[Elecraft] New Orders

[WILLIS COOKE]

Why all this again?  Jerry just wanted to be sure that
his order was properly placed to get into the Que.

  
--- Mike Short <mike.short at mchsi.com> wrote:

> The thing people forget is that YaeComWood, TenTec,
> etc have much deeper
> pockets and more resources. Borrowing a few million
> for them is no big deal,
> but a substantial risk for a company of Elecraft's
> size. If a product does
> not do well, there is less impact on the bottom
> line. The other companies
> also have many more models to spread the pain over,
> as well as other
> divisions that can contribute resources to
> development. You don't generally
> hear about a product too much until it is ready to
> launch, and units are
> already built and often on the way to dealers. You
> also get them with all
> the warts that were deemed not worth fixing right
> away, as the early
> adopters can beta test. (Just a generalization, not
> aimed at any specific
> company) Sure there have been manufacturing
> problems, etc. Since they don't
> own the plant, but have to contract it out, a lot of
> control is lost.
> Elecraft's high standards are not easy to meet,
> causing further delays. 
> 
> If I had the money in May or any time after, I would
> have gladly paid a
> deposit and waited. (I know, easy for me to say) I
> seriously considered
> liquidating my equipment to do that very thing, but
> did not. In hind sight,
> I should have, since I have been too busy to do any
> serious operating
> anyway. I would now have a K3...
> 
> Mike
> AI4NS
> 
> K2/100
> 
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