And free shipping! That can be a big deal as well. I would rather not have the discounts, but more new great products. 73,
Have a great day! Bill J On Sat, Nov 26, 2016 at 10:46 AM -0600, "aw...@comcast.net" <aw...@comcast.net<mailto:aw...@comcast.net>> wrote: Ditto!! We must remember that ham radio is pretty much a niche market; and for firms like Elecraft I don't think they have the big margins like the big boys like Icon or Yaesau have. Has anyone noticed the steady drop in price of the Icom 7300 since it was introduced at the beginning of the year? Makes you think what the true of the price is. $70.00 is not a lot but it might get that guy eyeing a K3s to to buy it with the knowledge that there will be another price drop next month (hopefully), Just my 2 cents. 73 Alan KK6WA From: "Phil Hystad" To: "Jim Brown" Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Friday, November 25, 2016 1:38:05 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft black friday Ditto!! > On Nov 25, 2016, at 1:34 PM, Jim Brown wrote: > > Think about it -- those who offer large discounts for special sales are not > losing money, they have large markups built in, and are simply reducing them > for that sale. Elecraft sells direct, with no commission to "dealers" who do > nothing but ship boxes in and out the door, and they price their products as > low as they can and still stay in business. Remember that the equipment they > sell must support telephone support, a service department to do both > in-warranty and out of warranty repairs, engineers who work on the design of > future products, others who do the work to put those designs into production, > administrative people who do the billing, customer contact, purchasing of > parts, accounting, filing tax returns, and so on. > > As a ham for 60 years, I've watched dozens of ham companies go out of > business because they didn't understand their market, or priced their > products too low or too high, failed to treat customers with respect, and so > on. Ten Tec and Alpha are two formerly great US companies that have failed to > make a profit and "reorganized." The remains of both companies have been > acquired by companies 3-6 times removed from the originals, and the acquirers > are trying to get going again. Both are skeleton operations, doing their best > to service legacy products. > > I'm happy to pay Elecraft whatever Eric and Wayne think they need to stay in > business, support existing customers, and continue to lead the industry. The > level at which they have chosen to work ain't cheap. If you want a big > discount, go to HRO's website and look at their "deal" on a TS590SG. > > 73, Jim K9YC > > On Fri,11/25/2016 1:04 PM, Paul Clay via Elecraft wrote: >> Level of discount silly and not at all in keeping with the concept of a >> "Black Friday" sale, IMHO. > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to phys...@mac.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 Message delivered to aw...@comcast.net ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to k9...@live.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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
