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73 Eric WA6HHQ List mooderator *elecraft.com <http://elecraft.com>* Eric *elecraft.com <http://elecraft.com>* On Wed, Feb 3, 2021 at 2:45 PM Joe Subich, W4TV <li...@subich.com> wrote: > > Your numbers are entirely unrealistic for for a $4000 transceiver. > > The discount for a "used" (rental stock) device would need to be > *at least* 20-25% (typical of "B Stock" in the professional AV > world). A two to four week rental would need to be *at least* > $500, if not more, to cover the overhead, management, repair and > refurbishment (with every rental) costs of such an endeavor. > > Given the constrained availability of the K4, the ability of the > factory to sell every unit they can ship for the next 18-24 months > at a minimum, limited repair capacity, and cost or repair parts, > Elecraft would be losing money with any rental operation. > > 73, > > ... Joe, W4TV > > > On 2021-02-03 3:31 PM, John Harper wrote: > > Let's throw some numbers in, just for S&G: > > > > I pay $200 for 2 weeks of togetherness with a K4. Another $100 for 2-way > > shipping. > > > > I'm out $300 if I decide not to keep the rig. > > > > No one's going to go for this unless they're already thinking seriously > of > > buying the thing. If they only like it marginally, they realize they now > > have a $300 dud to send back or (more likely) they realize that they're > > already 85 or 90% of the way (financially) toward ownership. > > > > And...Elecraft only has 10 K4's slotted for this program. They'll prolly > > sell 8 or 9 of them and can continue to rent, or eventually sell as used > > (at 90% retail) the remaining two. They're ahead either way. > > > > To top it off, they benefit from the social media buzz created by those > 90% > > who like, decide to keep and rave about the rig online. A few may even > name > > their firstborns Wayne and/or Eric. It's a win-win for all involved. > > > > Few people who use/own one are dissatisfied with an E rig. This would > > potentially increase the number of people within that pool. > > > > John AE5X > > https://ae5x.blogspot.com > > > >> The real problem with rental returns ("B Stock") is that is can > >> no longer be sold as new resulting in a loss of value that is > >> often more than the rental proceeds. > > ______________________________________________________________ > > 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 li...@subich.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 eric.swa...@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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
