Posted by QEin on 17/10/2005, 8:42:56, in reply to "Why is Q-ZAR (in the U.S.) an endangered species? " Then there is the manufactuers. Quasar UK in the last two years started offering their system as (I believe) the cheapest of all the tags. I think it is the lowests, i didnt see and cheaper and the trade fair this year. Lets be honest, that is the only variable some buisness owners will base there descion on. This isnt really a bad thing, this is one reason about 10 new centres have opened in the last 2 years because of this. This in turn brings in new regulars (including my team!). Also, if you buy the system new from QUK, it comes with a very cheap maintanence contract making it very easy to keep the packs up. I found, in one of the previous arenas I worked in, that managment are normally the main obstacle to keeping the packs working. With the contract in place, managment are pretty much cut out of the loop. The technican sends back a faulty part, gets a fixed on send free in the mail. Obviously I dont know whats going wrong over your side of the pond, but hopefully this post will help you see some reasons why it is going right for us. For good responses, try asking this question on http://www.quasarforum.co.uk. You will get some good answers on there. Link: http://www.quasarforum.co.uk
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There are a couple of reason why there is a revival in the UK. One is the players. Some of them, I wont name names, were not happy to accept there local centres closing and did something about it. Lots of us buy packs and this allows us to practise even if we do not live near a centre. I personally buy, fix up and sell on Quasar equipment as cheap as possible to the other regulars. Some have even taken this a step further and opened centres to give themselves and there friends somewhere to play (and running a buisness is always fun.). Bray in Ireland, Bedford in the UK, both are owned by players. There is at least one other player trying to open a centre and there are also players who give alot of there free time to helping out a local centre, ensuring them and the players have good kit to practise with. Leysdown in an example of this over here.
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: Why is Q-ZAR (in the U.S.) an endangered
: species?
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: Seriously folks, what’s the deal? I
: remember the good ‘ol days when qzar
: locations were pulling down like 500k in
: annual net profits. Saturday mornings were
: crowded with birthday parties while the
: regulars showed up in the evenings. I just
: don’t understand how other laser systems
: have been beating qzar. I’m still convinced
: that qzar allows for a depth of game play
: that other systems just can’t match
: (especially with shoulder sensors), but this
: doesn’t seem to be enough to attract the
: crowds and pay the bills. What is the
: critical error in qzar that is causing more
: and more qzar locations to close up shop or
: defect to other systems? Does the equipment
: really break down more than other systems?
: Is it a management problem? Is the learning
: curve too steep? I’d love to see qzar come
: back, but I can’t figure out why it has
: diminished almost to the point of
: extinction. And why is it doing so well in
: the U.K.? Any ideas? --John
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