What I have always wondered about is, why did they discontinue the
production of such a fine radio as the Omni VI, that is tantamount to
financial suicide if the replacement product is not available in time to
stop the cash hemorrhage from the company due to lack of sales.
I have seen quite a few outfits go out of business, because they
overreached and were caught in a cash flow crunch, I hope this is not the
case with Ten-Tec I really like their products.
At 12:09 PM 2/4/2003, you wrote:
Snip
While I admire the chutzpah of TT for tackling such a monumental
project as the ORION, I cannot feel any confidence that they have the
resources to do the job properly in a timely manner. And time is now
their deadly enemy.
Their amateur product line is now quite limited with no top-line
radio, such as the Omni series, to bring in serious sales dollars.
They have therefore suffered considerable reduction in cash flow for
quite some time now. Add to that the impact of the development costs
of the ORION. Every week that ORION shipments slip is one more week of
salaries and other development cost added to the ORION and one more
week of no income from ORION shipments. They are getting further and
further "behind the power curve" so to speak. Clearly, TT is reluctant
to focus on this thus they say little to their customer base. The real
reasons are hardly flattering.
At some point, the cost of sales for the ORION plus the cost of
product plus the prorata share of development costs will inevitably
produce a situation in which the ORION simply could not be sold for
sufficient profit to justify continuing its existence without a major
increase in price or sales volume or both.
Snip
73/72, George
Amateur Radio W5YR - the Yellow Rose of Texas
In the 57th year and it just keeps getting better!
Fairview, TX 30 mi NE of Dallas in Collin county EM13qe
K2 #489 IC-765 #2349 IC-756 PRO #2121 IC-756 PRO2 #3235
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert & Linda McGraw K4TAX" <RMcGraw@blomand.net>
To: <Tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 9:43 AM
Subject: [TenTec] Public Opinion
> It is my understanding the ORION was to start shipping from Tentec
in
> perhaps late December. Delays of unknown origin have caused the
product to
> still be retained and to my knowledge, nothing has shipped.
>
> I've asked Tentec for some answers and prior to now have gotten very
little
> solid information other than my order acknowledgement of Dec 6.
That
> acknowledgement indicated the radio that I've ordered is expected to
come
> from the 3rd production lot scheduled for early March. Ok, so be
it, I can
> understand that and patiently wait.
>
> To that end, it appears that December production moved to January
and then I
> presume February, and January production moved to February and then
I
> presume March, and February moved to March and then to April and
March moved
> to April and then May? Did I count this correctly?
>
> I must admit, it gets a bit, no no a lot, disconcerting when one has
some
> $3500 hanging in the balance (oh it's not charged to the credit card
but I
> do have funds allocated) an no information as to when one might get
a radio.
> There's been no reasons disclosed for the delays that I am aware of.
I just
> wonder how long the Tentec community will hang in the balance to get
a
> radio. I'm sure there are valid reasons for the delays. I just
can't think
> of any reasons for not keeping the buyers, those having placed
actual
> orders, informed. I guess it must have to do with "saving face" or
"not
> letting the cat out of the bag" so to speak. Frankly, in my case, I
think
> the cat is about to suffocate.
>
> Candidly, I am giving very serious consideration to sending a Notice
of
> Cancellation. Any other folks thinking this way? To that end, I'll
keep
> the Tentec's that I have or go buy (oh dread) another brand of
radio.
>
> Anyone have feelings or thoughts on this?
>
> Private responses via e-mail will be honored and most appreciated,
both on
> my part and so as not to embarrass Tentec publicly.
>
> 73
> Bob, K4TAX
>
>
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