Don't Wait For the Rush!

I ordered and paid for my Librem 5 on September 24th, just a few days ago. I thought I would share a few of my reasons here for not waiting any longer to place my order.

As soon as we start seeing the promises-made about the Librem 5 being fulfilled as described by those who are about to receive the first shipments, I expect there to be a stampede of demand.

So many people have been willing to take risks here, to make the Librem 5 become a reality. Even as a believer in the cause, I wasn’t willing to risk my money until the company reaffirmed their shipping date as that date passed. I wasn’t willing to wait for the positive reviews because I wanted to be in the Evergreen group, not in the Willow (or whatever they call the groups two or more years from now) group.

Once the positive reviews start rolling-in, I expect to see Evergreen and Fir fill up fast and I didn’t want to wait any longer, considering that the risk has now dropped to an acceptable level in my mind, not that the risk was ever very high to begin with.

I am just a customer and have no other financial or other interests in Purism.

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There is no doubt that risk is falling. The risk two years ago for the initial backers was much higher than it is now, now that there is at least a working product.

My gut feel is that even if you order now, there is a fairly large queue and you will be waiting a while. I guess your logic is that the queue is going to get even bigger!

Me too.

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