whilst I understand where you are coming from, I don’t think so…
I just don’t think they could do that , and retain any creditability…
you can’t take money upfront to secure a price, then later change the price…
otherwise what is the point of people putting down deposits… and then also waiting years for delivery?
so tough as it is, I reckon EE will have to swallow the extra costs … and basically make little, to no profit on the pre-ordered units, in the hope of reclaiming on future (non-preorder) sales.
lets be under no illusion here… even at the offer price(s), there was margin on the Osmose… EE were never doing this as zero profit, so its is going to hurt them for sure on this side, particularly, the earliest offer price.
(*) It would have been different if the ‘offer’ had been a % discount of retail price, or similar, then of course, then the (already) increased retail price, would mean everyone pays more. … but that was not the deal.