Jim Irwin and his father before him have been responsible businessmen supplying parts for experimental and sport aircraft for as long as I've been around aircraft (30+ years).
Jim simply stated the facts and may have kept some people from committing their funds to a deal that may not have been on the up and up. As is typical of this forum, the messenger was berated rather than thanked for supplying the facts. Most of the parts for my KR came from Aircraft Spruce because they had a better selection of parts and better prices on their parts. With the volume sales that Aircraft Spruce can do, if they were allowed to legally discount the Garmin units, they would. As a business man, it's got to be tough to lose sales to someone that is clearly in violation of the same contract you are abiding by. It may not have been politically astute to inform the 500+ members of the KRNet that he had complained to Garmin about another dealer violating their sales contract, but as a member of the buying public, I would rather know that the other dealer is being underhanded. I'd rather pay more to deal with an honest businessman than save a few dollars and deal with a crook. Jeff Scott ________________________________________________________________ Juno Platinum $9.95. Juno SpeedBand $14.95. Sign up for Juno Today at http://www.juno.com! Look for special offers at Best Buy stores.
