[SJDXA] FW: Pricing Update

Sat Mar 14 22:35:22 EDT 2015

For SJDXA Eyes Only..

This was sent out two weeks ago and this is not just GigaParts doing this..

From: Robby C. Sperr [mailto:robby at gigaparts.com] 
Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2015 3:13 PM
To: Robby C. Sperr
Subject: Pricing Update

All:

This isn't something I want discussed with customers, but for your
information only.

Starting with Astron power supplies later today, there is a pricing refresh
occurring across all of the amateur radio product lines. It's not an
across-the-board decrease or increase, but rather an item-by-item adjustment
to get everything in line with our pricing strategy. If a customer asks for
the old price, you can ask a manager and they can analyze it for you.

We're starting with Astron because there are several items that we've been
selling below cost when you calculate in the shipping charges we've been
covering. UPS's recent change that calculates freight costs for Ground
packages based on their dimensions as well as their weight has had a
significant impact on big items (power supplies and antennas in particular).
Expect MFJ, Comet, and Diamond to see pricing adjustments soon after Astron.
On the price increases due to increased freight costs, don't expect to
receive a price override if the customer requests it. The UPS change took
effect the first of the year and we're 2 months behind making the
adjustment. Our competitors adjusted their prices weeks ago.

Radio mainframes and some of the most popular accessories should not see any
changes because their prices are already maintained on a daily basis.

We're also working to bring our in-store prices and the web prices back in
line with each other which should simplify things for the retail sales folks
as well as our local customers.

Let me know if you have any questions.

--Robby C. Sperr
GigaParts, Inc.

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