Of course it's a joke Kev but you do overlook the issues with them because you have a great rep. In the last month, 2 people came on and said they had bought used Gravographs and they had contacted Gravograph support and waited a week and Gravograph never got back to them. That's the service Mike and the rest of us experience with Gravograph.
Trotec does well on this forum because they are rock solid, well built machines. Epilog even created an entire new line to try and mimic the Trotec (The Fusion line). Gravograph has the same opportunity to advertise on this forum as Trotec does, yet they haven't done it. This forum is the largest laser forum on the internet, yet not one dime or minute spent on trying to reach all these potential customers. Epilog had a heavy presence here for many years with many of their people on here. Gravograph? Nope. Why is that? If they are truly the best, well built, fastest machines on the market, then why WOULDN'T they try to tell people on the largest laser forum on the internet?
They were a MUCH better company when they were New Hermes, in my opinion.
You can have the fastest laser on the planet but if the majority of people buying lasers aren't buying your lasers then it doesn't mean much. We've been in business for over 25 years, I've been here for 11 or 12 of those. Know how many times Gravograph has contacted me about their lasers? Zero. I've been to dozens of trade shows, most of the time they aren't even there. Trotec has expanded, has built out regional sales centers and brought on many new products, all while expanding their sales. I don't even know where the Gravograph sales guy is located for my region.
Action speaks louder than words and their actions have been silent on this forum and in my business.
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