Kent, No I haven't because there aren't many places with a higher standard of living. In fact I don't know of any other area that enjoys high employment rates in high paying positions, lower cost of living/taxes, lower crime. Why would I want to move somewhere with higher taxes, crime, and unemployment?
If I could find the same or better standard of living elsewhere that also afforded high employment and low crime I'd definitely consider it. CA is an excellent state to visit and I've worked for several companies based there (including the US Navy). San Diego, LA. And the Long Beach are all nice areas but expensive to live with higher crime rates. I don't know much about Mo. as it's never mentioned in discussions about technology or high paying jobs. In fact the only time I recall hearing about Mo. was during the riots in Ferguson. 1. Standard of living is not 1:1 with cost of living. 2. Anything that increases the cost of doing business has the net effect of increasing the cost of goods and services. 3. I see no reason why you assume and imply that my standard of living is low. You obviously know nothing about me or the area in which I live. 4. If the job market were to dramatically change in a negative direction I would re-locate. It's a matter of record that families from all over the country ARE moving to my State/area due to higher standards of living with lower costs of living. Kent, at the end of the day the goal of a business is to make money. When the cost of business rises then the company makes decisions to cut costs or raise prices. In this case Elecraft has decided to raise prices. I want to support them because they are US based and I appreciate the value they bring up to a point. For me personally I paid the premium for the radio because I believe in the company. Is it wrong for me to want the company to survive and ask if they considered moving the company to lower their costs of doing business because they may be struggling ? 2nd major jump in prices in less than a year? If you were attempting to insult me then I apologize for taking your question seriously. If your attempt was to insult then my answer to you is: "Bless your heart". From: KENT TRIMBLE [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2015 11:06 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Price Increase Alert for mid October Have you considered moving your family to a state with a higher standard of living? Kent K9ZTV On 9/24/2015 8:03 AM, [email protected] wrote: Have you guys considered moving the company to a state with a lower cost of living? ______________________________________________________________ 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]
