They should have fired the rocket scientist you speak of and used his salary
to buy an auto inserter.
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From: tentec-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com]
On Behalf Of Dave Heil
Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 9:04 AM
To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Ten-Tec rebranding
Richards wrote:
> Geeze... no one said he is a crook.
>
> All we are suggesting is that TenTec (being in Tennessee) would be in
> a better position to service any repair, warranty, or shipping damage
> issues than the designer would be way over in China -- just
> considering the logistics and distances involved.
> But to suggest we were disparaging the poor designer's credibility or
> integrity is way off the mark and mis-characterizes what we are
> saying.
I'll suggest far more than that: I'm buying gear which performs well at a
good price and is made in the United States. If Ten-Tec were to start
manufacturing its equipment overseas, it would be eliminating more American
manufacturing jobs. I think that would run counter to the desires of its
late founder, Al Kahn.
Remember what happened to R.L. Drake when some rocket scientist at the
company decided that it could not afford equipment for vertical insertion of
diodes and resistors to help it compete against the Japanese.
Let's not be shortsighted. We need more manufacturing jobs and less service
jobs.
Dave Heil K8MN
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