Re: [TenTec] $$ kickbacks

[Steve Weber <kd9bo@mac.com>]

Fellow Ten-Tec-ies,

That would explain why I practically had to BEG AES to show me the 
TenTec 2591 HT alongside the oriental HTs.  The sales guy was unable 
to program an Icom 02-AT even after going through the manual and then 
spending a good 10 minutes of fiddling.  They "couldn't find" the 
manual for the TenTec, but it was so intuitive that I had it up and 
running in about the time it took them to tell me it was a piece of 
... junk.

I bought the TenTec, but not from AES!


> It was widely known by dealers that the Far East mfg's offered 3-5 day
> cruises for "pushing" certain top models in the 80's, excluding Ten-Tec
> rigs at the time. These tactics prompted Ten-Tec to dissolve its dealer
> network & go factory direct.
>
> Jim, K4SQR
>
> On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 20:08:46 -0500 Mike Manship <w9oj@peoplepc.com>
> writes:
> >  At 07:40 PM 1/12/2004 -0500, you wrote:
> >  >And.. the $$ kickbacks given to US dealers by the Far East
> >  >manufacturers.....
> >  >
> >  >THIS is what's "real."
> >
> >  Just what "kickbacks" are those ?
> >  Mike W9OJ
> >
> >
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