Crowd Supply just sent out a “last call” before the campaign ends. From what I can tell from the campaign page, Crowd Supply is based in Oregon, USA, and keeps the hardware in stock there. My guess is that once all backers have received their hardware, the individual components of the MNT Station will also be available through the MNT Reform Shop and will then be shipped from Berlin. If that’s the case, I’d wait; otherwise, I’d place an order through Crowd Supply at the last minute.
Is that correct, or will the hardware be shipped from the U.S. either way, regardless of where it’s ordered (Crowd Supply or MNT Reform Shop)?
My postal address is in Germany but I ordered from Crowdsupply.
This was discussed in IRC August 20:
23:24 <@josch> minute: you suggest i buy via crowdsupply than via shop.mntre.com?
23:24 <@minute> josch: haha well, if you ask like that...
23:24 <@minute> josch: mnt shop probably makes more sense for you, but it'll take a while until we can launch there.
23:26 <@josch> minute: does it make a difference for MNT where i order?
23:29 <@minute> josch: well, for MNT it would be def. helpful if this little campaign raised some cash yeah
Crowdsupply buys a small percentage on top of what customers order. So if there are X orders on crowdsupply, MNT actually sells X+Y units (I don’t know the percentage).
I want it early and MNT needs the money so I placed my order at crowdsupply even though it means that the case is shipped back and forth once.