On Sun, 9 Dec 2007 11:12:21 -0800, Ward Silver wrote:
>But how many of us could pay that price?
>Not many and certainly not enough to make a company work, year after year.
>Yes, MFJ quality often stumbles, but if that is all the ham market is
>willing to pay for, I don't know what economic miracle would enable or, from
>a strictly business standpoint, justify more. MFJ fills an important niche
>in the amateur market and I am glad they do.
I strongly disagree. When a company blankets a market with low cost low
quality stuff (as MFJ and Walmart do), it usually pushes other companies with
better quality stuff at a somewhat higher prices out of the market (and often
out of biz). Some may see that as a good thing, but I don't.
73,
Jim Brown K9YC
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