[TowerTalk] 1st Call

[Rick Bullon]

Maybe First Call  is truly the middle man in this. I don't know the facts 
and from the post I gather no one really does but First Call and Tri EX.
But the problem could be that First Call is placing an order for 10 towers 
and told by TriEX that they would be delivered in 2-4 weeks but when the 
order gets to First Call only 5 towers are on the truck and First Call is 
told the rest are backed ordered and will be shipped in 2 weeks.
What does First Call do but pass on the info as they get it. This happens 
all the time in the wholesale business. So maybe you need to blame TriEX and 
not First Call.
Like I said above none of us knows what the real deal is.
73
Rick
KC5AJX
P.S. I am not part of First Call or Triex ( I am not sure I got the name of 
the manufacturer right) or a customer

>>
>Here is why I disagree:  lets say the tower manufacturer can make 5 towers 
>a
>week.  It would be reasonable for the messenger to tell the first 5 guys 
>they
>would get their towers in a week.  The next 5 guys would get their towers 
>in 2
>weeks, the 3rd group in 3 weeks etc....  It is most unreasonable to tell 
>100 or
>200 guys that they will get their towers in 2-4 weeks when the messenger 
>KNOWS
>IT'S IMPOSSIBLE.  The messenger provides no value added by giving out many
>delivery dates which the messenger knows cannot be met.  The customer would 
>get
>the same service (and cheaper) by buying the tower direct from the factory 
>and
>save the messenger's (FIRST CALL) commission.  Messengers who know the
>manufacturing facts and give out false delivery dates to customers just to
>string them along, are of NO VALUE ADDED.
>
>73,
>Ken W2DTC
>
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