Brian Nystrom wrote:
Steve Cramer wrote:
How many times can I say this? He is not a manufacturer. He's a
freaking business student, who has just learned that it's a good idea
to survey his target market.

Hello??? I wrote "It's better that he takes few lumps and learns
a valuable lesson about market research while he's still in
school.", so obviously I know he's a student. Wake up, will ya?

And what, exactly is the lesson? Don't ask questions in a newsgroup that
has been sensitized by a wacko?

Gedanken experiment: how would you have answered if you hadn't had the
Sp**son experience? Several people mentioned it specifically, which
indicates that this guy caught a bunch of residual crap aimed at Timmy.

Did I say anything about sponsons?

Did you need to? You may be the only one who didn't use the word.

And by the way, there are a number of brands of canoe and kayak
flotation enhancers on the market, and guess what, people do buy them.

That doesn't make them a good idea or a viable product.

If you say so. You should be sure to get ahold of these guys
http://www.castlecraft.com/stabilizers.htm
http://www.sailboatstogo.com/v_page....noe_outriggers
http://www.huki.com/store/
and about a hundred outrigger canoe clubs and tell them they're wasting
their time.

Steve