[TenTec] Kenmore and more

[Winston F. Jones]

I enjoyed reading the suggestions about Ten-Tec products being sold in 
Radio Shack stores.

I'm an enthusiastic user of both Ten-Tec and Radio Shack. I have a 
Corsair, 229 tuner and several Ten-Tec QRP items. I also have a Radio 
Shack HTX-202 HT which is great.

While I'd like to be able to buy Ten-Tec at Radio Shack stores, I have 
a feeling it wouldn't be practical. I assume that Ten-Tec left its 
dealer network in 1992 so it could sell direct and give buyers a price 
break. I'm sure this was done to help Ten-Tec better compete with the 
imports. I would think that a dealer arrangement with Radio Shack would 
result in higher product prices. The question is: Would Ten-Tec buyers 
be willing to pay extra in order to have the products available at 
Radio Shack stores? Maybe, maybe not. I might pay some premium, but not 
a lot.

Winston K4CWQ 

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