<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi, Eileen,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I think we got our talking thermostat from idevices.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div class="">
Mary Jo Partyka<br class=""><a href="mailto:choirnfb@gmail.com" class="">choirnfb@gmail.com</a><br class=""><br class="">
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<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Aug 26, 2019, at 2:41 PM, Eileen Scrivani via NJTechDiv <<a href="mailto:njtechdiv@nfbnet.org" class="">njtechdiv@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">
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<div class="">Thanks for passing this along. I’m very sorry to hear it. I have 2 of their
talking thermostats in the house that my husband & I got back in 2003 and
they’ are both good products. </div>
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<div class="">This announcement makes me wonder what company & brand to turn to when
my existing thermostats stop working! Things made in china make me worry about
quality.</div>
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<div class="">Eileen</div>
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<div style="font-color: black" class=""><b class="">From:</b> <a title="njtechdiv@nfbnet.org" class="">Mario
Brusco via NJTechDiv</a> </div>
<div class=""><b class="">Sent:</b> Monday, August 26, 2019 10:42 AM</div>
<div class=""><b class="">To:</b> <a title="njtechdiv@nfbnet.org" class="">njtechdiv@nfbnet.org</a> </div>
<div class=""><b class="">Cc:</b> <a title="mrb620@hotmail.com" class="">Mario Brusco</a> </div>
<div class=""><b class="">Subject:</b> [NJTechDiv] closing of Talking
Thermostats</div></div></div>
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janet.dickelman--- via
ACB-L<br class="">To:<br class=""><a href="mailto:leadership@acblists.org" class="">leadership@acblists.org</a>,<br class=""><a href="mailto:acb-l@acblists.org" class="">acb-l@acblists.org</a><br class="">Sent: August
25, 2019 at 5:08 PM<br class="">Subject: ACB-L Talking Thermostats.com
Closing<br class=""><br class="">Many of you have this product, please see note below from Harry
Cohen.<br class=""><br class="">Janet Dickelman<br class=""><br class="">Talking Thermostats.com<br class=""><br class="">P.O. Box
27145 ● Golden Valley, MN 55427 ● Tel (763)
591-9557 ● <br class="">Fax (763) 544-7166<br class=""><br class="">Dear friends of the Blind
and Visually Impaired Community,<br class=""><br class="">My name is Harry Cohen and my company,
Talking Thermostats.com has <br class="">supplied many of you with talking thermostats
and excellent customer <br class="">service over the past sixteen years. I am
writing to inform you that as <br class="">of this date we will be exiting the talking
thermostat business and <br class="">closing our company.<br class=""><br class="">This was a difficult
decision to make. We were helped with this <br class="">decision by the
manufacturer, BuyMax Alliance who is also our supplier <br class="">of the VIP talking
thermostat. Because of poor inventory control by our <br class="">supplier, their
stock of talking thermostats was depleted in January of <br class="">this year. In
addition, our supplier changed to a new electronic <br class="">assembly vendor in China.
Both of these issues by our supplier have <br class="">caused very long lead times
resulting in a stock out condition of <br class="">thermostats not only for our company
but also for our competitors. All <br class="">the VIP talking thermostats come
from the same factory in China.<br class=""><br class="">We have not had thermostats to ship since
February. BuyMax Alliance <br class="">told us we would have thermostats in
April. Then they changed the <br class="">delivery to the end of July. It is
now the third week of August and <br class="">still no thermostats. During these six plus
months, we still offered <br class="">customer and technical support even though there
was no income being <br class="">generated. Without income, we can no longer afford
to pay rent, keep <br class="">the lights on and keep the phones active. Therefore,
we are closing up <br class="">shop.<br class=""><br class="">With the closure of our business, product
questions and warranty issues <br class="">now revert back to BuyMax Alliance, the VIP
3000 manufacturer / <br class="">supplier. BuyMax Alliance can be reached at
866-936-6622.<br class=""><br class="">Over the past sixteen years this business has given me the
opportunity <br class="">to establish relationships with the blind and visually impaired
<br class="">community of the United States and provide another means to help people
<br class="">with visual impairments live more independently. Thank you for this
<br class="">opportunity.<br class=""><br class="">Sincerely,<br class=""><br class="">Harry
Cohen<br class=""><br class="">Harry@talkingthermostats.com<br class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">NJTechDiv
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