We will be increasing prices across all of our product lines at the end of
this month, on Jan. 31st.
Our on-line order forms will update with the new pricing at that time.
All orders placed with us -prior- to the increase date of January 31st will
be charged at the lower current pricing, even
OK, but Eric, what about those of us who ordered K3 upgrades going on 3
years ago, and have been left hanging since?
73, Pete N4ZR
On 1/12/2023 9:52 PM, Eric Swartz wrote:
This is an early price increase alert for our list readers:
We will be increasing prices across all of our product lines
This is an early price increase alert for our list readers:
We will be increasing prices across all of our product lines at the end of
this month, on Jan. 31st.
Our on-line order forms will update with the new pricing at that time.
As we all have seen on the news and felt personally, inflation
In response to numerous requests from customers this week for a little more
time to beat the scheduled price changes with their orders, we have moved the
date for the changes a few days later to this Monday, Feb 8th.
This should give those who missed the original announcement and everyone else
Eric:
I presume this means that the new prices will be in effect at the Orlando
Hamcation-ARRL National Convention (12-14 FEB)?
Guess I better decide before 4 FEB rather than at Orlando…
73,
Barry
WD4ASW
> On Jan 27, 2016, at 6:02 PM, Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
>
Yes, that is correct.
Eric
/elecraft.com/
On 1/28/2016 7:24 AM, Barry Baines wrote:
Eric:
I presume this means that the new prices will be in effect at the Orlando
Hamcation-ARRL National Convention (12-14 FEB)?
Guess I better decide before 4 FEB rather than at Orlando…
73,
Barry
WD4ASW
But, will there be a show discount at Orlando. Actually, I am not going but I
am curious.
73, phil, K7PEH
> On Jan 28, 2016, at 8:39 AM, Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
> wrote:
>
> Yes, that is correct.
>
> Eric
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>
> On 1/28/2016 7:24 AM, Barry Baines
Early alert for our Elecraft list readers:
We're finally implementing the planned price changes that we first mentioned
late last year. We ended up delaying that change due to both the large holiday
season order rush and several ham shows, both of which always generate a lot of
sales sales
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Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Price Increase Alert for mid October
Clearly ones perception of heaven is subjective
AB7CE Leroy in MONTANA
73, Ed - KL7UW
http://www.kl7uw.com
"Kits made by KL7UW"
Dubu
purchased my SYNTH boards and KPF3 kit for my K3 this week!
>
> 73, Ed - KL7UW
>
> Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2015 09:53:32 -0600
> From: "lmarion" <lmar...@mt.net>
> To: <j...@audiosystemsgroup.com>,<elecraft@mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft]
Guys, This thread has been closed for some time.
Further OT and political posts are inappropriate and in violation of list
guidelines. Please take those discussions to another forum, or to direct email
between individuals. Not here.
73,
Eric
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> On Sep
I2CN
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From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Gary
Sent: 25 September 2015 09:23
To: Edward R Cole; Elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Price Increase Alert for mid October
You live IN the perfect location.
Gary
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You live IN the perfect location.
Gary
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From: "Edward R Cole" <kl...@acsalaska.net>
Sent: 25/09/2015 6:21 PM
To: "Elecraft@mailman.qth.net" <Elecraft@mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Price Increase Alert for mid October
Yep!
: [Elecraft] Price Increase Alert for mid October
Early Alert for Elecraft list readers:
Our costs are going up as our vendors are increasing their prices to us and
our labor costs increase. Its been a continual battle to keep costs down as
economic activity has increased the last two years. We've
nal Message-
> From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Eric
> Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
> Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2015 8:55 PM
> To: Elecraft Reflector Reflector
> Subject: [Elecraft] Price Increase Alert for mid October
>
> Early Alert for Elecraft li
no offence.
