I'm not happy with the expeceted price of the P3, but even I know that I'm not getting "sucked into" anything... Did he really think that once he paid his money he couldn't back out? Seriously? Highly questionable business practice? Please.... > From: br...@livecomputers.com > To: nn4x.st...@gmail.com > Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2010 17:04:50 -0800 > CC: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft P3 panadapter at the Orlando Hamcation > > They would have refunded your money if you wanted to back out you > weren't sucked into anything. > > ~Brett > > > On Sat, 2010-02-13 at 11:08 -0500, S Sacco wrote: > > 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 > > <olin...@bellsouth.net>wrote: > > > > > On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 1:29 AM, Dave - AB7E <xda...@cis-broadband.com> > > > 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:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > > > > > 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:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > > > 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:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft’s powerful SPAM protection. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/201469226/direct/01/ ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net
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