I know things have gone up. But I will pay the price for two reasons. 1) great product and support. 2) made in the USA. And did I mention great product and support? Thank you Elecraft! Gerald- KC6CNN On Aug 16, 2012 5:44 PM, "Robert Vargas (KP4Y)" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I bought a new TS-590 less than 2 years ago and its price today is about > $150 less than what I paid back then. And, as far as I know, Kenwood has > had great success selling that radio. Anyway, I believe it is really > Elecraft's prerogative to increase the price on their products. We then > will have to decide if we want to spend the money or not. :-) > > Robert-KP4Y > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Price increase in mid Sept. > From: Ian Kahn - Ham <[email protected]> > To: Oliver Dröse <[email protected]> > CC: Elecraft Reflector <[email protected]>,Eric Swartz WA6HHQ - > Elecraft <[email protected]> > > Olli, > > I bought an FT-857D, new, about four years ago. I checked the price > recently for insurance purposes, and the price of that radio is actually > about $150-$200 US more today than it was when I bought it. > > --Ian > > Ian Kahn, KM4IK > Roswell, GA EM74ua > [email protected] > K3 #281, P3 #688 > HRD v5.x/6.0 Test Team > > On 8/16/2012 4:34 PM, Oliver Dröse wrote: > > Thanks for the heads-up, Eric! > > > > 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. > > > > Just curious (and indeed thinking Elecraft gear *is* worth it's price). > > > > 73, Olli - DH8BQA > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Eric Swartz WA6HHQ - Elecraft" <[email protected]> > > To: "Elecraft Reflector" <[email protected]> > > Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2012 4:10 PM > > Subject: [Elecraft] Price increase in mid Sept. > > > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> This is an early heads-up for our customers that we will be increasing > >> prices slightly on several of our products, including the K3, in mid > >> September. Any orders placed before that point will be honored at > today's > >> pricing. > >> > >> We are still reviewing our complete product line to determine where our > >> costs have increased significantly, so I can't be more specific on which > >> other products will increase in price, or by how much. (We've been > >> absorbing a lot of the parts cost increases over the past year.) > >> > >> Please don't ask the sales staff for more specifics as they do not have > >> any additional information. > >> > >> As always, we'll strive to keep these changes as small as possible, and > to > >> absorb cost increases where ever possible. > >> > >> 73, > >> Eric > >> www.elecraft.com > >> _..._ > >> > >> > >> ______________________________________________________________ > >> 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 > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