73 Doug EI2CN
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From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of
ae...@carolinaheli.com
Sent: 24 September 2015 13:03
To: 'Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft'; 'Elecraft Reflector Reflector'
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Pric
Will I be able to buy the audio boards for the K3 before then? :)
On Wed, 23 Sep 2015, Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft wrote:
Early Alert for Elecraft list readers:
Our costs are going up as our vendors are increasing their prices to us and
our labor costs increase. Its been a continual
[Elecraft] Price Increase Alert for mid October
Have you considered moving your family to a state with a higher standard of
living?
Kent K9ZTV
On 9/24/2015 8:03 AM, ae...@carolinaheli.com wrote:
Have you guys considered moving the company to a state with a lower cost
, September 24, 2015 11:23 AM
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Price Increase Alert for mid October
On Thu,9/24/2015 6:03 AM, ae...@carolinaheli.com wrote:
> Have you guys considered moving the company to a state with a lower cost
of living?
If you had a clue about the qual
On Thu,9/24/2015 6:03 AM, ae...@carolinaheli.com wrote:
Have you guys considered moving the company to a state with a lower cost of
living?
If you had a clue about the quality of life in the part of California
where Elecraft is located, you wouldn't be asking that question. I live
a few
Inflation is part of life. Been to a grocery store lately? Bought a new
car lately? Sent a kid to college lately?
Elecraft is doing fine for its customers - so stop whining!
Bill W2BLC K3-Line
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Actually, wage, facility and development costs are pretty comparable at our
location to other states for our business. Our HQ and manufacturing facility
(we build all our radios here in CA) is located in a lower cost agricultural
area of the state . (Watsonville and the Salinas Valley -
Clearly ones perception of heaven is subjective
AB7CE Leroy in MONTANA
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From: Jim Brown
Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2015 9:23 AM
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Price Increase Alert for mid October
On Thu,9/24/2015 6:03 AM, ae
, 2015 11:37 AM
To: ae...@carolinaheli.com
Cc: Elecraft Reflector Reflector
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Price Increase Alert for mid October
Actually, wage, facility and development costs are pretty comparable at our
location to other states for our business. Our HQ and manufacturing
facility (we build all
> If you had a clue about the quality of life...
All is great until the water is gone and the wildfires come! :-)
Mike / KK5F
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Unfortunately you are right. I just don't like it ;)
Jer
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From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Bill
Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2015 12:00 PM
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Price Increase Alert for mid October
Agree with Jim. As many downsides as there are to living in California,
that area isn't one of them.
Looking forward to another visit to the factory next month, on the way
to Pacificon.
However, also living in the Golden State, I get the dubious privilege of
paying almost $200 in sales tax
Be glad in holland we pay 21 % tax over the price including the transport costs
:-((
Sent from my iPhone
> On 24 sep. 2015, at 21:08, Jim Lowman wrote:
>
> Agree with Jim. As many downsides as there are to living in California, that
> area isn't one of them.
>
. San Diego is one of my favorite
places to live.
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From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Jim
Brown
Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2015 11:23 AM
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Price Increase Alert for mid October
On Thu
Folks - this thread was closed earlier today.
73,
Eric
Moderator
/elecraft.com/
On 9/24/2015 12:16 PM, David Gilbert wrote:
I think you're grossly underestimating the disruptive cost of a move like
that. The loss of product flow (or at the very least the cost of the
redundancy involved to
"We have hit the point where we will be increasing prices slightly on a number
of our products by about the middle of October."
Hm...again eh? Seems like everything is going up except wages for the American
worker. Seems they stopped going up about inauguration 1980 & that gap just
started
Tom,
There are forums where the politicization of topics is appropriate. This
isn't one of them. If you want to proselytize to your captive audience
on Facebook, go for it, but as for doing it here? I say don't.
Scott N9AA
On 9/24/15 8:43 PM, Tom Fitzgerald via Elecraft wrote:
"We have hit
Folks - Let's not drift into personal back and forths here. Thread now closed.
Eric
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Get with the program, guys! How many times does Eric have to close this thread?
