There are 4/5 people that I can name that gave me the passion about Detecting, Two are in the US and Two are In OZ and one over here somewhere, Seeing their finds and their stories just lit the fire and it is a flame that can't be put out and at leased two of them are members here and three of them have been shafted by companies and those three have had a massive influence on what machine I have bought and as well all know this hobby/Career is not a cheap thing to get in to if you are serious about it.
So when I think about those people I see what they have given me over the years and they never even knew I existed but I can think back to every Great Find and it is like it was just yesterday, So when I see companies doing this I take offence to it, There is a reason an Army has Officers, because they are supposed to lead by example and Soldiers are only as good as the person that leads them, So going back to the management not allowing the engineers to fit the manual GB on the MXT when thousands of people have asked for it was a huge mistake because those people who got ignored will buy products that have the features they need, And they (The CEO's) seem to adopt a NO Blame policy and it is never them who is at fault, But they forget the No Blame policy when they are looking for a Scape Goat, Just like me they "P" standing up and put their pants on one leg at a time so how are they so different and yet as we have seen here The Man who helped put Whites on the Map get the Rough end of the Pine Apple, I doubt that there is anyone left at Whites who was there When Jimmy and a few other first got involved with Whites.
With all this going on in the back ground at Whites with fear of this that and the other how the devil can people focus on their Job when management Smash Ideas and destroy moral with people wondering who's next for the chop, It's like Prospecting you only get out of it What you put in to it, It's not rocket science you just give people something to work/Strive for, If they make and make it Good we would buy it, The excuse about Slump in the market is Cobblers, There is No Slump We are just buying the Machines that work and that have those features that are needed, just like when ML made the first of the GP machines, they Listened and worked with us/People and we all know what has happened since.
I guess they are lucky that I am not there
The first out the door would be the Brown nosers and the yes men. That would save a fair bit to plough back in to research and overtime for the blokes who do know their job,
I have posted asking Jimmy and Makro/Nokta to start talking to each other because with Jimmy's Knowledge and M/N skills and willingness to listen to people they could move mountains,
I'd pay to see that
John
Here's Jimmy telling about the Goat Doctor Treasure, Enjoy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnwIgVZbJEQ