<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the qrplist gang ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > W2AGN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the qrplist gang > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Now I'm not a big fan of Doug Hendricks in general. I feel he can be > very patronizing, etc. A lot of long-time school teachers treat everyone > that way. But I was REALLY surprised to see the President of QRP-ARCI > rip into him after the announcement of the new NC2030 kit on the GQRP > list. > >> Hi all, >> >> Limiting the run number to 200 is a great marketing ploy. >> And getting the money up front even better. The customers >> pay for the parts before the bags of parts are put together. >> >> The 'feeding frenzy' generated by 'I must have one before >> my mate gets his' is wonderful for the seller. >> >> He gets to know how many parts to order, what his projected >> sales are to be and, dare I say it; if he gets lots more than >> 200 orders he does another run of 200. >> >> Great marketing Doug, just wish I had thought of it with Kanga. >> >> -- >> Dick Pascoe G0BPS > > Interesting take for the President of QRP ARCI, who I would think would > be more encouraging. I think all the clubs generally take orders before > putting together the kits. It only makes sense when you have a club > thing, and don't maintain an inventory like a company might. > -- > _ _ _ _ _ > / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ John L. Sielke > ( W ) ( 2 ) ( A ) ( G ) ( N ) http://w2agn.net > \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ >
Well historically all of the *good* Norcal Kits, are rekitted by a forprofit co. My bet is that this one, if it is as good as many say it will be, this kit will ALSO be available in a year or so from such an endeavor. Vy 72; Bob w9ya P.S.....And Dick is sure to know this. He is a cleaver and smart fellow. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Submissions: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - unsubscribe qrplist in body Hopelessly Lost: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - help in body of message Zerobeat Web Page: http://www.zerobeat.net - sponsored by www.tlchost.net ----------------------------------------------------------------------
