Sean, Thanks for the constructive feedback. We are working on a couple of ideas that align to your comments that you will hear more about in 2015. Fundamentally I agree that keys should be portable but not an easy nut to crack; however, we are working with that in mind.
My email address is [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> and if you don’t mind I would like to hear more specifics on your experience with variable pricing on the SMs ranging $20-$40 with each transaction – that statement surprised me a bit. Scott From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sean Heskett via Af Sent: Friday, November 21, 2014 12:42 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Cambium Outlet - Who doesn't like a bargain? dear cambium, please just offer us one low price year round and stop with the speed keys for SMs. I live in NW CO where we can install APs and backhauls from May to Oct. The rest of the year it's too snowy, icy and cold out to even try to get to our towers, all of which are above 7,000 feet MSL and several are above 10,000 MSL. a special price on APs or backhauls from Oct to May does me no good and I will simply ignore your advertising attempts. We install SMs year round. every time we go to purchase SMs (and we buy a lot) the price changes $20-40 per SM. Please make this stop...I'd like to know my costs are stable and not blowing in the wind so that i can get busy installing more clients and therefore buying more SMs from you. Also with regards to the license keys for the SMs, this is a huge extra cost burden and the key is stuck to the device for eternity so i there for have to constantly track which SM has which key and what plan the client is subscribed to. When they cancel i have to set aside as special inventory all the keyed SMs. So now we have to stock 900, 2.4 and 5.7 FSK, 5.4 430, and 5Ghz 450 20Mbps and unlimited...That's 6 different SMs to track and stock and a lot of times the unlimited 450s that come back into inventory get mixed up and redeployed to a client that only needs a 20Mbps key :-/ also we have to stock and track the keys in the licensing portal so that we don't run out. YOU ARE IN THE BUSINESS OF SELLING LIGHTBULBS (SMs)...SELL ME MORE SMs AND YOU WILL MAKE MORE MONEY. 2 cents -Sean On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 11:29 AM, Scott Imhoff via Af <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: All, You may or may not have noticed but Cambium is trying a new concept on our web site called “Cambium Outlet” to make available at substantial discount material that we have in excess. The page can be viewed at: http://www.cambiumnetworks.com/cambium-outlet The list will be updated on a periodic basis, approximately every two to three months, based on changes in part number inventory. We welcome any suggestions to improve the page and process. Happy hunting! Scott
