[TenTec] TT Mega Sale

[Brian Carling]

My guess is their radios have not been selling well because they didn't advertise them, and I also notice that some makers if ancillary equipment such as automatic tuners do not even mention interacting to Tentec radios. 

Best regards - Bry Carling
AF4K


> On Jul 4, 2014, at 6:18 AM, "Rick - DJ0IP / NJ0IP" <Rick at DJ0IP.de> wrote:
> 
> That was an interesting guess.
> 
> My next guess is, we're all wrong except for George.
> REASON:  Guess is like modeling.  It proves nothing.  EXPERIENCE is
> everything and George has lots of that.
> 
> My problem is, it will take 6 months or more until we find out and by then I
> will have long forgotten what we were all guessing.  
> 
> 73 - Rick, DJ0IP
> (Nr. Frankfurt am Main)
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of geoffrey
> mendelson
> Sent: Friday, July 04, 2014 11:55 AM
> To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] TT Mega Sale
> 
>> On 7/4/2014 12:37 PM, K8JHR wrote:
>> Right on, Ron.
>> 
>> And, YES YES YES, I am sure there IS more to this than meets the eye.
> 
> I remember when Apple literally cut corners to halve the price of their
> cheapest Macintosh Computer. They saved about $100 in retail price by
> removing the finely molded square corners and replaced them with cheap, easy
> to mold round corners that people did not notice if they were a bit off. In
> the end that, and a lot of other cost cutting allowed them to sell a
> computer that went for $1000, instead of $2000.
> 
> The made a lot of people who had counted on their computers holding their
> value, but made far more new customers in the process.
> 
> Since everyone is guessing, MY GUESS is that they have already decided on a
> new rig they are going to produce and based upon reasonable estimates it
> will take 6 months from the day they start building the factory until the
> first one goes out the shipping department. So instead of holding on to a
> lot of old radios, and trying to keep the new one secret, they have decided
> it is better to sell them off now, fulfill some dreams, and turn stock into
> cash to help finance the new rig. That way they can announce after the old
> ones sell out.
> 
> 
> Geoff.
> 
> --
> Geoffrey S. Mendelson 4X1GM/N3OWJ
> Jerusalem Israel.
> 
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