If what you say is true, this is not the first time Kyocera has done this. Back in the first quarter of 2006, we were cruising along installing about 15 kW/mo of Kyocera, a mix of 170s and 200s. I had a six month forecast in that vicinity and I would take 10 kW one month and 20 kW the next. Completely out of the blue, without any warning whatsoever, Kyocera stopped shipping to us, not one module, and told us that they had no legal or moral obligation to fulfil the current orders or anything else on our forecast. Furthermore, they could not tell us when they would be able to ship modules to us. They lost their Los Angeles sales person, soon afterwards; hired a replacement and promptly lost the replacement. They then went for many months without a sales person. It looks like déjà vu all over again. - Peter
Peter T. Parrish, Ph.D., President California Solar Engineering, Inc. 820 Cynthia Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90065 CA Lic. 854779, NABCEP Cert. 031806-26 [email protected] Ph 323-258-8883, Mobile 323-839-6108, Fax 323-258-8885 _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of frenergy Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 8:23 PM To: RE-wrenches Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Whats with Kyocera? Don, AEE has been good to me over the years. They have several flavors of PVs, though I believe no Kyo. Bill Feather River Solar Electric ----- Original Message ----- From: i2p <mailto:[email protected]> To: List for complaining about anything <mailto:[email protected]> RE. Cc: [email protected] Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 6:22 PM Subject: [RE-wrenches] Whats with Kyocera? Without any word, they have stopped taking orders.! Not only could they not fulfill an immediate need, they refused to even take a pretty nice order for future delivery.???? Who is still getting Kyocera? Whats the deal.? Are they dumping the small accounts? If you are still doing business with Kyocera, what size orders are you placing.? Not looking for biz intelligence here, just respond as small , medium or large. Thanks for comments and information. Just trying to figure out where to go from here. Like I'm looking for a supplier who treats s maller shops with some respect. My comments do not reflect on my salesperson at Kyocera who is very upset by being forced to refuse orders. Don Loweburg Offline Solar _____ _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: [email protected] Options & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org _____ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.437 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2880 - Release Date: 05/17/10 18:26:00
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