[TowerTalk] MFJ repairs

[Ken]

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