It seems to me that Kenwood is managed by some very smart fellers... head to head with a pair of super smart fellers... Both have a product to sell... and a goal to meet... if the price varies... all other things being somewhat equal to the two... a lowering of the price says they want to sell more, and the profit is not to be as much. If the price is forced up, that says the quality and support will have to be as best as it gets, to support the price being forced up, by parts cost, AND there isn't a pot of profit from numerous other arms of the same company to suck up the profit difference. One more thing.... standing on your own, says a lot for thequality of the offered product. A WHOLE lot!!
--... ...-- Dale - WC7S in Wy > Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 18:44:38 -0400 > From: k...@yahoo.com > To: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Subject: [Elecraft] Fwd: Re: Price increase in mid Sept. > > I bought a new TS-590 less than 2 years ago and its price today is about $150 > less than what I paid back then. And, as far as I know, Kenwood has had great > success selling that radio. Anyway, I believe it is really Elecraft's > prerogative to increase the price on their products. We then will have to > decide if we want to spend the money or not. :-) > > Robert-KP4Y > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Price increase in mid Sept. > From: Ian Kahn - Ham <km4ik....@gmail.com> > To: Oliver Dröse <dro...@necg.de> > CC: Elecraft Reflector <elecraft@mailman.qth.net>,Eric Swartz WA6HHQ - > Elecraft <e...@elecraft.com> > > 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 > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
