A funny, though harrowing, tale of everything that’s wrong with the two
dominant North American first-world economies:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKv6RcXa2UI
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKv6RcXa2UI>
“Oh Big Box Mart, what have you sold to me? We used to be your customers, now
we’re your employees.”
The pigeons of off-shore labour have come home to roost, and we’re seeing
increasing examples of the folly every day.
73, kelly, ve4xt,
> On Jul 7, 2016, at 10:43 AM, ScottW3TX <scottw3tx@verizon.net> wrote:
>
> Most brick and mortar stores run on very thin profit margins that are
> getting squeezed smaller and smaller in this new economy shift. Costs
> (especially health insurance, regulatory, and base services to keep the
> doors open), are going up at 8 to 12% per year. Meanwhile competition does
> not allow for the final seller of products or service to raise prices.
> There are no longer excess profits in smaller businesses to fund owner and
> employee retirement plans. Therefore there is rarely any "goodwill" or
> "blue-sky" value in the sale. Just inventory (if it is sellable) and real
> estate.
>
> The bigger picture is what will happen to amateur radio sales companies?
> The trend is that the smaller, niche companies are either closing down or
> selling to the two dominant buyers.
>
> Is such consolidation good for the future of amateur radio?
>
> What happens when MFJ or DXE go up for sale? Most likely the only
> potential buyers will be publicly traded companies that have less interest
> in the customer than the current stake-holders that are active amateur
> radio operators themselves. And will there even be a buy when one factors
> in the demographics?
>
> When I took my 13 year old son to the DX Dinner at Dayton this year he was
> probably the youngest person there. I was probably the second youngest
> (49).
>
> Unless amateur radio quickly and effectively figures out how to connect
> itself into the STEM and Programming wave I fear that Nathan and I will be
> the only guys at the DX Dinner someday.
>
> At least he and I will have darn good antennas :)
>
> 73, Scott W3TX
>
>
>
> On 7/7/16 11:24 AM, "Alan NV8A" <nv8a@charter.net> wrote:
>
>> I have been surprised at the number of local businesses that are simply
>> shut down when the owner decides to retire: they have a "going out of
>> business sale," and that's it. I would have expected them to sell the
>> business -- with its "good will" -- as a going concern.
>>
>> 73
>>
>> Alan NV8A
>>
>>
>> On 07/07/2016 07:21 AM, Chuck Gooden wrote:
>>>
>>> I would of expected that, the company would be up for sale to someone
>>> that would be interested in keeping ham radio alive. So I am waiting
>>> until I see an official notice.
>>>
>>> Chuck Gooden N9QBT
>>>
>>>
>>> On 7/6/2016 4:57 PM, K7LXC--- via TowerTalk wrote:
>>>> I just got an email from the sales manager of AES that they're
>>>> closing the
>>>> doors at the end of the month. Hard to believe since they used to be
>>>> one
>>>> of two 800 pound gorillas in the ham market. Apparently stuff happens.
>>
>>
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