Hi Ian, yes indeed, but that is a special case due to the current desaster in Japan. Usually prices drop, i.e. my first IC-7000 was bought for 1.600 EUR, now it's available for < 1.100 EUR. IC-746 was 3.600 DM when new, bought for 2.800 DM later on. Same for the FT-817 (just to name a second example, there are lots more): Bought for 900 EUR in 2001, could be bought new for 499 EUR 1.5 years ago (now price is up to 600 EUR due to the still general supply shortage in Japan but without the floods and problems afterwards it would still sell below 500 EUR).
73, Olli - DH8BQA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ian Kahn - Ham" <km4ik....@gmail.com> To: "Oliver Dröse" <dro...@necg.de> Cc: "Eric Swartz WA6HHQ - Elecraft" <e...@elecraft.com>; "Elecraft Reflector" <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2012 11:58 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Price increase in mid Sept. > Olli, > > I bought an FT-857D, new, about four years ago. I checked the price > recently for insurance purposes, and the price of that radio is actually > about $150-$200 US more today than it was when I bought it. > > --Ian > > Ian Kahn, KM4IK > Roswell, GA EM74ua > km4ik....@gmail.com > K3 #281, P3 #688 > HRD v5.x/6.0 Test Team > > On 8/16/2012 4:34 PM, Oliver Dröse wrote: >> Thanks for the heads-up, Eric! >> >> What I have already been wondering when the last price increase was >> announced 2 years ago (I believe it was) is why are prices increasing for >> Elecraft gear (even if only slightly) while prices of all other >> manufacturers are falling after products a certain time on the market? >> >> I understood that Kenwood, Yaesu, Icom start with an a bit higher price >> (but >> still acceptable otherwise they would not sell their radios) and after >> "earning" all the development costs (and "milking" the early adaptors who >> always need the newest and "best") they can and do decrease the product >> prices as they only have the production costs then (including margin, >> etc.). >> Typical mass-production mechanisms. >> >> So what is different at Elecraft? No mass-production (compared to the >> "big >> ones")? Or is that lower prices right away and thus always only >> production >> costs + margin + only small uplift for development (which might level out >> that of the others seen over a complete product life-cycle)? At least >> those >> others have to fight the same cost increases for components, etc. >> >> Just curious (and indeed thinking Elecraft gear *is* worth it's price). >> >> 73, Olli - DH8BQA >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Eric Swartz WA6HHQ - Elecraft" <e...@elecraft.com> >> To: "Elecraft Reflector" <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> >> Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2012 4:10 PM >> Subject: [Elecraft] Price increase in mid Sept. >> >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> This is an early heads-up for our customers that we will be increasing >>> prices slightly on several of our products, including the K3, in mid >>> September. Any orders placed before that point will be honored at >>> today's >>> pricing. >>> >>> We are still reviewing our complete product line to determine where our >>> costs have increased significantly, so I can't be more specific on which >>> other products will increase in price, or by how much. (We've been >>> absorbing a lot of the parts cost increases over the past year.) >>> >>> Please don't ask the sales staff for more specifics as they do not have >>> any additional information. >>> >>> As always, we'll strive to keep these changes as small as possible, and >>> to >>> absorb cost increases where ever possible. >>> >>> 73, >>> Eric >>> www.elecraft.com >>> _..._ >>> >>> >>> ______________________________________________________________ >>> 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 > > > > ----- > E-Mail ist virenfrei. > Von AVG überprüft - www.avg.de > Version: 2012.0.2197 / Virendatenbank: 2437/5203 - Ausgabedatum: > 15.08.2012 ______________________________________________________________ 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
