[Elecraft] Free shipping

[Ed Pflueger]

I bought mine at Dayton about an hour or so after the opening over a year ago and  (I thought) That free shipping was included at the Fest.  I've been wrong before but can't wait to get mine.  Anything worth having is worth waiting for as I have been told.  This might be just a tad later than I expected but the testers have had plenty of time to get most of the bugs out of it. 

Cheers! 

Ed.. AB4IQ

-----Original Message-----
From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Dale Chayes
Sent: Friday, July 31, 2020 10:53 AM
To: Elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Free shipping

Free shipping is an interesting idea.

First of all, I don’t have a boat in this race, I don’t have one on order and I don’t  see a K4 in my future. I see my Elecraft future as being portable, temporary setups when time (magically) appears in my future….  I _assumed_ that would happen when I (mostly) retired but it hasn’t yet - too many other interesting things that I’m still physically capable of doing - more serious radio will come later.

I understand that folks paid serious money quite a while ago to get a spectacular radio and the combination of “typical” delays in getting such sophisticated gear through production and shipping has been seriously extended by parts availability. All that is incredibly frustrating - I spent a couple of YEARS being customer technical representative for a couple of $1M+ ship-mounted mapping sonars that never really worked “right.”  It was a mess and I don’t expect Elecraft to go down that road but it puts me in the position of understanding both sides of the problem. 

>From my perspective as an owner of a well configured but rarely (yet) used KX3, I think about priorities like this:

#1 - I want this (all) high quality manufacturer(s) of equipment I own to continue to be in business (if/when I need support some day)

#2 - I also want them to have the resources (money, time , staff, tools, etc.)  to continue to innovate while continuing to support older gear as long as parts are available

#3 - To achieve #1 and #2, they also need the resources to mange the business, personnel, finances, etc. in addition to the engineering effectively.

#4 - when I purchase their product I want to feel like I got a good deal.

Achieving all of those is tough.

As I often remind myself: “Patience is a virtue, I’m gona get me some someday."

-Dale <KB1ZKD>


> On Jul 31, 2020, at 11:05 , Joseph Trombino, Jr <w2kj at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> 
> Howdy Gang.
> 
> For all those Elecrafters who have plunked down kilo-bucks for the first K4’s coming off the line (when—grin?), let’s all ask Elecraft to reward out good faith by providing free shipping on said K4’s.
> 
> Certainly would be a nice gesture, not sure about it being a good business practice though (grin).
> 
> Looking forward to receiving my K4, hopefully before my 76th birthday in September!!
> 
> All the best to Elecraft in these trying times in getting a product to market.
> 
> Getting ready to put my Flex 6600M up for sale (grin).
> 
> Stay healthy and enjoy.
> 
> 			73, Joe W2KJ
> 			I QRP, therefore I am
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