| RocketryZone to call it quits after 7 years in business |
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| 2009 Archived News by Planet News | |
| Tuesday, June 02, 2009 | |
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Tinney was a welcome site at launches around the Southeast, bringing products to the fliers over the seven years in business he operated as a distributor for Aerotech, Aerospace Specialty Products, Custom Rockets, Dr. Zooch, Estes, Mercury Engineering, Quest, Red River Rocketry, Roadrunner Rocket Motors, Sheri's Hot Rockets, Starlight Rockets, Squirrel Works, Sunward Aerospace, The Launch Pad, Top Flight Recovery, Total Impulse and Xavien Electronics. A mild mannered man, Tinney is retired from the military and lives in the Kingsland area of South Georgia. His vendor set up at the launches was always crowded, often more so with the huge variety of products he offered than customers, as he had one of the largest selections of products of any vendor in the area. The regulatory quagmire that had settled over the hobby for the past decade held back vendors like Tinney from being able to really make a go of their businesses, costing the hobby far more than was necessary. Tinney's last launch attendance will probably be the June launch at Orangeburg, South Carolina, but if you look at his web site, you might still find a deal or two. The 40% off sale started on the 1st of June. To receive the discount, you must use promotion code 0601AA09 at checkout. Website: http://www.rocketryzone.org/ |
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him (a couple launches ago), he hinted the economy was driving his 'real' job to a point where
he didn't have the time to dedicate to RocketryZone anymore...
I have no inside info as to the actual reasons, though.
Jerry
him (a couple launches ago), he hinted the economy was driving his 'real' job to a point where
he didn't have the time to dedicate to RocketryZone anymore...
That very well may be. The sentence, "The regulatory quagmire that had settled over the hobby for the past decade held back vendors like Tinney from being able to really make a go of their businesses, costing the hobby far more than was necessary," was more of an overview statement of what vendors faced in their normal operations and wasn't meant to be the reason he is closing. If Tinney had had 10 times the customers over the past seven years from a non-restrictive regulatory environment, he may not have cared what his real job was actually driving, as he might have been making enough to go it on his own. The point was that the 10 Year War cost the hobby many a fine business and business people.
The final rule was published 10-06 and the lawsuit was decided 3-09.
So between 1992 and 10-2006 NAR and TRA screwed vendors, manufacturers and consumers. That's more than a lost decade and a half guys.
Jerry