Why all this again? Jerry just wanted to be sure that his order was properly placed to get into the Que.
--- Mike Short <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The thing people forget is that YaeComWood, TenTec, > etc have much deeper > pockets and more resources. Borrowing a few million > for them is no big deal, > but a substantial risk for a company of Elecraft's > size. If a product does > not do well, there is less impact on the bottom > line. The other companies > also have many more models to spread the pain over, > as well as other > divisions that can contribute resources to > development. You don't generally > hear about a product too much until it is ready to > launch, and units are > already built and often on the way to dealers. You > also get them with all > the warts that were deemed not worth fixing right > away, as the early > adopters can beta test. (Just a generalization, not > aimed at any specific > company) Sure there have been manufacturing > problems, etc. Since they don't > own the plant, but have to contract it out, a lot of > control is lost. > Elecraft's high standards are not easy to meet, > causing further delays. > > If I had the money in May or any time after, I would > have gladly paid a > deposit and waited. (I know, easy for me to say) I > seriously considered > liquidating my equipment to do that very thing, but > did not. In hind sight, > I should have, since I have been too busy to do any > serious operating > anyway. I would now have a K3... > > Mike > AI4NS > > K2/100 > > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: [email protected] > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm > Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com > _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
