I'm also going to keep dealing direct with Elecraft, although I'll keep an eye on the prices from W&S. But think about it this way, Elecraft starting to have regional distributors around the world is enabling them to grow much bigger because they can reach a more mainstream market segment who are not comfortable with buying online from abroad.
The more money Elecraft is making from its existing products, the more people Wayne and Eric can hire to help them make even more great Elecraft products. 73, Thomas M0TRN On 29 May 2012 20:20, John Shaw <zl1...@nzart.org.nz> wrote: > I see Joe mentioned ANZAC. Take note Elecraft having a agent in Australia > is absolutely no advantage to New Zealand. SteppIR did this, what an > absolute disaster and the beginning of the end for SteppIR who were a great > company to deal with direct. I'm defiantly in the group of continue to > deal > direct. > > 73 John ZL1BYZ. > > -----Original Message----- > From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net > [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Joe Subich, W4TV > Sent: Wednesday, 30 May 2012 00:44 > To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Buying a K3 in the UK? > > > > I would like to see a "Parts" person in VK. My thought is to have a > > "Repository" in country and if instructed by Support, parts are sent > > to to the customer from inside the country. This would speed up > > delivery of parts after the issue is identified. > > In general establishing a "parts depot" in each country (or common trading > block) would be a very expensive proposition. While doing so for a large > block like the EU might make sense doing so on a single country basis or > even a small block like ANZAC is far too capital intensive to be justified. > > 73, > > ... Joe, W4TV > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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
