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Ev Archive for July 1998
1169 messages, last added Wed Aug 08 18:42:41 2001

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Re: MOTOR PROBLEMS/OPPORTUN



Ouch.  Sorry if that sounded like a rant.  It wasn't intended to be
offensive or aggressive, but it looks that way when I re-read it.
Rick

-----Original Message-----
From: Nelson Family <rnelson@ro.com>
To: ev@listproc.sjsu.edu <ev@listproc.sjsu.edu>
Date: Friday, July 31, 1998 8:47 PM
Subject: Re: MOTOR PROBLEMS/OPPORTUN


>This seems to be my purchase opinion, also.  At $210 each, I would buy two
>right now.  At $500, I would buy one before the end of the year.  Next year
>would probably see a repeat order, maybe more.
>I would also buy some smaller motors, if prices were on a similar scale.
>If Bill Neil has failed to produce, why don't someone else take an order?
>What about it, Eric?  You need at least one initial order to see how the
>business will work.  At the price Mr. Neil quoted, or somewhere close, you
>could easily get a commitment for 30 or more motors.
>In addition to the Chinese, I'll bet a motivated importer could find good
>deals on Czech or Russian motors.  I saw Czech aircraft engines selling at
>very low prices until US distributors took over the sales and quadrupled
the
>prices.
>
>Rick Nelson
>
>
>>A lot depends on price.
>>At $200 for a 20 HP series DC motor, I would buy at least one
>>NOW and probably 2 or 3 per year.
>>At $500, I would probably buy one before the end of the year
>>and likely 1 or 2 per year.
>>At $1000, I would be buying one sometime next year and don't
>>know about after that.
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