From: Ken G Kopp <kengk...@gmail.com>
To:
Cc: "elecraft@mailman.qth.net" <elecraft@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2015 6:41 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] Another Elecraft price
Is this really a Elecraft topic?
Mel, K6KBE
From: Mike Morrow <k...@earthlink.net>
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2015 9:13 AM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Price Increase Alert for mid October
> If you had a clue about the quality of life...
All
Ditto.
On 9/24/2015 8:02 PM, Scott Manthe wrote:
Tom,
There are forums where the politicization of topics is appropriate.
This isn't one of them. If you want to proselytize to your captive
audience on Facebook, go for it, but as for doing it here? I say don't.
Scott N9AA
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I''ll second that with another DITTO !
K0PP
On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 7:02 PM, Scott Manthe
wrote:
> Tom,
>
> There are forums where the politicization of topics is appropriate. This
> isn't one of them. If you want to proselytize to your captive audience on
>
Early Alert for Elecraft list readers:
Our costs are going up as our vendors are increasing their prices to us and our
labor costs increase. Its been a continual battle to keep costs down as economic
activity has increased the last two years. We've been absorbing this, but now
we have hit
, KX1 #1517, KX3 #0036, KXPA100 #252
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I am sure that if you e-mail sa...@elecraft.com and remind them, they
will be pleased to oblige.
In a recent message, W0FK llader...@earthlink.net writes
Have any price inreases gone into effect yet? It doesn't appear to me that
they have on the products I've looked at.
73,
Lou, W0FK
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Hi Lou,
Correct, we're just finishing this up.
You have one more week to order at the current prices. We'll post the price
changes to the order form on Thursday May 8th or Friday May 9th.
As noted before, please don't call or email our sales team asking what is
changing etc. They will not
Hi,
This is an early notice for everyone that we will be increasing prices slightly
on our radios and other products before the end of next month (April). As
always, any orders placed before that point will be honored at today's pricing.
Please resist the urge to ask our sales or support
Advance notice for our Elecraft list members -
We will finally be making the price increases this Friday that we
originally planned for last September. (We were so busy with the KX3 and
other products that we kept putting it off until now - to everyone's
benefit :-)
The web order form at
Interestingly, I have never compared Elecraft prices (K2, K3 and KX3)
with competitive radios.
Perhaps that is because I didn't see any genuine competitors to
the K2 - a kit! plus a great little cw rig,
the K3 - also a kit, plus
great specs, nice size, great support, and leading DXers and
Folks, this is now drifting OT. We've covered this topic thoroughly, time to
close the thread.
73,
Eric
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: [Elecraft] Price increase in mid Sept.
On Thu, 16 Aug 2012 22:34:12 +0200, Oliver Dröse dro...@necg.de wrote:
[snip]
I understood that Kenwood, Yaesu, Icom start with an a bit higher price
(but still acceptable otherwise they would not sell their radios) and
after earning all the development costs
Eric and Wayne, thanks for the notice on a (modest) price increase.
Very appreciated. I will get my planned orders in before mid September.
Chuck, KE9UW
aka Jack, BMW Motorcycles BMWMOA #224
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Just my 2 Cents:
I feel there is no better value or bang for your buck than Elecraft and I
know of no other manufacturer that provides a level of service that compares
or comes close to Elecraft.
73,
Jack W0UCE
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And who announces the price increase so we can avoid it!
Thanks!
Rich
NU6T
W0UCE w0...@nc.rr.com wrote:
Just my 2 Cents:
I feel there is no better value or bang for your buck than Elecraft and I
know of no other manufacturer that provides a level of service that compares
or comes close to
Swartz WA6HHQ - Elecraft e...@elecraft.com; Elecraft
Reflector elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2012 12:43 AM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Price increase in mid Sept.
