<<Leo Meyerson and E. F. Johnson I don't think had this kind of Attitude when
they started their businesses. They were offering as good a quality piece of gear as they could at a price that at least the average guy could hope to afford.>> You can build Fords and sell a large number of units at a relatively low mark up. You can sell Rolls-Royces at higher price but lower volume. They're both worthy endeavors. Neither is more right than the other. Both are trying to make as much money as possible. If you have some evidence that Meyerson and Johnson wanted to make less than as much money they could, I'd be very interested in seeing it. <<We've taken their engineering, shined it up, ** POSSIBILY** improved it and under the guise of "Showroom" quality are holding an appetizing piece of gear out for prices that only the very well off can afford.>> Well, if a new rig is $1500 to $3000, how is a $500 boatanchor something "that only the very well off can afford." My HT-37 set me back $495 in 1961 and my HQ-180C was $449 at the same time. THAT, my friend, was expensive! I paid for it by loading freight cars over the summer for the princely sum of 75 cents an hour! That's right!. I worked all week for a gross pay of $30 and Edgar F. Johnson wanted $495 for a Valiant. Would you spend 18.5 weeks pay for a transmitter and another 15 weeks pay for a receiver? I spend $200 to take my wife out for dinner and the next day have nothing to show for it. A $500 Ranger is cheap, my friend. I can play with it, smell it, touch it, enjoy it and still sell it for what I paid for it. 73, Steve W2ZR
