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Jeff, what can a black powder rifle hit at 1000 yards? A barn?
Wolfe, I also regard you as a class act but there is another more objective reason to decry the loss of a good competitor. Namely, the potential for a bad competitor. Your industry is so boutique-y that perhaps there is little danger but....
One of the best things for a company is the presence of good competitors. A "good" competitor is not necessarily one that screws up and send you business. A good competitor might just be someone who does not confuse customers and prospective customers about what the product is, what it does, what it does not do, and what are the differences between. The presence of large, multi-national pickup makers who make "Wonderbread" pickups and stay out of the niche corners of the pickup market are also "good competitors" because they create and protect your niche market.
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