I think that without any evidence we need to be very careful about making such accusations. Unless someone knows or has evidence that CCrane does this, this is nothing but speculation.
I'm sure some companies do this, others might just order 5 of something and thus end up "back-ordered" at item 6 but I'd tread carefully where reputations are concerned. Why not just ask CCrane what the situation is? No, I have no financial interest or association with the company. -- -Rob de Santos -----Original Message----- From: Mark Phillips [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 9:01 PM To: Discussion list for the Winter SWL Fest Subject: Re: [Swlfest] WiFI radio that includes FM: Revo Blik I think that this "back order" thing is a method of gauging market interest before they stock any product. If they advertise it on the website and take a few orders they know that they have at least as many buyers as orders placed. If they only take a few orders thus not making it a viable effort they can always refund monies (having sat on it in the bank for a few weeks) and claim the product is no longer available or some other rubbish. On Wed, 2008-05-28 at 10:07 -0400, Richard Cuff wrote: > I am not sure which marketing genius (?!) came up with the name > "Blik", but C. Crane now sells (alas, on back order) a WiFi radio that > has an FM tuner and an aux-in jack for an MP3 player or the like. > > See http://www.ccrane.com/radios/wifi-radios/revo-blik-wifi-internet-radio.aspx. > For $200 (US) this is a promising unit. > > Richard > -- Mark Phillips, G7LTT/NI2O Randolph, NJ _______________________________________________ Swlfest mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swlfest To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], or visit the URL shown above. For more information on the Fest, visit: http://www.swlfest.com http://swlfest.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ Swlfest mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swlfest To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], or visit the URL shown above. For more information on the Fest, visit: http://www.swlfest.com http://swlfest.blogspot.com
