Gosh, Henry -- I don't think you thought through the political-economic
dynamics here. :-)
The vendors in question must be single-source on these parts, or they would
have been back-up ordered from a secondary source and there wouldn't even be
an issue. If these vendors get all kinds of calls from Elecraft customers,
they will darn well KNOW they are single-source, and then who's in the
cat-bird seat? They are! You don't want that to happen. You want your vendors
to believe you can always order from somebody else. If they know they have you
over a barrel, they can jack the price up and drop you to the end of the queue
with impunity. Purchasing 101. :-)
Bill / W5WVO
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Eric,
If you want someone else to beat up on the vendors...just list their
names here on the reflector. I am sure they will then be flooded with
phone calls.
Better yet, if those vendors need help in getting their products to
you, maybe we can mobilize some "K3-owners-to-be" to quickly arrive
and expedite matters. My field of expertise is quality control and
quality assurance. Any of those vendors near NC?
73,
Henry - K4TMC
Raleigh, NC
-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Thom LaCosta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: Elecraft <elecraft@mailman.qth.net>; Don Rasmussen
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 5:42 pm
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 specs
And we're still short several key parts, so we won't ship on the 17th.
:-(
I'm waiting for replies from several vendors and will post as soon as
I have good information. I'm beating on them as hard as I can.. :-)
73, Eric WA6HHQ
---------------
Thom LaCosta wrote:
On Thu, 13 Sep 2007, Don Rasmussen wrote:
We're four days from the target date for the first K3
delivery and performance numbers are being released.
What could this mean? ;-)
That there really are K3s, that there are measurements and Santa
Claus
has gainful employment.
73 - k3hrn
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