Contact RMGI Before It's Too Late

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famous beagle said:
I'm not sure I'd agree that the biggest use of analog is the home user.
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I've been perusing eBay for several years now and people are buying those recorders in ever increasing numbers, I bet far surpassing any pro gear outthere.
 
cjacek said:
I've been perusing eBay for several years now and people are buying those recorders in ever increasing numbers, I bet far surpassing any pro gear outthere.
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Well I'd love to be wrong on the matter, believe me.
 
famous beagle said:
Well I'd love to be wrong on the matter, believe me.
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See, one of the problems is the damned used / nos tape being sold on eBay, much of it bad or of questionable quality, as Tim (Beck) repeatedly illustrates with his Sticky tape thread.
 
cjacek said:
BTW, nice authentic touch there, Doc :D :D
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that's just a shtik to demonstrate the "new media" exploitation for communication purpose.
I am not really serious here. on my part it's just a rant.
However, as I understand, making a good product and selling ANY product are two unrelated businesses and at the same time, without selling there can not be and thus will not be any making at the end. And when I see a company that makes a great product yet at the same time for what ever reason sits deep under ground in the bunker and does not participate in the modern days street flea market carnival, (you see, peachtreepeddlers got website too :D ) , I simply can not be optimistic obout it :( .
Another words, If you don't go out - all your sertificates are only good as wallpaper. You gotta dress up go out and do some dance or juggle or somethin' , and juggling is a tough sh*t to do, man :D
 

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Funny coincidence... I went to junior high and high school with Don Morris, the upper midwest and canada sales guy for RMGI. We graduated in the same class. I suspect we could have a good conversation about the concerns Tim has raised so eloquently. We'll see...

Cheers,

Otto
 
Better yet, Otto, point him in the direction of this thread. I wonder if he'd be surprised at the issues we raised. Tell Don his peeps welcome him, with open arms, should he decide to sign up. ;)
 
Dr ZEE said:
that's just a shtik to demonstrate the "new media" exploitation for communication purpose.
I am not really serious here. on my part it's just a rant.
However, as I understand, making a good product and selling ANY product are two unrelated businesses and at the same time, without selling there can not be and thus will not be any making at the end. And when I see a company that makes a great product yet at the same time for what ever reason sits deep under ground in the bunker and does not participate in the modern days street flea market carnival, (you see, peachtreepeddlers got website too :D ) , I simply can not be optimistic obout it :( .
Another words, If you don't go out - all your sertificates are only good as wallpaper. You gotta dress up go out and do some dance or juggle or somethin' , and juggling is a tough sh*t to do, man :D
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I can't argue. You're right.
 
famous beagle said:
It's up to us as consumers to step up to the plate and fork out the bucks to keep them a profitable company!
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Right ! :D :rolleyes:
and then next morning what we hear/see/read is something like this:
"Technology has made vast improvements in this time, and RMGI is proud to have made major contributions during this period. Unfortunately, as technology improves, there is a decrease in demand for magnetic tape media. It is for this reason that RMGI is now discontinuing certain magnetic tape products. Looking to the future, RMGI will center its focus on research and development of new technology to better serve its primary markets. In recent years, RMGI has achieved success with the CUBE family solutions and its Flagship -Movie-Cube" <<< Be sure to click - it's a nice movie!!!!! :D
Our company plans to continue with new technology while honoring the RMGI tradition of superior quality and customer service."
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and when have you seen the last time a nice video about a spinning reel and about "Why Reel?" ???
Why bother. Why waste a buck on promoting an unpromotable.
uhah...uhuha.
:rolleyes:
grrrrrrrrrrrrr :mad: :mad: :mad:
/later
 
Dr ZEE said:
...and make profit. :)
Here's a "strategy":
Make great tape. - (piece of cake :rolleyes: :D )
Package that great tape in two fashions:
Fashion A: Analog Recording Tape on the reel in the box. No Special Labels.
Fashion B: Professional Analog Recording Tape on Professional Reel in Professional Box. All labeled with big "PRO".
Sell "Fashion A" tape at low price and keep it low.
Sell "Fashion B" tape at high price and do all pricing up experiments with it as you wish.
Take extra profit from selling "Fashion B" tape and invest it into Mass Propaganda about greatness of "Fashion A" tape., and I mean MASS-Propaganda. :D
Don't waste cash and time on traditional commercial channels such as commercial TV, Radio, Print Press. Be creative and use "New Meadia" :p
Give away some cool "Free Gifts" for customers who buys "Fassion A" tape. People love cool free gifts. Do something like Maxwell House Coffe does. Have you seen their new can yet? The coffe is the same. The key to the hearts and minds is the can. You see. :p So make those boxes "collectable" again.
Collect 2000 points and get this special new limited addition LP free. ;)
If a deal with David and co. does not work out, then try to team up with something like coffee maker. Buy ten reels and get free coffee.
Or how about this: buy ten reels of analog tape and get 100 FREE new releases mp3-songs downloads. Now, that would be a real bomb, would not it? :D
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food for the brain:
"On the day when the last internal combustion engine production line was shut down the gasoline production and distribution business has become slightly rougher and bumpier ride."
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RMG tape is packaged exactly as you wish. My reels of 1/2" tape are in a plain box (no fancy plastic case) and they are trying to keep the prices down.
 
