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Which is a fair set of points.
However, we've kind of stalled at the design point which is another step further back and we continue to have no caps.
If the decision is taken to do another run of the original design then we can start working through those details with people who have the willingness and capacity to undertake them.
If we don't go ahead with that then new caps look as likely this year as they do next year and all those details will still need to be resolved. Pre-orders will facilitate the next steps and, as long as expectations are properly managed, then an October delivery isn't an issue. We talk all year round about the summer caps.
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Did @6pt have a design for the caps? If he did, and if we can locate an Italian speaker, we could at least determine feasibility.
The issue in terms of effort and time isn't the putting it on a shop and selling it.
It's:
The act of designing them, putting them on the shop and pre-selling them, handling the stock control, ensuring money is received, accounted for, paid to the manufacturer or covers postage & packing... is actually not a big deal compared to manufacturing and distribution.