No bites on his fishing expedition.
Could well be. I think he admitted that at the start. A very friendly guy.
Since most sales begin with dropping the hook in the water, I think we all wish Jack well.
He's doing his job, but perhaps a little over his head in trying to penetrate a well served market.
If I were him, I'd look South. Sell a bunch of mudder or rice oriented attachments. Just like there are specialists
in Kubota's BX model, for example, let his company be a specialist or innovator in one of the Chinese tractor brands.
The buyers from Tractor Supply and Northern Tools are very familiar with the Chinese market. And it's not hard to track down reasonably
priced US made ag equipment coming from smaller companies. My Long grapple is a good example. ETA builds some of their own stuff, and rebrands others.
Now if Jack could show an interesting product or market advantage to Ted, now that would be a home run for him. Most retailers have to carry a low price line, which are typically high volume and allow the upsell to a more capable, more expensive model. What I think is really cool is that you can buy reasonably priced US made implements. We've lost so much
manufacturing capability in this country, it is heartening to see a whole US commercial manufacturing segment operating successfully.
Now if we were considering an Italian Caroni, which I think is rebadged into some brands here, do we have a higher confidence level? Yeah, Ferrari built my tiller...must be good.
I have spent some time using Google Maps/Earth to zoom around China. The size of their cities is remarkable. Jack, you have a lot of potential customers much, much closer to you.
But Jack, if you get an American company to rebrand your products, best wishes.
I think one of the bottom lines here is that the US hesitation to buy Chinese products like this would almost disappear overnight
if the Chinese government required all workers to receive the equivalent of the US minimum hourly wage. Then we really do have a more level global market, and one not dominated by extra low prices obtainable only by keeping workers near the poverty line.
So Jack, you fix those two things, the copying part and the super non competitive wage system, and you
will surely get a big raise! Actually you would probably get a Nobel Peace Prize for accomplishing that.