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A bit much for sure. -
03.22.2011, 04:03 AM
Yea that is a bit much for sure just to get a table for two or three days at an R/C promotion event. Gheeze what a ripoff. Yet another example of greed in our hobby.
But man wouldn't that be cool to set up a table next store to MA at one of these huge events, and have real graphs showing the difference between the MA cells and other manufacturers. Plus having open Lipo cells for the world to see just what MA are trying to sell to everyone for higher prices knowing all well that they are the same or inferior cells that some of the other suppliers are using. As stated most if not all of these Lipo cells are coming out of China. So how in the world can the cells MA is using be any better than anyone elses cells?
Then on top of that have some kind of test bench setup like they do at The Home Depot to compare drill batteries for overall power, peak performance, and longevity of a single charge. At the very least it would prove that MA cells are no better than any other cells. More than likely it would show that MA packs are poor in performance and not worth the extra $$$ that they are charging for their packs, unless you think that the cutesie $2 flame wrap is worth about $100.
Along with all of this I have yet to read one really good example of their advertised warranty that turned out in a positive manner. Not when you stack that against all of the bad stories we have read about Puffed and dead cells right out of the box or within the first one or two runs, and how they refuse to cover it. MA is obviously no better than any of the ripoff artists on Ebay who collect payment from people and then ship out boxes that are either empty or full of junk.
You know there is a problem when a company sells a product, and then has one of their own employees as a controlling entity on a national magazine that advertises their products. That is just a pure conflict of interest, and should be avoided. Anyone who believes that kind of BS needs to rethink their perspective. That would be no better than having lets say Ford rebadge a 4 cylinder Toyota, and then also have one of their Executives owning Road & Track magazine where they rave about this new 500hp product they have come out with. What MA is doing is no better than taking a Yugo, replacing the body with a look alike Corvette body and trying to sell it as an original Yugo high performance product. It really is pathetic when you examine the whole idea and compare what they have to offer over anyone else in the Lipo business. Its all smoke and mirrors.
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