Guy - Please don't forget that Elecraft sucked in quite a few of us on the K3 by promising wildly optimistic delivery dates. I consider that to be a highly questionable business practice.
On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 9:42 AM, Guy Olinger K2AV <[email protected]>wrote: > On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 1:29 AM, Dave - AB7E <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Are the feature list and specifications now firm? And if so, what are > they? I would have thought that anyone contemplating spending $700 for any > box, even with the Elecraft name on it, would want to know what it does > before sending off the check. > > > > I should note that putting a prototype, and then later a working early > model in front of the public for comment at some convention-style > event, is RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. Early ham feedback at hamfests is > essential, and it too is R&D. > > It's only the customers (and pent up demand) that are mistakenly > insisting that they are slow. You want the kind of innovation and > service they are known for, you have to wait. It's not a flaw or > laziness, or some kind of commie plot to rob us of our toys. It's > careful business. Good stuff at good prices is the hardest thing to > do. What was that thing, you can have two of the three, quick, > quality, low price? (Personally, I'm betting quality AND low price is > at the root of the amp thing, I'll wait.) > > I wonder if anyone has noticed businesses going down for getting even > close to the edge these days? Hello? The early plunk for the K3 was > a VOLUNTARY early alternative financing scheme. Lot better than them > being leveraged by a bank that pulls the plug on them for completely > unrelated reasons. Any Rip Van Winkle types please check the > financials for the last couple of years for historical information and > note that Ronald Reagan is not president any more. > > Personally, I want Elecraft around for a while. Conservative business > practices with no screeching tires at cliff's edge is just super > peachy fine by me. There is no TARP fund bailout for Elecraft. They go > down, we're back to getting our stuff from Yakencom and stuck with > what they decide for us, whether we like it or not. > > And some folks WOULD plunk now for unfirm features (and there's no big > gorilla around MAKING anyone plunk -- it's a CHOICE one makes), with > the personal SELF-assurance that if it isn't what they want, they can > come here and sell it on the reflector, fast. > > 73, Guy. > ______________________________________________________________ > 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