Dr ZEE said:
Right ! :D :rolleyes:
and then next morning what we hear/see/read is something like this:
"Technology has made vast improvements in this time, and RMGI is proud to have made major contributions during this period. Unfortunately, as technology improves, there is a decrease in demand for magnetic tape media. It is for this reason that RMGI is now discontinuing certain magnetic tape products. Looking to the future, RMGI will center its focus on research and development of new technology to better serve its primary markets. In recent years, RMGI has achieved success with the CUBE family solutions and its Flagship -Movie-Cube" <<< Be sure to click - it's a nice movie!!!!! :D
Our company plans to continue with new technology while honoring the RMGI tradition of superior quality and customer service."
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and when have you seen the last time a nice video about a spinning reel and about "Why Reel?" ???
Why bother. Why waste a buck on promoting an unpromotable.
uhah...uhuha.
:rolleyes:
grrrrrrrrrrrrr :mad: :mad: :mad:
/later
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The only way you get into this situation of halting manufacture of tape is to stop buying new tape and forking over too much $$ to eBay rubbish.
 
Good stuff....

Personally I think pancakes could help a lot in keeping costs at a level where people wouldn't have a heart attack if they decided to get into tape recording. You would have to instill the "make up your own reel" thing as something ordinary, not the scary, messy-sounding thing it seems to be for a lot of people.

And god, what a price difference. I purchased one last box of Quantegy 406 pancakes along with some generic plastic one-piece 10.5-inch reels and the 'per unit' cost is somewhere around $18 per finished reel.
If I could have gotten 456 it would have gone up some, but still nowhere near what a basic new full reel would cost.

I think that is one way to undermine the bloodsuckers and the ignorant retirees who are turning tape and tape machine purchases into the greed festival it is now.

Best,
C.
 
MCI2424 said:
The only way you get into this situation of halting manufacture of tape is to stop buying new tape and forking over too much $$ to eBay rubbish.
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And the only way for the manufacture of the tape to get out of the situation is to make the halter be aware of the existence of manufacture of tape. And the best place to do so is the halter's hangout (where else? :)).
 
Dr ZEE said:
And the only way for the manufacture of the tape to get out of the situation is to make the halter be aware of the existence of manufacture of tape. And the best place to do so is the halter's hangout (where else? :)).
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Who here doesn't know about RMG making tape? Show of hands please!

Hehe, if people can't do a simple search on the internet ( I mean something to do between the pirated music downloads that even the simplest person is so good at) and find RMG tape for sale then they really ought to go digital as they are far too dense to load any tape let alone actually be able to print tracks. Ibiught some RMG 911 tape for the lowest price I could find and the whole transaction took less than 20 mins. The tape showed up at my door in 2 days. That is how I know about RMG tape. A simple search.

Seriously, your argument is just not there.

FWIW: lots of advertising costs lots of $$$ and more $$ spent means more $$ charged, get it?

Good.
 
MCI2424 said:
if people can't do a simple search on the internet ... that even the simplest person is so good at ... then they really ought to go digital....
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I agree. To go digital it takes being a simple person. ;) :D :D :D
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MCI2424 said:
if people can't do a simple search on the internet ... and find RMG tape for sale then ....
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People do not search for "RMG tape", they search for tape, JUST tape that is. And if you search internet for just tape or "by analog tape" and such you'll mostly likely end up on eBay.
I did not make this up. It's the way it is. And as I've said, it's so bad, that even if you search specifically for RMG you will not even end up on eBay, but rather - at Radiology Medical Group - San Diego, CA or at "its" HOME PAGE - Reliability Management Group
...there's a long list of all sorts of "groups" out there that know how and do use "new media".

MCI2424 said:
your argument is just not there.
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Agree.
It's not there.
It's here, however. :D

/later
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and here's a nice RMG product for a "simple person" - great for taking time out while simulating situation of being engage in the process known as "thinking". ;)
 

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I hate to keep harking on ATR... but when they "finally" release their tape, I think it'll be cheaper than RMGI's. If it's not cheaper, I'm sure everyone will be sore at RMGI and buy ATR.

Anyway... you should buy always buy 'Merican!

Does anyone have the have the scoop on when ATR is going to friggin' release the tape. I keep going to their tape site and all the links still don't work. I go there a couple times a week and just start clicking everywhere... and still nothin' :)

Feel free to join in... my fingers are getting tired anyway:

http://www.atrtape.com
 
I personally think ATR was waiting for Quantegy to close down before it offered up its own. Just a thought..... or.... maybe not. :D ;)
 
nah... I think ATR would sell it if they had everything ready. if they are not selling, they're not making money (and gaining new customers). I think it's probably all about logistics at this point.

... or if I wanted to be paranoid, I'd say they were waiting til everyone got fed up with RMGI and then ATR would finally give us the friggin' tape. :confused:
 
I'm not bent at RMG. Their tape is of high quality, and while it is priced out of line, this doesn't stop me from appreciating their good product. What irritates me is the boneheaded tendency to take the money and run instead of contributing to growing their market, and in the process assuring me of a continued supply of delicious mylar pasta with oxide sauce. Purely selfish of me.
 
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