I buy lots of parts from Mouser, but at work and for myself. Many components have doubled in price in the last 3 or 4 years. I'm sure Elecraft makes every effort to balance cost vs. margin vs. market. My 4 year old K3 and 4 month old KX3 were/are bargains. Rob NV5E
---------------------------------------- > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 15:43:43 -0700 > CC: [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Price increase in mid Sept. > > Our volume is certainly less than that of the "big three." That means > we can't order in quantities as large as they do, and we have less > leverage at times when prices go up. And they have been going up -- > almost everything gets more expensive year to year. > > 73, > Wayne > N6KR > > Oliver Dröse wrote: > > > What I have already been wondering when the last price increase was > > announced 2 years ago (I believe it was) is why are prices > > increasing for > > Elecraft gear (even if only slightly) while prices of all other > > manufacturers are falling after products a certain time on the market? > > > > I understood that Kenwood, Yaesu, Icom start with an a bit higher > > price (but > > still acceptable otherwise they would not sell their radios) and after > > "earning" all the development costs (and "milking" the early > > adaptors who > > always need the newest and "best") they can and do decrease the > > product > > prices as they only have the production costs then (including > > margin, etc.). > > Typical mass-production mechanisms. > > > > So what is different at Elecraft? No mass-production (compared to > > the "big > > ones")? Or is that lower prices right away and thus always only > > production > > costs + margin + only small uplift for development (which might > > level out > > that of the others seen over a complete product life-cycle)? At > > least those > > others have to fight the same cost increases for components, etc. > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
