all very cost effective promotion for your Company and will undoubtedly get some rave reviews.
@Andykong
,what I am asking is for you to consider the goodwill you can generate from being seen to be looking after the kind folks on here who put a lot of love and effort into their hobby and help to spread the word about exciting new products such as yours. Your terms and conditions are the current standard practice for headfi. Do you really want to be standard or would you like to rise above?
Though I am from Slovakia and I only live in Czech 