We feel sorry for the other guy. You know who he might be. He's the guy that chose to work for one of those companies who make sand blasters, stick a different label on the side or add a poorly engineered drying unit and try to pass it off as a "Soda Blaster." Maybe the guy just doesn't know better. What he knows about soda blasting is what his bosses tell him and he does his best trying to make a living selling second-class products. It can't be easy living like that, but I suppose ignorance is bliss.
What the other guy does know is that his sales are going down. Whenever he is trying to sell to somebody who has also looked at a Buster Blaster he loses a sale. Because he may not understand how soda blasting actually works and has never worked with a <i>true</i> soda blaster, he simply thinks we are better sales people. Thinking that sales is simply saying the right thing he amps up his retoric. A few of our clients have passed on some of the amusing things that some of those "other guys" have said in their desparation. I'll post those below but I first want to say one thing.
It really doesn't matter how good of a salesman you are if you are selling an inferior product. When you are dealing with a potential customer who is aware of another product that is superior in every way, that customer will buy a Buster Blaster, because in every case, compared to every other system out there being sold as a "Soda Blaster," the Buster Blaster soda blasting system is far superior. Our system will perform more work, faster and with less soda then any thing else out there. We feel sorry for the other guy because anyone who has been able to choose between what we make and what he's trying to sell chooses a Buster Blaster
Now for the "go fish" stories
The S---- rep called again today and finally admitted to valving and flow problems with the PMB BLAST POT, today they recommended the ACCUSTRIP POT for soda. The rep said there would be less problems with flow, but the media usage was huge, the 3.5 cu.ft. pot he estimated to last for about 15-25 minutes with soda. He then said that the valving for the media flow was not as efficient as your type pot, plain and simple !
I also feel obligated to tell you that the PROBLAST system was offered complete with aftercooler, electric fan, pot, nozzle, and hoses today for $_____.00, plus, the guarantee that it would flow soda, corn cob, walnut, glass, silica, starblast, etc., and, if I wasn't satisfied with the unit, they would put in writing to buy it back, less shipping chgs.
Now if you have been reading and understanding this site you know that a pot being able to "flow" soda is not the same thing as being a Soda Blaster. I can take a school bus out on the Indianapolis race track but that down't make it a NASCAR vehicle! "Flowing" soda through a pot that blasts walnut shells, sand and corn cobs is about the same thing!