Congrats!
Joe what email notification is that? I'm not familiar with it. Please share!
Well,....Chuck saw my post in the marketplace forum where i was looking for a Moore Betta concert or tenor uke, and he was gracious enough to contact me to explain how tough his ukes are to find. I believe i requested to be put on a list of those possibly interested in any future ukulele's that might become available, since his build list is currently closed. His email came immediatly before it was posted publicly on his site.......
......but IF you aren't at the computer at
that time either way it wouldn't have done much good! Only 20 minutes goes by and both were sold. The soprano i'm buying was the 1st to go,....maybe 5-10 minutes after it came up. I waited a few minutes while i got out my MB "Mermaid" soprano, and played a tune or two on it to try to help me decide,....
.....and YEP,.....THAT did the trick! No Brainer,.....had to have another!
(but even there i knew i was taking a risk by waiting a few minutes!)
The notification email came in at 8:18PM EST on my yahoo account. (4:18 PM Hawaii time since Hawaii isn't on daylight savings time) Not sure if Chuck is a creature of habit, but i gave you the exact time my email notification came in of his new offerings. If possible get on line an hour or two before then to a few hours after, just in case he is.
Around 4:00PM Hawaii time sounds logical,....getting close to the end of the work day,....a few details to take care of
and oh,...."maybe list a few ukes before i call it a night". This would allow a few hours to answer any email interest
before he shuts down for the night,.....literaly??? (not sure if he has much capacity after sundown with battery backup?)
Anyway,....just a hint but might be good to make sure to be around the computer in september around that time DAILY!
(i KNOW,.....probably shooting myself in the foot by telling you all this! ........just been there and been disappointed
before)
One thing i hadn't thought about but that i think helped me is that i just upgraded to the newer Yahoo version. I liked the old version, but kept getting bugged by their notices to upgrade and finally about a week ago accepted their offer to begin using the newer version.
I say that was a help because with the newer version, when you get a NEW email in and your're logged into yahoo but
just have it minimized, the bottom group of minimized pages begins flashing a darker blue to let you know you have a new email. I always go immediatly there to get rid of the usual junk email,.....just not junk this time!
So,.....upgrade to the new yahoo if you haven't already, get online and get Chucks page up,....and a final tip in the
Moore Betta lotto that i just thought of but will pass it along and use it myself,.....
.....get an email "draft" to Chuck all ready to go, wherein you state you wish to buy his (leave blank for now) ukulele if
it is still available! That will speed things along, and steady your shaky hands trying to type out the entire message!
That might be just the time savings to be first in! :smileybounce: