I DONT SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM WITH A LITTLE COMPETION,seems to me it's you build a better product.my experiences with my new 997, i hope Lowrance keeps making their side view and gar min start-es making a side view all-so. wish i was on the jury
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I DONT SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM WITH A LITTLE COMPETION,seems to me it's you build a better product.my experiences with my new 997, i hope Lowrance keeps making their side view and gar min start-es making a side view all-so. wish i was on the jury
Competition is good! But in a nutshell, if it took you years and millions of dollars to develop a product, put it on the market, and then someone copies your exact product, you wouldn't be happy. That's the purpose of patent laws. Without the laws,there wouldn't be any reward for companies to invest their dollars or their time in developing new products. Our depth finders would still be a rock and a string.![]()
it's me again margarete, I remember reading somewhere that lowrance has been in the structure scan business long time, as long or longer than humminbird,
That's a great thing that Lowrance is twice as good. I'm sure all the folks waiting for customer service answer the phone or take care of their faulty products take solace in that they are twice as good. After 2 incidents with 2 separate Lowrance products, I switched. To each his own.
To say Lowrance and MotorGuide were caught with their pants down by Humminbird/Minn Kota would be a huge understatement. The SI birds and Auto pilot Kota's IMO has left the other boys in the dust. Lowrance is trying to play catch up though. I believe if MG wasn't owned by Mercury, they would have folded up by now.
Lowrance has been retooling the customer service dept. Many of the callers lately have reported very good cs, and have been more then satisfied with the support they recieved. Less then 10 minutes wait time in most cases. Customer service does not make a product better.
Also, side imaging has been around since the 60's so I guess if anyone would be mad, it'd be the guys that created it. I think Beagleman is on to something.
Like you said though, to each his own. Enjoy your C.S. from HB.