Gene, Why would any company want to deal
with First Call (Joel), once they see his track record?
DAN, WA2NDP
On 20 Jan 01, at 15:30, Gene S. wrote:
Why in the world would any successful company in their right mind want to
deal directly with hams????
At 04:23 PM 1/20/2001 -0500, you wrote:
> I have a better suggestion. Why doesn't Will-Burt
> do dirwect advertising to the Amateur Radio community
> and leave First Call (Joel) out of it completely?
> DAN, WA2NDP
>On 20 Jan 01, at 0:03, Joe Subich, K4IK wrote:
>
>
>
> > Come on guys.... I think Bob is right... The bottom line should be will
> > Will-Burt and First Call follow thru and produce and ship a quality
> > finished product and will everyone who has paid for and would like to
> > purchase a tower receive it in a fair amount of time.
>
>Knowing the people, process and product at Will-Burt, I know they will
>produce a quality product as long as there is a market and it is profitable
>for them to do so.
>
>The real question is whether First Call can get their act together
>(the ARRL letter is very damning on top of the other first hand reports).
>Will they provide the kind of customer support (both before and after the
>sale) and cash flow management necessary to be a trusted player in the
>amateur market. If not, I suspect Will-Burt will find other dealer(s)
>and/or other distribution channels.
>
>
>
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