The comments on the reddit item discussing this comment were also pretty negative. I understand that he’s under a lot of pressure, but why the heck would he comment like this in a forum not known for being forgiving? After this comment, the tide quickly turned, and the tone of the comments became way more anti-TenTec than pro-TenTec. If 100 people will step up and order the Eagle + which is the next radio slated to be on the market, I will take your money, cash your checks and buy all the parts we need to do a run.ħ3 DE N8WFF / HCIC, (Head Capitalist In Charge) Maybe I need to implement a new policy and just accept prepaid orders. I suspect a lot of this Ten Tec stuff will be the same way. We build new amps and have them ready to ship. We have repaired lots of amps in the last year and continue to do so. People write me and ask “Is Alpha open”? We have amps ready to ship and I never hear from them again. It costs on the average $300 to repair just about any radio, though they can run higher if extensive damage or complicated radio like Orion.īy the way, I have Alphas for sale also. EVERYBODY who has followed the procedure has gotten their radio fixed if we can get the parts. If you email Friday through Monday you won’t get an answer until then. Meanwhile, you need a radio repaired or a part you email and wait until a Tuesday, Wednesdays or Thursday when Tony is there to answer emails. We are just doing what we have to do to get from Point A to Point B. I then reinvest 100% of that towards equipment, inventory and wages. So the only way I can get the money to fund all this is from commercial customers who actually pay. Where does that come from? I don’t see anyone pre-ordering or getting together and saying that they will fund a run of 100 eagles or whatever. When we have a new, upgraded radio for sale, and yes we are working on it, we will announce it! My goodness gracious people I have more important things to do than spend my time on stupidity like this! IF I CLOSE THE BUSINESS I WILL ANNOUNCE IT. WE ARE OPEN FOR BUSINESS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. TENTEC IS IN BUSINESS, IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS, AND HAS CONSISTENTLY BEEN OPEN FOR BUSINESS. Here is the new answer for EVERYONE for ever more and is the LAST answer we will give.
My service manager is a volunteer fire fighter and has been out west for a month helping combat the problems out there.
If you want a part or something specific say so. If you think about it, that is a rather stupid thing to ask. I can’t reply to every email of somebody asking if we are still in business.
Then, TenTec’s current owner, N8WFF, decided to comment and shoot himself in the foot. In general, most people were hopeful that TenTec would become a going concern again. A couple of weeks ago on eHam, a ham innocently asked, “Is TenTec still in business?” Well, as you can imagine-given the venue-the question prompted a whole lot of comments.
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