I disagree. I would prefer to have them take whatever time is needed to make the FINE products they are. I will wait for the quality they produce. I am an Elecraft customer BECAUSE of the products, support, and ongoing additional features that get added. My radio continues to get better long after I get it and many of the "improvements" are those WE request. I do get anxious about new product but that is because they are so open with information about them. I am one that believes this process is very advantageous to the development of some of the product features in creating the "best" possible practical product.
----- Original Message ----- From: "S Sacco" <nn4x.st...@gmail.com> To: "Guy Olinger K2AV" <olin...@bellsouth.net> Cc: <Elecraft@mailman.qth.net> Sent: Saturday, February 13, 2010 10:08 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft P3 panadapter at the Orlando Hamcation > Guy - > > Please don't forget that Elecraft sucked in quite a few of us on the K3 by > promising wildly optimistic delivery dates. I consider that to be a > highly > questionable business practice. > > > On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 9:42 AM, Guy Olinger K2AV > <olin...@bellsouth.net>wrote: > >> On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 1:29 AM, Dave - AB7E <xda...@cis-broadband.com> >> wrote: >> > >> > Are the feature list and specifications now firm? And if so, what are >> they? I would have thought that anyone contemplating spending $700 for >> any >> box, even with the Elecraft name on it, would want to know what it does >> before sending off the check. >> > >> >> I should note that putting a prototype, and then later a working early >> model in front of the public for comment at some convention-style >> event, is RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. Early ham feedback at hamfests is >> essential, and it too is R&D. >> >> It's only the customers (and pent up demand) that are mistakenly >> insisting that they are slow. You want the kind of innovation and >> service they are known for, you have to wait. It's not a flaw or >> laziness, or some kind of commie plot to rob us of our toys. It's >> careful business. Good stuff at good prices is the hardest thing to >> do. What was that thing, you can have two of the three, quick, >> quality, low price? (Personally, I'm betting quality AND low price is >> at the root of the amp thing, I'll wait.) >> >> I wonder if anyone has noticed businesses going down for getting even >> close to the edge these days? Hello? The early plunk for the K3 was >> a VOLUNTARY early alternative financing scheme. Lot better than them >> being leveraged by a bank that pulls the plug on them for completely >> unrelated reasons. Any Rip Van Winkle types please check the >> financials for the last couple of years for historical information and >> note that Ronald Reagan is not president any more. >> >> Personally, I want Elecraft around for a while. Conservative business >> practices with no screeching tires at cliff's edge is just super >> peachy fine by me. There is no TARP fund bailout for Elecraft. They go >> down, we're back to getting our stuff from Yakencom and stuck with >> what they decide for us, whether we like it or not. >> >> And some folks WOULD plunk now for unfirm features (and there's no big >> gorilla around MAKING anyone plunk -- it's a CHOICE one makes), with >> the personal SELF-assurance that if it isn't what they want, they can >> come here and sell it on the reflector, fast. >> >> 73, Guy. >> ______________________________________________________________ >> 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 >> > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > ______________________________________________________________ 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
