Uh oh! Guess what day it is!
Thanks for responding. For the record, I didn’t say “**** Pedal Commander”, I said if true, P/C should go **** themselves and I stand by that direction. It’s one thing to set a minimum price, so that you can produce a good and valuable product at a cost point that will keep you in business. It is in all of our best interests, as consumers of a product that addresses a need, that you indeed do, stay in business, profitably so that we can continue to buy and get support for said products.
That said, stepping on the market place to ensure we don’t get a bargain or access to a sale in a public way kind of has an alienating effect, doesn’t it? It’s like me saying to you (generally, not personally) ‘hey, F*** those pedal commander guys, I can get the super-widget 2.0 that does the same thing, made in China for $50’.
You wouldn’t much like that as a company, would you? We as consumers, performance enthusiasts and, well, human beings don’t like being treated that way either.
I’ve had 2 SVT and now a Ford Perf. vehicle and have publicly conceded (reluctantly, after being browbeaten by NJSP) that the pedal commander is a product that improves the raptor driving experience. I still believe this. However, I do feel like after this whole shit show between the 3 principals here that some unethical taking advantage of the Raptor Pedal Commander buying public has been done.
quoting Don Henley - I could be wrong, but I’m not.
From my completely unscientific observation it looks like vendor a discounts the product, vendor b does so even more so and mfgr. cries foul to keep the price higher. Complaining about this is like complaining that you got caught speeding in a pack of cars that were all speeding. You complain all you want that others were going just as fast but you know what? The Lidar gun was aimed at you, not the others, so you drew the short straw.
MAP may, or may not, very well be the “industry standard” but we got to find out about it in a very open and public way. An unfortunate way because though many of us like the product, none of us like overpaying.
You don’t like someone posting about sending the products back? I don’t like seeing or hearing about having to pay a fixed minimum amount from a vendor. Industry standard or not, yeah, I’ll avoid buying your stuff. Everyone else is free to make up their own mind.
