[TowerTalk] re AES SK

[Jerry France]

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 at 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 at contesting.com>
>> Reply-to:       K7LXC at 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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