I see a market here for some enterprising teenager to offer 802s and 808s assembled. Kadee prices assembled #5 couplers (aka the #3) at a 55 cents PER COUPLER premium. My LHS which discounts Kadees, after discounts, actually charges a 60 cents PER COUPLER premium -- a higher discount on the #5s than the #3s, and he sells equal numbers or more of the #3s.
If someone assembled 50 per hour (probably not an unreasonable number), that would translate to $27.50 per hour at the 55 cents per coupler rate for assembly. We are more and more a RTU (Ready to Use) hobby... Michael Sent from my iPad On Mar 7, 2013, at 3:24 PM, David Engle <[email protected]> wrote: > > > That is more like it. What would it take to get 802's pre-assembled, other > than a neighborhood friend. > > Dave Engle > > --- On Thu, 3/7/13, Ed <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Ed <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Kadee No 5s > To: [email protected] > Date: Thursday, March 7, 2013, 1:02 PM > > > One thing I like about the #5, besides the cost v. the 802, is the ease of > > assembly. The coil springs are a pain compared to the bronze spring in the > > #5. The whisker version is even easier; > > Charles Weston > > I just love oneupsmanship. Here is my version of it: > > I use the easiest coupler of all. Hands down the easiest. It comes completely > assembled and RTI (ready to install) to the car. Use the Kadee #3 coupler! It > is a Kadee factory-assembled #5 and cannot fall apart in your hands. The lid > is held on by sonic welding (uneducated guess). Easier by far than the larger > #802 allegedly-S coupler. Easier even than the standard KD#5 kit. And > available bulk packaged to save a buck or two. > > My couplers are the best! How are yours? > > Chuckles..........Ed Loizeaux > > > >
