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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] re AES SK
From: Jerry France <grf@npgcable.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2016 18:32:18 -0700
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I'll sure miss them here in Lake Havasu City, AZ....when ever I needed something in time before a contest weekend they were there for a quick in-time delivery....great, quick service.

Jerry

K7lY


On 7/6/2016 6:15 PM, Matthew King - KK4CPS wrote:
I've been a ham for about 5 years now, and I've seen their website many
times.

I've never ordered from them as they've never been particularly competitive
on price or shipping.

I think in today's market of competing primarily on price with quality
customer service being a given and not something that you "pay a little
extra for", they were unwilling or unable to lower their prices. There's
other retail pricing outlets (DX Engineering, HRO, etc...) that are still
going strong (and growing, it seems) so I'm not sure what was different in
their business model to prevent them from being able to persevere.

It's always sad to see a company go by the wayside, to be sure.

Best of luck to their employees!

73

Matt
KW4VY

On Wed, Jul 6, 2016 at 8:34 PM, <john@kk9a.com> wrote:

Sad news. I do not recall seeing a catalog in a while. Many years ago while
living in Chicago I used to buy from the Milwaukee store frequently and I
would have the item(s) the next day.

John KK9A

From:   K7LXC--- via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
Reply-to:       K7LXC@aol.com
Date:   Wed, 6 Jul 2016 17:57:33 -0400

I just got an email from the sales manager of AES  that they're closing the
doors at the end of the month. Hard to believe since  they used to be one
of two 800 pound gorillas in the ham market. Apparently  stuff happens.

Cheers,
Steve     K7LXC

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