>Okay we have VAT rates (Sales tax) > that run between 15% and 22% depending on one's country but this does not come > close to explaining the price differentials.
Not only VAT, you forgot that European Dealers have to give 2 Years warranty instead of 1 Year (or for some products only 90 Days) There also are much higher cost for burocracy, office rental, man power, Insurance, tax. Not only Ham Eqipment is more expensive over here, but houses, cars, Bananas, Computers. (Ok, beer is cheaper in Germany :-) We are working together with Elecraft since 10 years, selling all Elecraft products. Several hundreds of European HAMs got their kits (and of course also factory built K3) from us. I can´t count the number of K2, K1, KX1 which have been finished on my workbench due to problems the builders had. Some DXPeditions by Germans could start only because we did a repair 3 days before take off. We proudly feel as a part of the Elecraft Family. Peter, DL2FI and Nik, DL7NIK QRPproject ______________________________________________________________ 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
