Re: Vendor recomendation: Stark Avionics

[Ron]

I have not found prices that will beat him. I plan to buy from him in
January and its good to hear this testimonial.

On Tue, 07 Dec 2004 13:00:21 -0800, Richard Riley
> wrote:

>Every once in a while you find a vendor that's so good you almost want
>to keep it to yourself.
>
>Stark Avionics is that. Incredible prices, great service. He knows
>what he's talking about, and doesn't mind sharing.
>
>He's gone above and beyond for me a couple of times. Things he didn't
>have to do, that he wasn't morally obligated to do - but they made my
>life a lot easier. And made a loyal customer.
>
>www.starkavionics.com
>

[Corky Scott]

On Tue, 07 Dec 2004 13:00:21 -0800, Richard Riley
> wrote:

>Every once in a while you find a vendor that's so good you almost want
>to keep it to yourself.
>
>Stark Avionics is that. Incredible prices, great service. He knows
>what he's talking about, and doesn't mind sharing.
>
>He's gone above and beyond for me a couple of times. Things he didn't
>have to do, that he wasn't morally obligated to do - but they made my
>life a lot easier. And made a loyal customer.
>
>www.starkavionics.com

That all may be true, but they sure have a bizarre sense for a
website.

Probably just me, but I don't like to have to dig a lot for
information, or have to take another step to find out pricing: I like
to see it right there on the website. They probably do it that way
because the pricing changes all the time, I guess, or they might give
you a different price depending on who you are. No idea really
though, just thought the website strange.

Corky Scott

[Corky Scott]

On Wed, 08 Dec 2004 07:37:03 -0800, Richard Riley
> wrote:

>He's selling avionics to homebuilders for WAY below MSRP - it's 5%
>over his cost, rounded, instead of 35%. But the distributor agreement
>with the avionics manufacturers (Garmin, mostly) absolutely prohibits
>you from advertising prices below MSRP. You can tell people your
>lower price when they ask but you can't advertise it.
>
>So he sets it up so one click generates an email to him asking for the
>price, and a bot on his end answers with the price. A little clumsy
>but the alternative is "Call for prices."

I thought it might be something like that.

Hope he remains in business for a while.

Corky Scott