Bry,
Makes a lot of sense, and probably why they hired a new sales manager.
Eric
W9WLW
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> On Jul 8, 2014, at 7:05 PM, Brian Carling <bcarling@cfl.rr.com> wrote:
>
> My guess is their radios have not been selling well because they didn't
> advertise them, and I also notice that some makers if ancillary equipment
> such as automatic tuners do not even mention interacting to Tentec radios.
>
> Best regards - Bry Carling
> AF4K
>
>
>> On Jul 4, 2014, at 6:18 AM, "Rick - DJ0IP / NJ0IP" <Rick@DJ0IP.de> wrote:
>>
>> That was an interesting guess.
>>
>> My next guess is, we're all wrong except for George.
>> REASON: Guess is like modeling. It proves nothing. EXPERIENCE is
>> everything and George has lots of that.
>>
>> My problem is, it will take 6 months or more until we find out and by then I
>> will have long forgotten what we were all guessing.
>>
>> 73 - Rick, DJ0IP
>> (Nr. Frankfurt am Main)
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of geoffrey
>> mendelson
>> Sent: Friday, July 04, 2014 11:55 AM
>> To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
>> Subject: Re: [TenTec] TT Mega Sale
>>
>>> On 7/4/2014 12:37 PM, K8JHR wrote:
>>> Right on, Ron.
>>>
>>> And, YES YES YES, I am sure there IS more to this than meets the eye.
>>
>> I remember when Apple literally cut corners to halve the price of their
>> cheapest Macintosh Computer. They saved about $100 in retail price by
>> removing the finely molded square corners and replaced them with cheap, easy
>> to mold round corners that people did not notice if they were a bit off. In
>> the end that, and a lot of other cost cutting allowed them to sell a
>> computer that went for $1000, instead of $2000.
>>
>> The made a lot of people who had counted on their computers holding their
>> value, but made far more new customers in the process.
>>
>> Since everyone is guessing, MY GUESS is that they have already decided on a
>> new rig they are going to produce and based upon reasonable estimates it
>> will take 6 months from the day they start building the factory until the
>> first one goes out the shipping department. So instead of holding on to a
>> lot of old radios, and trying to keep the new one secret, they have decided
>> it is better to sell them off now, fulfill some dreams, and turn stock into
>> cash to help finance the new rig. That way they can announce after the old
>> ones sell out.
>>
>>
>> Geoff.
>>
>> --
>> Geoffrey S. Mendelson 4X1GM/N3OWJ
>> Jerusalem Israel.
>>
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