Well NZWireless could take over the shop but who is going to spend their free time running it for no pay?. You all seem to think that im making a killing out of the proceeds from the shop. I can assure you that the prices are very tight and often only just able to make the deal work. To give you an idea of just how tight they are on the 19db grids we make $3.00. and that just covers the courier charge when picking up the item.

Ok so you may ask. Why do it then. Well http://shop.borg.co.nz was spawned out of the need for a central point to get good wireless gear. However of late i have been getting somewhat frustrated whith people picking at the prices and bitching about stuff like being able to get an order from other companies a couple of dollars cheaper. and others organising bulk deals on antennas and esentially undercutting the deals.
These sort of actions keep the faith of the community at its highest im sure.

So what happens to the little proffit Borg makes from the http://shop.borg.co.nz? It goes to things like paying for web hosting, helping out at events and on occasion helping people with building their nodes and other bits. richms how much do you think getitng those rings welded to that mast would have cost you if you had to have it done commercially?

Don't get me wrong, im not having a rant at the original guys but at all the Newcommers who seem to think there is some huge proffit organisation driving http://shop.borg.co.nz.

Another thing that you may not be aware of is the events. Noodles and I worked out arses off setting up the treasurehunt and apart from a couple of little glitches it was pulled off prety well. This event was sponsored by http://shop.borg.co.nz and some contacts that we have. We spend a good few weeks sorting out all the logistics and arranging the prizes. and No the entryfee did not come anywhere close to paying for the event and nor did we expect it to. all up the estimated cost on that weekend to http://shop.borg.co.nz was about $700.00.

So why do it. Well it really was an attempt to raise the profile of the community wireless projects and to give us a foundation to work from that would be fun. In addition maybe attract a few new members.

The next event proposed was to be a Warbus around the greater auckland area. Yea a new spin on the Booze Buss. Estimated cost for this was around $1200.00 again there would be a participation fee to help out with the expenses but http://shop.borg.co.nz would have picked up the shortfall. and before you ask the borg funds come from consulting work we do and not from product sales.

At this stage i guess like noodles im getting a little tired of the constant gripes and power struggles. should we decide to either commercialise http://shop.borg.co.nz or close it down then we would also expect someone to start paying for the webhosting and other services offered to nzwireless. There wil be no more freebees and assistance from out part and everything will be treated as a business transaction.

But the last call really is up to you guys and i guess the original founder of NZWireless, but then i have allready discussed the situation with him and prety much know his mind at thins stage.

Shadow