*Dave, Agreed.
Pricing does get affected due to corporate structure. The sales division more often than not has a bottom line dictated to them and sometimes this takes away a lot of headroom. Elecraft are tightly managed and pricing is carefully monitored no doubt as well as manufacture costs. I have not purchased based solely on the management of a company. Indeed performance of the product was the most important. Reputation is the second criteria I have used in my decision making process. I have always taken note of customers writings but not to the point of discarding a company from my own personal decision making process. I guess the old saying 'to each their own' can be applied in liberal doses? 73 Gary * On 17 August 2012 13:00, David Gilbert <xda...@cis-broadband.com> wrote: > > Actually, comparing any company with any other company that builds a > similar product is perfectly valid. How they may be structured should > not be a consideration in your buying decision ... at least it isn't in > mine. I managed a large electronics business for many years and the > last thing I expected my customers to judge me on was anything besides > performance/quality/reliability/price/delivery/service/dependability. > That's all that matters, and they're all visible to the customer. > Elecraft manages that balance pretty well which is why I buy their > products, but I can't see myself cutting them any slack simply because > their competitors might have better leverage to supply me with what I want. > > Dave AB7E > > > > On 8/16/2012 5:36 PM, Gary Gregory wrote: > > > > To compare Elecraft to say Kenwood, Icom and Yaesu is perhaps not a good > > comparison. The corporate structure and governance of these companies is > > totally different. > > > > Gary > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > -- *Gary* *Start the day off slow, then taper off.........* ______________________________________________________________ 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
