We have received a possible print slot from the original printer. The start date is for August 29th with the same 5-8 days of print time. I am very disappointed in these dates and followed up with calls to their office. They felt the best they could do was to break up the package and offered to print the charts beginning August 21st and have it done by the 24th.
We had sent requests for bid on our print jobs to 22 printers late last week after the talks with the original printer. We have received 10 responses. While I had asked for print slots in each request, only 5 printers actually gave dates they could begin printing. While all of the 10 responses were higher in cost than the original shop, several were close enough to the original bid to consider. The best looking bid at this point can begin printing on August 20th and would finish on or before the 30th.
I will be calling each of the responding print shops for clarification on dates, costs and guarantees. I hope we can get something better but if the August 20th date holds up, we will go with that one. For those of you who remember the disaster with the Wavell’s War maps, you can imagine that we put a high value on guarantees or reprint policy. We have had several offers from friends of out of state printers who could probably do a fine job, but if something went wrong, we do not have real recourse at a distance.
We will put up the first of the samples I mentioned late today or tomorrow. This will be the UIC or Unit Identification Chart that has been requested by a number of callers. This will be followed by charts and tables every day or two as we move to a print date.
Thank you for your efforts. I have a pre order in as many others here also have and I urge all be patient and allow HMS to make the best decision. I understand many of the posts with complaints but remember these guys have put a lot more into this than most of us have.
You guys sure have fortitude – others would have folded TW and GRD long ago, if faces with as many obstacles.
This is a serious question guys,
Can i buy the maps/counters and receive a CD with rules and charts in PDF format ?
Are their other customers who are interested in this solution ?
paul
I agree with all earlier or later responses but could i have an answer on my question ?
I have to say with the way the original printer keeps bumping everything i would not trust them to ever do the job and move on to new vendors. if the printer was truly interested in you as a client the job would be done. Makes me wonder if you are the only client getting screwed over by them.
Please consider just releasing what you have and sending the unprinted materials as crude xeroxes until they can be printed. All that paper and cardboard in such a small place could burn up! Then we all would have nothing.