In the same situation as many others here, made an account for this thread specifically.
Dovestyle's comment above captures my feeling overall. The fact that Overtek got his orders fulfilled and actual cases into the hands of customers is pretty heartening (they exist! The finish line's in sight!), but it's also pretty confusing (where are the non-Overtek cases?). It's been over a month since things "started up" again and there have been no further updates.
From reading the post he made back in May, it wouldn't shock me if Audun is once again without internet or energy to make updates. I have no particular desire to dogpile onto the guy, so instead I think I'll just express my concerns in a more neutral way:
- If the cases are indeed truly assembled and ready to ship - and I assume in good faith that they are - how long can they remain in that state? I'd assume they can't occupy assembly line space forever.
- Is the status on Densium's store page still accurate, or is something else going on? Are we going to get an update in days, or in months, or never?
- I'd love nothing more than to just get the case and finish the build I've had otherwise assembled since the beginning of January. It will sit in a pretty visible place and I prefer the visual style of the Densium to anything else on the market; that said, I'm over 6 months into my 12 month HDPlex warranty and there's still no indication I'll actually have my case order fulfilled. I'll probably go with the Stratos myself if there are no updates in the next week or two.
I think what's most concerning of all is the complete silence from Audun following his May update, where he committed to making things right and taking responsibility. Not because I think he's a scam artist or is willfully stringing us along or anything; more that I worry it's an indication that whatever problems he's had in 2023 haven't actually been solved. If limited time, bad internet, and a lack of physical energy stopped him from proactive communication and fulfilling orders
before, and all those problems still exist...then it just doesn't seem realistic that the (built, existent, waiting-to-ship) cases will ever arrive.
Ultimately I think there just needs to be communication from Audun here, even if it's one-sided weekly email updates that say "yup, cases still haven't shipped yet, I know" or something. We're in bare minimum territory. I don't need an open dialogue with him, I don't need him to answer questions or give me apologies or endure a public hazing or whatever - I just need to know what's going on with the case, and to know that he's tackling the situation with whatever time and energy he does have for it.
It just feels bad, man. Trying to stay hopeful that I'll get my APU, especially after all the waiting I've already done, but it's getting pretty hard. :/