As we know from marketing 101 you price a product to the market or cost. Elecraft is pricing to the market. We guys are just eating up their products. The Asian competition is shooting themselves in the foot at every turn. There is some domestic competition, I even own some but.......... Their worry should be some up-start hungry USA group of guys who can do it "faster, cheaper, better". Until then I, like the rest of you guys, will just have to buck up and pay the prices Love my Elecraft [shouldn't say that the prices will go higher!] George, W6GF
--- On Thu, 9/2/10, Chris Wagner <kf6...@gmail.com> wrote: From: Chris Wagner <kf6...@gmail.com> Subject: [Elecraft] Hoping for an Elecraft SALE event To: Date: Thursday, September 2, 2010, 6:18 PM Time will tell how prices will change. But Elecraft has a unique position in the market... While Kenwood lowered their price for the TS-480 SAT for example over time globally. But then, the K2 and now the K3 gets perpetually improved and the line gets expanded. Why not add hundreds of K3 orders before the TS-590 hits the street? Quick, name the nearest 3 competitors to the K3! Is it a monster transceiver needing to be "drop shipped"? Is it a SDR requiring a powerful computer which has a hungry power supply, thus the opposite of going green? Whatever it is, it is more expensive AFAIK! How about a Labor Day Special? Spend $ 1.000 and get 5% off. Buy a K3 and add ons for $ 1,000 or more and get 10% off? Lots of people have wish lists with items like a 2nd receiver or a P3 on them. Such an incentive would make many rush to place their orders. 73, Chris KF6VCI ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html