[Elecraft] Extended Warranty

[G3SJJ]

There are some sill typos here. Apologies. I am hurrying because I am so 
keen to get on with some decorating tasks!!

Chris G3SJJ


G3SJJ wrote:
> Julian, I think Elecraft have realised they are into completely new 
> ball game with the K3. There are probably thousands of FT1k, FT2k, 
> Kenwood, Icom etc owners who will want to change to the K3, purely 
> because it is a better radio, but who will have no interest in any DIY 
> aspect. They will expect the kind of warranty and after-service they 
> would get when buying those radios.
>
> I think the K2 brought in a step-change. Some of us newer owners found 
> satisfaction in building the kit first, but the ultimate reason was 
> for a better radio and there are a lot of owners who have purchased 
> pre-built/owned K2s purely for that purpose. The K3 then enables these 
> people to purchase a brand new radio and I suspect many will not want 
> to assemble it themselves, and therfroe will require warranty and 
> service.
>
> For me, I was impressed with the fact that the Voodoo Contesters, a 
> consistently leading CQWW CW contest group changed to K2s, and several 
> of the ops also use them for dexpeditions also, but haven't gone 
> through the loop of assembly it themselves. I saw one for the first 
> time the week before Dayton last year and purchased my K2/100/SSB/160 
> kit at Dayton. I gained immense pleasure out of building it, but only 
> had slight pangs of sadness when the new owner collected it last week. 
> I am moving to K3 purely because I think it is even a better radio for 
> my purpose, ie multi and single op contesting on CW and SSB, low band 
> dxing and very occasional /P work. I am keeping my FT1kMP as the 2nd 
> radio for SO2R and MO contesting as I feel its is better ergonomically 
> and ahs better skirt slectivity with its Inrad roofing and IF filters.
>
> 73 Chris G3SJJ
>
>
>
> Julian G4ILO wrote:
>> On 7/9/07, Thom LaCosta <lacosta at bcpl.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> Strongly suggest you call your issuing bank to confirm that
>>> they offer that benefit.  You might be surprized by the number
>>> and "reputation" of the banks that do not.
>>>
>>> When they tell me they don't offer it, I simply tell them I
>>> will use their card for gasoline and other products that
>>> do not have warranties that can be extended.
>>
>> Surprising to see "consumer" issues raising their heads here.
>>
>> I would have thought people would want to order a K3 because:
>> a) it's exciting to be one of the first to have a new radio;
>> b) knowing the guys behind it, you can be confident that any problems
>> will be sorted out eventually; and
>> c) If the worst comes to the worst, we're hams, we can try to fix it 
>> ourselves.
>>
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