On Sep 1, 2014, at 2:20 PM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote:
> Unfortunately, MFJ is not the only amateur manufacturer/vendor guilty
> of that. Too many "companies" are noting more than a single person
> making one or two products in a garage/basement and under valuing the
> cost of space, individual's time, etc. There are even "companies"
> for which amateur products are simply a sideline where the "other"
> businesses bear all of the fixed cost/overhead which results in an
> artificially low price for the amateur products.
Well, that's a time honored tradition in American startups. Dell started in
his college dorm room. Apple and HP in garages. I remember when Dell was
under investigation by the Texas Attorney General for failing to fulfill
orders, talk about poor customer service! :) Of course, those companies
learned from their mistakes, changed and succeeded.
Ken WA8JXM
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