Is the Grundig Satellit 750 Late in Arrival or Mere Vapor Ware?

Ed Strnad surmises that, at best, the Grundig Satellit 750 could be in for a long, intractable delay if it should ever materialize at all:

Well, here it is virtually June 1, and there is not a peep about the availability for the 750. I called Amazon and Eton; they pled ignorance. I can't see it suddenly going on sale in 2 weeks with no preliminary publicity or product launch (ie, early review samples sent out)... I think what we have here is another major schedule slip....I hope it's not on its way to becoming vaporware. Also FYI: J&R in NY will ship it free if you pre-order now, but they don't have any idea when it will be released, either.

Many of us incurable radio lovers are disgruntled that a most attractive radio may be put on hold indefinitely. As Mike Walsh writes:

I have a pre-order for one of these things on Amazon, an implied contract which apparently possesses all the solidity of a Tsarist railway bond.

Thanks to Ed for doing the legwork, anyway. I was going to start nosing around on or about the 15th, but this looks like a delay even from this distance. Given that Universal Radio kept their mid-June ETA posted while Eton themselves merely promised "2008", I suppose none of us should be too surprised.

Well, I'm gonna buy some damn thing in June, and whatever it is, it won't look like a purse.

Comments

[Mike W]

I have a pre-order for one of these things on Amazon, an implied contract which apparently possesses all the solidity of a Tsarist railway bond.

Thanks to Ed for doing the legwork, anyway. I was going to start nosing around on or about the 15th, but this looks like a delay even from this distance. Given that Universal Radio kept their mid-June ETA posted while Eton themselves merely promised "2008", I suppose none of us should be too surprised.

Well, I'm gonna buy some damn thing in June, and whatever it is, it won't look like a purse.

[Jeff McMahon]

Tom, I don't have a clue as to why your comments are getting tagged as spam. Sorry. Jeff

[Mike W]

That's a good idea, Tom, I will try contacting Eton in a week or two and if I learn anything I'll post it here.

[gerald johnson]

this reminds me of the mini-ccradio. ccrane touted it for awhile as the latest breakthrough in am dxing and what an engineering marvel it would be and then kept pushing back the roll-out date and now 2 years later there is no mention of it on the website or catalog.

[Jeff McMahon]

I remember the Mini; I had even pre-ordered. It's all about execution. Jeff