[Elecraft] Elecraft P3 panadapter at the Orlando Hamcation

[Brett Howard]

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 <olinger at bellsouth.net>wrote:
> 
> > On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 1:29 AM, Dave - AB7E <xdavid at 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.
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