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			If I had to decide, I would do it differently this time. They should create a specific US re-order site and keep the payment in $ instead of converting to pounds, as they have to pay the suppliers in $ anyway. If they have a separate site for each country, they could start re-ordering at once without worrying about overload. Maybe I think too simple, I don't know.
		
		
	 
Which means that they would need another bank, in the US, to deposit the money into. It also means that those of us who were refunded would be paying more this time around, since we'd be paying 330 USD, plus shipping. That would guarantee that we would lose money.
They pay the suppliers in $. They would double exchange the currency then.
I'm no banker, maybe it is possible to have an account in UK but still keep the money in $?
all of that falls into the realm of  just what OP has worked out with its  financial arrangements and any obligations they have ..   business banking is allot  more complicated than personal banking.. while it is possible to keep funds in currency paid  its  a service  hed  pay fees for  ... just like the option of having an off shore bank is not something he can set up "spur of the moment" (at least here in the US.   as i and others have mentioned before  what alot of  international companies do  is  pad the price for the goods  and speculate on the dollar values .. thus  charging a flat USD amount  essentially some days  they make  30$ profit  others they  make 28$ , still others they make 35$    it makes it seem like we  pay a flat rate  but  all thats  happening is they are  doing the conversion for  us and speculating on rate exchanges. with as transparent as OP has been about their profit margin this community would go rabid knowing thier getting a mark up  .., but historically  US consumers are just more comfortable  having a flat fee instead of understanding exchange rate issues (as long as they dont know their  essentially paying a fee for that service)
alot boils down to we just dont  know till we see  what OP  has worked out and hopefully they  find a middle ground that appeases  most everyone if  not  everybody. 
i know i sound  like a broken record , and im all for talking it out if it helps folks feel better , IM not  one for advocating  blind faith no matter how much i believe in the  OP project ..  but the truth is  those that  preordered  should  have expected  some issues on the  way .. this is part of the ride, folks have got every rite on both sides to talk it out and  decide for themselves whats best for them, and were their limits are  .. but ultimately when you signed up for this  preorder you were signing up to get a venture project  off the ground and running  with that  comes all the  high points and all the setbacks and low points, ive  literally blown up machinery costing  excess of 15 grand  working out the "kinks"  and to my employer thats acceptable loss, but it still dosnt make you feel any better about it .. but when it works out  and you can now  build a machine that makes the same product for  5 grand  it all pays out in the end ..
right now  thats everyone here and everyone (on both sides OP and those that preordered) has to decide for themselves  were their limits of acceptability and responsibility are.
and now for lighter news just saw on my ticker  Sonys  shuting down some of its us  operations and  claims to be  laying off 8000 workers  stateside by  the first    ... ahh the  joys  (couldnt happen to a nicer company thou .. well mabey microsoft snicker.. )