My turn to vent!
And while I worry some of you may take this the wrong way, I'm going to chance it anyhow.
Anything I've sold for pilots to date has not been made by me. I merely by in bulk and pas savings on to whoever wants it. I do not control quality of the products. I do not control leadtimes. What I do offer is considerably lower prices. I'm just an average joe doing this on spare time...I do it to help out. I don't expect thanks in return, but an uinderstanding of what I'm dong and maybe cutting me a little slack when things don't go 100% right. I like Odyknuck, and others, get tired of the complaints. I don't make enough to make me want to put up with that.
I buy and sell to help out. Same as with this site, I'm not making anything off it, this actually costs me. Time and money. Thankfully I've got a group of guys willing to help me run it...that helps a lot.
This is not directed to everyone. I've receiver a lot of postive feedback, and thanks. Again this is not a post to try and feed my ego or anything like that. I am not looking for a bunch of thank you posts to folow this. For those who would send thanks, thank you. This is for those who maybe do not realise how, or why I, and others like me do this kind of thing. It's not to get rich, for me it's to save people money...I hate paying huge mark-ups...that's why I set up 45th Parallel ATV Products. So I could sign up for dealer pricing for a bunch of products. And then pass some savings on to you guys.
If I did this for a living, shipping would be faster, packaging better, etc, etc. and prices would be higher, they'd have to be. So if you want lower prices, cut the guys making it possible some slack.
This post is hand in hand with Odyknuck's "why do vendors get a bad rap" We're not looking for loads of praises, but an understanding of what it takes to do this and maybe a bit more leewayy than you'd give a full retail outlet.
Rant off, I'm climbing out of the sandbox now, dusting myself off and getting back to work....ahh I feel better now...playing in the sand is supposed to be theraputic (sp?)