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MKV Yaw String??
On Mar 9, 7:40*am, Cliff Hilty wrote:
Got to say Bumper really is a class act! I ordered one a few years ago with a quiet vent and I almost imediately got it caught on the canopy cleaning rag and pulled it off twice. It wasn't sticking very well after that and blew away on the next flight. I suggested to Bumper that he might round the front point on it so it wouldn't get caught in the rag so easily. He thanked me for the advise and sent me a new one for no charge! Well Bumper, I rounded that one slightly and its been on now for several years and the white one is great! Thanks! Cliff Hilty (CH) Ventus B At 14:21 09 March 2011, Dan Marotta wrote: On Mar 8, 11:51=A0pm, bumper *wrote: On Mar 8, 9:08=A0pm, "Paul Remde" *wrote: =A0It's hard to justify making a $2 profit for 10 minutes of order processing work, plus inventory car= rying costs... =A0But I'll look into it again. =A0I'd love to sell his produc= ts, but don't want to lose money doing so. Best Regards, Paul Remde Cumulus Soaring, Inc. Soaring is fortunate to have dedicated retailers like Paul (who specializes in "value added"!). He can strive to provide every product a soaring pilot might desire, but at day's end he has to turn a profit. I understand his dilemma and why it makes little sense to offer a $12 MKIV that costs almost that in quantity. The MKIV yaw string is just a little thing, and no matter how nice (way better than tape and yarn), I think there's a limit to perceived value and what a pilot would pay*. That's balanced against the time and over two dozen operations required to make one. So far it's been only word of mouth and the occassional post - - no paid advertizing. It's mostly to keep it a fun hobby, sharing my inventions while limiting time demands. I've been thinking of delegating and teaching my daughter-in-law how to make them, but QC makes it hard to "let go". * I've had pilots order several MKIV's, and when asked why so many, they often say they are gifts for others at their club or field. Sometimes they allow as to how they're spares in case "something" happens to me - - that always makes me smile . . . I mean, how do they KNOW I live on the ragged shakey edge? Gavin told me there's an enterprising young lad selling a copy of my Quiet Vent in NZ to help pay his way through school. And, he's selling them for more that I do . . . even with the extra dollar I charge for shipping overseas! Marketing is clearly not my forte. Thanks for the complements! bumper the gmail address will work, my main email is bumper m at frontier period com Having been away from the sport for 10 years (out of my control), I'm unfamiliar with these products but since you don't appear to be working with a profit motive, would you consider publishing drawings or directions for making these products? *Maybe someone else would make them or anyone wanting one could make it for himself.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I have also benifitted from Bumper's customer service. He replace TWO that were damaged, even though they were in no way defective. Which reminds me, it's about time to buy some more for gifts. I DID actually wear one out, but it took some 300 hours of flying spread over 2 1/2 years! It was an old tech Mk II or III. I have high hopes for the MKIV! |
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MKV Yaw String??
On Mar 9, 6:21*am, Dan Marotta wrote:
On Mar 8, 11:51*pm, bumper wrote: Having been away from the sport for 10 years (out of my control), I'm unfamiliar with these products but since you don't appear to be working with a profit motive, would you consider publishing drawings or directions for making these products? *Maybe someone else would make them or anyone wanting one could make it for himself.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Dan, Back when I was inventing tools for the alarm and electrical trade, I didn't bother with a patent if a tool was easy to make or, if in my often wrong opinion, wouldn't sell well. If you keep price reasonable, most will just buy one rather than fiddle trying to make their own. The MKIV yaw string has over a dozen years of development and improvements (even writing that sounds incredibly silly. . how can a yaw string be complicated to make)? Also, there are several specialized tools, punches, dies, thermal molds and assembly jigs used to make the MKIV. I'm almost as proud of all the little doo-dads used to make it as I am the actual MKIV! So . . . if someone desires to copy them, they have my permission . . . and can reverse engineer it. Unless you are trying to work your way through school in NZ, profit should not be a prime motivator when marketing small toys for gliders! bumper zz Minden |
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MKV Yaw String??
Hi Bruno,
did you read this? http://www.esa-systems.com/esa-syste...structions.pdf much luck with your o-rings Walter "Bruno" schrieb im Newsbeitrag ... The major USA gliding retailers all troll this group...Bumper has some really cool stuff (and is a super nice guy) and if he is now too busy to keep handling the one-off sales, maybe one of you need to carry his couple of products more as a public service than as a huge money maker. I would be happy to purchase both of his most current products for 50% more from one of you if I could get them from you. Yes, you won't make a lot of money but you now have a gliding customer on the phone and all of you are great at the upsell. I love my yaw string and vent silencer from bumper. So gliding retailers which of you can help us out? Bruno - B4 (now 12 hours into trying to get the o-ring back into the back of the pitot tube...) |
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MKV Yaw String??
"Dan Marotta" wrote in message
: Having been away from the sport for 10 years (out of my control), I'm unfamiliar with these products but since you don't appear to be working with a profit motive, would you consider publishing drawings or directions for making these products? Maybe someone else would make them or anyone wanting one could make it for himself. To quote Richard Pryor in "Silver Streak"... "Just pay the man!" |
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