Haha, i'm not picking on HOG, but as a retailer, I was waiting nearly 3 months for HOG regs that were/are back ordered. I wanted to see what all the hype was about, but was unable to get one in my hand to test it out.
Also, I used to work for a very large company (more than 10,000 employees) who used to sub out 20% of it's production to India. Guess who had the lowest turn around times and customer satisfaction year after year in the company? Yup, you guessed it. India. We tracked it piece for piece for years, tens of thousands of examples. The data was undeniable. We terminated the contract.
I was 8 years old in 1980. Stuck in the '80's perhaps, but every business I've ran made profit after profit and my customer satisfaction ratings were the highest in the industry every single time, every single industry. From my first business, to my last business, I wasn't the cheapest, but I was the best. Everytime. If it aint broke, don't break it.
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The problem is that with technical classes, space is at a premium. We can only allow 3 students in a cave class. Quite honestly, 3 students isn't nearly as fun and productive as 2 students. So, adding them to the next class doesn't really work so much.
So, lets say they have one day of diving to repair their inadequacies.... By the time I load gear, fill tanks, drive to the site, make the dives, unload, yada yada yada, I've killed money for gas, time I could have used in my other business, or time with my family.... You see where I'm getting here? My time has value. Maybe it's not valuable to you, or doesn't have the same value to you. But I promise it's valuable to me and my family. I can't just give it up.