Bumper would only help out n allow peoples machines into their container if JJP asked for it to help streamline the delivery process, and if Bumper was compensated financially by JJP after people pay JJP for the calculated delivery costs etc...sooner or later JJP will give people specific pricing to go it alone, or they will offer people to piggyback with Bumper from what I have been told.
Both JJP and Bumper both have a vested interest to make sure every single WOZ machine gets delivered safely and undamaged, regardless of who the machine originally ordered thru. Given Bumper is the only distributor in Australia, any good or bad story about a WOZ machine could affect their ability to sell more machines in the future just because they are now tied to the WOZ name.
Its also easier to track 1 x 40 foot seafreight container than 25 different individual machines between the USA and Australia.
Apparently, in the USA, USA JJP dealers have expressed a strong desire already for JJP to not take orders directly from customers, and JJP have and are considering allotting those sales/delivereies to the closest JJP dealer by postcode so the long term servicing and the longterm viability n strength of the JJP dealer/agent system grows rather than shrinks. Australia/Bumper has already stated that any future JJP purchases for the Hobbitt or any further model can only be made thru Bumper, and that JJP are already referring all enquiries directly back to Bumper, apparently even if u have bought directly thru JJP on the WOZ model. If JJP have taken any orders from aussie buyers directly for the Hobbitt, then perhaps they are doing something similar to the soon to be USA model by still crediting the local JJP dealer with a sale/$$ commission. Best of both worlds here. Bumper will still service anyones WOZ/Hobbitt machine, again regardless how u bought it, because JJP still compensates them for parts n labour and the customer gets serviced.
Thats the info I have recieved after making enquiries to both JJP and Bumper....Time will tell if the info I have been given is still on track.
Its also great that any person in Melbourne can pop into Bumper n play a game on the WOZ. Excellent opportunity.
