[Elecraft] K2 price increase

[geoff allsup]

Do scroll to the bottom of their home page - "Specifications and Pricing subject 
to change."   All manufacturers post this sort of note; it's just one of the 
realities of doing business.  :-)

72,
geoff - W1OH


Darwin, Keith wrote:
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob
> 
> 
>>... but let's be realistic -- it's only a 5% increase...
> 
> 
> Oh, don't get me wrong, I have no problem with prices going up.
> Businesses have costs and need to make a fair profit on their goods.
> It's not about price increases, it's about notifying your client base
> that prices will be going up so they can plan accordingly.
> 
> In my case, I wanted 3 things:  100W, SSB, 160m.  The extra $30 is cost
> means for the same bux I'll be getting 100W, SSB.  Same money spent,
> less hardware purchased.  
> 
> 
> 
>>...the cost of all of the options that haven't gone up in price (yet))
> 
> 
> And this has me nervous.  Are other options I want about to jump in
> price so I'll again have missed a pricing window, or are these prices
> going to stay stable for 12 months so I can delay my purchase like I had
> originally planned.  Isn't paranoia and over-analysis a wonderful thing
> :-)
> 
> It would have been a nice courtesy for Elecraft to give us a warning so
> we fence-sitters can get off the fence and place our orders while the
> lower-cost window is still open.  Not a requirement, just a courtesy.
> 
> 
> - Keith KD1E -
> - K2 5411 -
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Geoff Allsup, W1OH     gallsup at whoi.edu  or  w1oh at whoi.edu
Research Engineer              Upper Ocean Processes Group
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution   Woods Hole, MA, USA
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