Ted, You have it backwards.
The market sets the end sell price. The company then determines if it can provide that product/service (looking at all their costs) and still make a profit. And it is not as simple as I have stated. Outrageous profits for products/services do not last a long time in the marketplace. Competition comes in. Apple comes to mind. Outrageous losses for products/services do not last a long time in the marketplace. The biz folds. Countless examples. There are careers dedicated to "setting" prices in the market place. Their livelihood depends on getting it right. And then you have the Strategic element in the overall business that enters the equation, and.............................. A career! Jim W6AIM -----Original Message----- From: Elecraft [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dauer, Edward Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2015 7:20 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Elecraft] Selling Synths Not necessarily. The old radio had the old synth, which cost something. The new radios have the new synth, which also cost something. If the two somethings are the same, the total costs of the old and new would be the same. But selling the new synth all by itself would still require charging something. That something would include amortization of development costs. So the new radios with the new synth could cost more, less, or the same, depending on the relative costs of the old and new components. Ted. KN1CBR >>> > >------------------------------ > >Message: 14 >Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2015 12:47:13 +1000 >From: Gary Gregory <[email protected]> >To: Rick Bates <[email protected]> >Cc: Elecraft List <[email protected]>, Stan Gibbs KR7C > <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Old KSYN3 cards >Message-ID: > <CA+MFBaFx77qZ-0xxKs5Z=bsh59-txqxbbjjqp_31ceywpkl...@mail.gmail.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > >Hmmmm....if a new board is $200 as a standalone upgrade item, one might >assume it would increase the cost of a new k3 by at least a smaller >margin to help defray design costs. >If not then one could ponder if these other factors are simply applied >to boards sold separately. >Just curious. > >I wont be upgrading just yet....first job is to get my K3 to work as >designed. Being an older serial number it has "issues" and a return >trip to the factory is over $850.00 AUD sadly, so for now it is >accumulating dust and age. > >Gary >Vk1ZZ >K3, KX3, KPA500-FT, KAT500-FT,P3. >On 25/02/2015 12:37 PM, "Rick Bates" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected]
