Currently at 25. No need to count as I update the first post whenever there's a change.
Yes, there was another company that a forum member had said that they said $479 for 10 or something like that. I think Eddie basically said that they are both the same company and that pricing would be the same from both vendors. Maybe the other vendor spoke before they were sure they could honor that deal, and Eddie got the final word for pricing and then reported it here to us? Not sure, I did think of it but just decided to trust Eddie and move forward with his deal since he was active in the forum and there to answer questions.
As for us being a few short... yes, I'm assuming at least a few of the people in this thread that said they were in won't come through when it's actually time to commit. Which is fine, who knows what's happened to people's financial positions in the last month due to current events, so we'll get as many as we can to commit and if Eddie doesn't want to go through with the deal due to us being a few short (if that happens, hopefully, it doesn't) then that's okay too. He has that right.. the deal is 30. That doesn't seem like smart business to me because as you said it will lead to other product sales, brand loyalty within the forum, positive reviews of the frame being posted in the forum, etc.. That said, I don't know anything about the manufacturing costs and state of the industry. Things aren't always so simple.
Should that be the case, perhaps we can explore other options.