out of curiosity, what did those beasts sell for? On Thu, Dec 28, 2017 at 5:25 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
> That was one of the stronger selling points. > > *From:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Thursday, December 28, 2017 4:21 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] survey results > > There was a company called MTC that offered such a beast.... But not any > more. > > On Thu, Dec 28, 2017 at 5:55 PM, Mathew Howard <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I kind of do wish there was a dish on the market that could be put up as >> 5ghz and be easily converted to 11ghz on the tower... it could be >> especially useful now that there are cheap 11ghz radios out there. >> >> On Thu, Dec 28, 2017 at 12:35 PM, [email protected] < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I would ask, "Who are your customers?" I buy your products because you >>> sell them and you support our industry. >>> In the past, when you were selling licensed dishes, I would reach out to >>> a coordinator and tell them I would >>> want to use your dish and a certain radio. If I was told I needed to use >>> another manufacture's antenna, I would >>> ask why. If I was told your 2ft wouldn't work, I would ask if your 3ft >>> would. >>> >>> Who is buying from McCown that would prefer a competitor's product? >>> >>> On Thu, Dec 28, 2017 at 12:49 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> One of you posted the following: >>>> >>>> >>>> Well I was kind of annoyed that we bought some of the big 3ft dishes a >>>> few years ago with intent to be able to upgrade to 11ghz and now they are >>>> discontinued. I'm curious why you killed that product line. >>>> >>>> >>>> I can always build the feedhorns to convert them. I will support them. >>>> >>>> I can’t say too much without breaking an ... >>>> >>>> Hypothetically, just a thought experiment, let’s just say if a newcomer >>>> hits the market, and the competitors get tweaked, they may have one of >>>> their larger distributors buy up almost all the newcomer stock, then sit on >>>> it for a year, not market it, not push it, *actually turn away >>>> qualified leads and funnel them to the competitor* and then return it >>>> all to the manufacturer one day before the return privilege expires. >>>> >>>> It could happen, right... Multiverse theory allows many possibilities, >>>> right... >>>> >>>> But that is just a thought experiment. Such a thing never happened... >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> > >
