Synergistic New Tesla Line...Any comments?

Ted,
I note the statement in your posting:
"... we make our products readily available through the no risk Synergistic Research Challenge. This seems more then [sic] fair."

However, you refer to the Synergistic Research Challenge on your site as a "70% Trade Up Allowance". With all due respect, this is not the same at all as a "no risk" challenge. Your offer requires the purchase of double the value of the original purchase.

Your site states: "You are upgrading to a Synergistic Research product or products whose value is twice the price of the original purchase to receive the full 70 % rebate." There is no mention of no risk on your site.

There are no upgrades offered on the PowerCell series. So, if a customer who purchased the original PowerCell 10 or PowerCell 10 SE, for instance, wishes to experience the benefits of the much-heralded PowerCell 10SE Mark III, they have to purchase it new. That makes a total of $10,000 to get to the top of the heap. If this customer was unfortunate enough to have purchased, for instance, a PowerCell 10SE Mark I in the interim, the total becomes $15,000.

Well, sir, this is a very tidy sum for those of us who are not among the financial elite. As each new version of the PowerCell hits the market all earlier models immediately depreciate in value. You may get two thousand dollars on the after market for your older PowerCell if you are fortunate enough to find a buyer. But you will note that most of these units now remain unsold after 30 days on Audiogon. Most of the earlier versions are now unsalable. I recommend running them in series.

I can understand your wanting to keep patent information close to your chest. But because this information is normally available to the public since all patent information is supposed to be public, in theory, that is, I find it strange that a search of the Patent Office website turns up nothing for Synergistic Research patents. Please note that I have no doubt regarding the veracity of your statements on this forum regarding your patents.

Teddy did not near a word about the concerns of SR buyers on all the MK's going on. Very sad indeed.

Cash flow baby. Keep it coming!!

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Hifinut604,
Thank you for clarifying this. You are right when you differentiate between the really high end and the mid end. But for me, the mid end is also becoming out of reach the way things are going with fast-paced marketing. So it comes down to the same thing for me. I just cannot afford to keep "up trading" as SR calls it. The loss is unsustainable with each "up trade". If they offered an upgrading program, that would be a different story, as you rightly point out.

I agree with you completely about holding back bringing new products to market and giving loyal customers the opportunity to upgrade. You hit the nail on the head in both instances here. IMO.

Glory,
Your point is noted. And appropriate, IMO. Through all of this, having spent a very substantial amount of money on SR products, and watching the pace of bringing new products to market, and watching how SR responds to what we are saying here, I also find it sad that they are not able to be more understanding and bring to the table a solution that would make a heck of a lot of their loyal customers very happy. It would take a special effort on their part to do so, granted, but I believe they would be rewarded many times over -- in terms of goodwill as well as the bottom line. I personally do not believe they have reached the threshold of "more than fair" -- yet.