It must cost quite a bit to maintain all the paperwork and engineering
expertise for the older gliders and if they are going to stay in
business someone has to pay the bills. I guess some factories might
just load up the price of new gliders, or their repair prices, or their
price for parts, in DG's case they are asking the owners of the older
gliders to pay a subscription. Whatever way it is done, it can never be
a charity.
I'm not defending their particular business model, only observing that
there's no such thing as a free launch.
Cheers
/Tim/
/tra dire e fare c'รจ mezzo il mare/
On 20/03/2012 10:20, Ross McLean wrote:
Up to that point I had always had a high regard for DG. Once they
pulled that little trick I was much less impressed with them. The LS8
is such a great glider though I am now at their mercy.
ROSS
*From:*aus-soaring-boun...@lists.internode.on.net
[mailto:aus-soaring-boun...@lists.internode.on.net] *On Behalf Of
*John Trezise
*Sent:* Tuesday, 20 March 2012 8:14 AM
*To:* aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net
*Subject:* [Aus-soaring] DG Licenses for old LS and DG Gliders
Hi Ross ... so you were hit for 2 years. The annual fee if you go
through Tom is Eu190 per year around ... around AUD 260 including GST.
Direct to the factory (which allows you to deal directly with DG) is
Eu250 ... around AUD312.
John
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