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

[Gerald Manthey]

I know things have gone up. But I will pay the price for two reasons. 1)
great product and support. 2) made in the USA. And did I mention great
product and support?
Thank you Elecraft!
Gerald- KC6CNN
On Aug 16, 2012 5:44 PM, "Robert Vargas (KP4Y)" <kp4y at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 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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