[Elecraft] Fwd: Re: Price increase in mid Sept.

[Robert Vargas (KP4Y)]

I bought a new TS-590 less than 2 years ago and its price today is about $150 less than what I paid back then. And, as far as I know, Kenwood has had great success selling that radio. Anyway, I believe it is really Elecraft's prerogative to increase the price on their products. We then will have to decide if we want to spend the money or not. :-) 

Robert-KP4Y

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Price increase in mid Sept.
From: Ian Kahn - Ham <km4ik.ian at gmail.com>
To: Oliver Dröse <droese at necg.de>
CC: Elecraft Reflector <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>,Eric Swartz WA6HHQ - Elecraft <eric at elecraft.com>

Olli,

I bought an FT-857D, new, about four years ago.  I checked the price 
recently for insurance purposes, and the price of that radio is actually 
about $150-$200 US more today than it was when I bought it.

--Ian

Ian Kahn, KM4IK
Roswell, GA  EM74ua
km4ik.ian at gmail.com
K3 #281, P3 #688
HRD v5.x/6.0 Test Team

On 8/16/2012 4:34 PM, Oliver Dröse wrote:
> Thanks for the heads-up, Eric!
>
> What I have already been wondering when the last price increase was
> announced 2 years ago (I believe it was) is why are prices increasing for
> Elecraft gear (even if only slightly) while prices of all other
> manufacturers are falling after products a certain time on the market?
>
> I understood that Kenwood, Yaesu, Icom start with an a bit higher price (but
> still acceptable otherwise they would not sell their radios) and after
> "earning" all the development costs (and "milking" the early adaptors who
> always need the newest and "best") they can and do decrease the product
> prices as they only have the production costs then (including margin, etc.).
> Typical mass-production mechanisms.
>
> So what is different at Elecraft? No mass-production (compared to the "big
> ones")? Or is that lower prices right away and thus always only production
> costs + margin + only small uplift for development (which might level out
> that of the others seen over a complete product life-cycle)? At least those
> others have to fight the same cost increases for components, etc.
>
> Just curious (and indeed thinking Elecraft gear *is* worth it's price).
>
> 73, Olli - DH8BQA
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Eric Swartz WA6HHQ - Elecraft" <eric at elecraft.com>
> To: "Elecraft Reflector" <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2012 4:10 PM
> Subject: [Elecraft] Price increase in mid Sept.
>
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> This is an early heads-up for our customers that we will be increasing
>> prices slightly on several of our products, including the K3, in mid
>> September. Any orders placed before that point will be honored at today's
>> pricing.
>>
>> We are still reviewing our complete product line to determine where our
>> costs have increased significantly, so I can't be more specific on which
>> other products will increase in price, or by how much. (We've been
>> absorbing a lot of the parts cost increases over the past year.)
>>
>> Please don't ask the sales staff for more specifics as they do not have
>> any additional information.
>>
>> As always, we'll strive to keep these changes as small as possible, and to
>> absorb cost increases where ever possible.
>>
>> 73,
>> Eric
>> www.elecraft.com
>> _..._
>>
>>
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