[Elecraft] Eric's missing FDIM talk

[jim]

The art and science of market pricing applies to all, regardless of what they are selling.

The above statement holds true only if you want to be a long term viable business.


Jim
W6AIM




-----Original Message-----
From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Ray Sills
Sent: Friday, May 15, 2015 6:15 AM
To: Ray W2RS via Elecraft
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Eric's missing FDIM talk

OTOH, most automobiles are manufactured by the millions, by companies with budgets in the billions.  And, I suspect that the "discounts" are already built into the pricing strategy.  Last year's models usually benefit from a price reduction, mostly because the dealerships do not want the inventory cost of keeping a lot of old models around.

A much different market scale.

73 de Ray
K2ULR

On May 14, 2015, at 9:25 PM, Gary Gregory wrote:

> Guy
>
> The auto manufacturers advertise the new models well in advance of 
> arrival on the showroom. They also offer substantial discounts or 
> upgraded models.
>
> Perhaps your auto analagy might not be appropriate.
>
> Just sayin......
>
> Gary
> Vk1ZZ
> K3, KPA500-FT, KAT500-FT
> On 15/05/2015 11:20 AM, "Guy Olinger K2AV" <k2av.guy at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>>
>>> On 5/14/2015 9:27 AM, Gerald Manthey wrote:
>>>
>>>> ​So Basically my K3 is no longer in production. After saving up and 
>>>> buy the newest retirement rig, it is now out of production. This is 
>>>> a sad day.
>>>>
>>>
>> Gerald, did you ever buy a new car?   :>)
>>
>> What did you do when the next year's models came out?   :>)
>>
>> And that cost way more than a K3. And new car models come once a 
>> year.
>>
>> The K3 is the model since 2008. That's a long time for an 
>> incrementally improved "same" model. Sooner or later there is no way 
>> to shoehorn a new mod into the old chassis.
>>
>> My solution to the new model year car conundrum is to drive mine 
>> until it has 250,000 miles on it and keep it maintained and in good 
>> repair.
>> Ditto on
>> the K3. Though I might later get a K3S and never take it out of the 
>> shack, keep the K3 as I frequently go walkabout with the K3. The K3 
>> has already been pre-disastered and is the one to risk to the big bad 
>> world.
>>
>> 73, Guy
>>
>>
>>
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