Tooling Fundraiser - $32 for $25, $64 for $50, $94 for $75, $128 for $100

Note from Grant:

In 2018, we were about a month away from closing and we strongly suggested to our customers that if they'd planned to buy anything in the future anyway, to buy $20 gift certificates then and there to get us out of the maelstrom. We called it a Hail Mary, and it worked within a day. My wife thought the computers had gone haywire, because all of these $20 payments were coming in. We are nowhere close to calling for another Hail Mary. "Nowhere close..." is not "now, here close..."

We're fine. We're doing well now, we're established, but careful and not cocky. We're investing in our future by taking control of our necessary bits and pieces—the SILVER parts, the lugs and crowns we use, and on a human level, our crew here, too. But we have some huge bills all coming due at once, and we don't string out our vendors, so we want to ask for some help again. Half will go for tooling . We're working on some components that most brands and manufacturers have given up on.

This time, $25 credits, but rather than just giving you face value, we'll give you $7 extra, so... $32 credit for $25. 

It still doesn't make sense if you have no idea when you'll buy something, but there's no time limit on the purchase. The plan is valid until next Friday, April 17th at midnight, or until we're out of the riptide and body-surfing to shore, whichever comes first. 

The fine print: you can buy only up to $100 worth, which will get you $128 in credit. We don't want you to game the system and apply them to frames or complete bicycles. Oh, and you can't buy film with them. We're already selling film within pennies of cost (our price just went up). But everything else, yes. Maximum $100, which will get you $128 in credit. Spend it all on one invoice, to prevent future confusion. A lesson learned the hard way from the original Hail Mary. 
-Grant