[Elecraft] {P3] resale value

[Bob]

Amen!

I also feel I got a Premium product too and has been worth the price.

I bought my K3 used and got about a 25% savings.  I never felt that Elecraft 
support treated me any different than an original purchaser, that was a plus and 
helped lead me down road to the complete K-line purchase, plus KRC, and 2 XV's.

Looking back, no regrets.

I agree that the value of factory built is NIL.  Mine was but since then as I 
added items it well may have been a kit as it has been apart so many times.  
K-Pod on order so it will be apart again for the power mod as soon as 
published.  The screws may be worn out soon.

Going to the refrigerator for another glass of Kool Aid.....

73,

Bob

K2TK   ex KN2TKR (1956) & K2TKR



On 5/25/2016 1:47 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
> On Wed,5/25/2016 7:17 AM, Jerry Moore wrote:
>> I already feel that Elecraft gear prices are a premium but have been willing 
>> to pay the NIB prices to support a local US company.
>
> I see it a bit differently. Elecraft products are built, designed, and 
> supported by people in the US, all paid US wages. Unlike Apple, whose products 
> are mfd in China, by people who are paid far less. Elecraft products are sold 
> direct from the factory to the user, eliminating markups by third party 
> sellers, who typically add 20-40% to their cost.  And when you call Elecraft 
> for support, you're talking to a real technician at the factory who is a HAM, 
> not someone in a call center reading from a script, and that person is also 
> being paid US wages.
>
> As to resale value -- yes, I think hams often think their used stuff is worth 
> a lot more than it is.  I wouldn't pay more than about 75% of the current kit 
> price for a used Elecraft product, whether it was factory built or not.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC