Hi Fellow LPF Members,
My name is Gary Rosenfield, and my wife Lorraine and I own and operate Survival Laser, Inc., a Utah, USA-based company selling electronic components, host hardware, flashlights, optics, safety products, batteries, tools and accessories to the laser hobbyist community since 2010.
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You may have noticed that we now have a banner ad on LPF. We want to increase promotion of our stores with advertising and additional forum participation when possible. I also run a business called
RCS Rocket Motor Components, Inc. which takes up much of my time (RCS sells rocket-related products to hobby, commercial and educational customers under the
AeroTech,
Quest and other brand names). The purpose of this thread is to more actively engage with members and customers to obtain your feedback (good and bad), publish company news and solicit ideas for new and improved products and services.
A few things up front. I have been interested in lasers since I was around 10 years old. I built an argon gas laser when I was in high school and it won second place in the Orange County, CA science fair. Around the same time I was involved in the rocketry hobby and also had an interest in solar power. My attention to lasers waned and rocketry became my primary interest and eventual avocation until I saw an ad for the Wicked Lasers Arctic laser in mid-2010. It was at that time I told my wife that "I think I've found a new hobby!" :whistle:
I noticed right away that it was relatively difficult for me to find products in a straightforward manner, and I felt that the hobby could use a more business-oriented approach that we had developed with the rocket companies.
Next, we had to divide the business into two separate webstores several years ago because of FDA concerns;
survivallaser.com is the store for our international customers, while
survivallaserusa.com is the store for our U.S. customers. The U.S. product line is more restrictive and vague on the exact application of the items. I cannot elaborate much more than that. We have found that this arrangement has worked well for us since its implementation.
Finally, we ran out of our popular stainless steel hosts last year but they are now back in stock. I plan to modify the multiple product pages to a single page offering the host with and without heat sinks and various marking and other options to make the buying process easier.
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A couple of notes before we start:
- I do not know everything about the hobby, but I learn more every day
- My strengths are currently geared more towards the business side of the hobby
- I will be professional, please return the respect
With that, I await your comments. :beer:
-Gary
