I've done some research on sitex lately. It seems the last company that owned
sitex (can't recall the name right now) decided they would move to Washington
State and get out of the recreational marine market. It was their intention
to shut down the Sitex company. One of the Sitex big wigs decided he didn't
want to see the company disappear. So, he found some backers and bought Sitex
and re-opened on Long Island. That was 2009. From all of my research, it
seemed that the only people that had anything negative to say were people that
didn't actually own the equipment. The few post by people that did own the
equipment was almost always positive. I called the GPS store and they gave
them a good report. I called a company called getfeetwet.com and although, he
didn't know much about the company or their products said he hadn't heard
anything negative about them and never had any complaints about the stuff he
did sell from them. He also said something I hadn't thought about. He said
the company has been around a long time and they were obviously selling product
or they would have gone out of business. Then he said that the lack of people
complaining about Sitex could tell you something as well. Unhappy customers
are about 5 times more likely to go out of their way to complain in a public
forum. Maybe 5 out of 10. Then, maybe 1 out of 10 happy customers feel
compelled to go out and sing the praises of the company. So, in saying that,
I think I may have found one negative from an owner of sitex and I'd say I
found about 7 or 8 from people that actually owned it and recommended it. I
found a bunch from people not recommending it that never owned sitex stuff. I
called sitex directly and I got through easily, and on the phone with a guy
named Ted, one of they're techs. He stayed on the phone with me for 20 minutes
answering questions patiently and plainly. He also invited me to call back
with any other questions I may have or, if I decided to buy the sitex chart
plotter I was interested in, for any help I may need installing and setting up
the unit. I felt the customer service was great in that regard. He told me
that, like many of the other electronics companies, they have the units built
in Honk Kong to they're specs. I'm not recommending one way or the other.
Thats just what I found during a couple of weeks doing google searches and
making phone calls. Hope this is helpful,DannyLolita1973 Viking 33Westport
Point, MA
---------- Original Message ----------
From: Chris Price <iceboa...@comcast.net>
To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
Subject: Re: Stus-List chartplotter/radar
Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2012 23:35:44 +0000 (UTC)
I believe Si-Tex is under new ownership. I purchased a VHF for my Mako from
them. It failed to work when installed for it's second season. Thy replaced it,
no questions asked, and ha worked perfectly ever since.
Chris Price
Pradel
35-1
From: "Frederick G Street" <f...@postaudio.net>
To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 3:55:04 PM
Subject: Re: Stus-List chartplotter/radar
Yes, Si-Tex has been around for a while, but mostly in the inexpensive radar
and fishfinder side of things. Caveat emptor...
Fred Street -- Minneapolis
S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- on the hard in Bayfield, WI :^(
On Sep 25, 2012, at 2:15 PM, djhaug...@juno.com wrote:Okay, I found another 7"
plotter. It isn't touch screen but is $640 with a C-Map Max charts right in
the box! http://www.thegpsstore.com/Sitex-EC7-GPS-Chartplotter-P2357.aspx That
seems incredibly inexpensive from a company that has been around a while.
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