Our volume is certainly less than that of the big three. That means
we can't order in quantities as large as they do
On Thu, 16 Aug 2012 21:09:57 -0500, Tony Estep estept...@gmail.com wrote:
On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 8:32 PM, N5GE li...@n5ge.com wrote:
...You cannot buy a rig directly from the giant rig manufacturers. ...
This has nothing to do with the original point
[snip]
Nonsense.
Any
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Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft Price Increase - My 2 Cents
And who announces the price increase so we can avoid it!
Thanks!
Rich
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W0UCE w0...@nc.rr.com wrote:
Just my 2 Cents:
I feel there is no better value or bang for your buck than Elecraft and I
know of no other
Hi,
This is an early heads-up for our customers that we will be increasing prices
slightly on several of our products, including the K3, in mid September. Any
orders placed before that point will be honored at today's pricing.
We are still reviewing our complete product line to determine
Message -
From: Eric Swartz WA6HHQ - Elecraft e...@elecraft.com
To: Elecraft Reflector elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2012 4:10 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] Price increase in mid Sept.
Hi,
This is an early heads-up for our customers that we will be increasing
prices
gear *is* worth it's price).
73, Olli - DH8BQA
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From: Eric Swartz WA6HHQ - Elecraft e...@elecraft.com
To: Elecraft Reflector elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2012 4:10 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] Price increase in mid Sept.
Hi,
This is an early
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From: Ian Kahn - Ham km4ik@gmail.com
To: Oliver Dröse dro...@necg.de
Cc: Eric Swartz WA6HHQ - Elecraft e...@elecraft.com; Elecraft
Reflector elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2012 11:58 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Price increase in mid Sept.
Olli,
I
Our volume is certainly less than that of the big three. That means
we can't order in quantities as large as they do, and we have less
leverage at times when prices go up. And they have been going up --
almost everything gets more expensive year to year.
73,
Wayne
N6KR
Oliver Dröse wrote:
From: n...@elecraft.com
To: dro...@necg.de
Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 15:43:43 -0700
CC: elecraft@mailman.qth.net; e...@elecraft.com
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Price increase in mid Sept.
Our volume is certainly less than that of the big three. That means
we can't order
that radio. Anyway, I believe it is
really Elecraft's prerogative to increase the price on their products.
We then will have to decide if we want to spend the money or not. :-)
Robert-KP4Y
Original Message
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Price increase in mid Sept.
From: Ian
On Thu, 16 Aug 2012 22:34:12 +0200, Oliver Dröse dro...@necg.de wrote:
[snip]
I understood that Kenwood, Yaesu, Icom start with an a bit higher price (but
still acceptable otherwise they would not sell their radios) and after
earning all the development costs (and milking the early adaptors who
On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 8:32 PM, N5GE li...@n5ge.com wrote:
...You cannot buy a rig directly from the giant rig manufacturers. ...
This has nothing to do with the original point, which was the perfectly
true observation that the price of some radios comes down over time. It is
*Tony,
An aging product can be adversly affected by another manufacturer releasing
a product that is superior to the aging one and to generate more sales the
original manufacturer may well decrease the margin to stimulate their sales
numbers.
Wayne has a valid point, BUT, there are many, many
I saw the new pricing was posted yesterday. I all cases, they seem
reasonable, and were certainly announced well in advance.
Thanks to Elecraft for having always giving plenty of advance notice on the
reflector when increases were needed.
73,
Bruce, N1RX
Looks like prices finally went up sometime today. K3 was down by 50 bucks
this morning. I was about to order this evening and noticed the increase.
73,
John N1JM
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On 9/23/2011 8:19 PM, John_N1JM wrote:
Looks like prices finally went up sometime today. K3 was down by 50 bucks
this morning. I was about to order this evening and noticed the increase.
Sign in a local petrol station:
He who hesitates pays more.
73,
Fred K6DGW
- Northern California Contest
Eric,
KX3 was announced/demoed at Dayton as well as ballpark pricing - just asking
if the ballpark has gone up - and what - if so - is the new target price.
73's and Happy Labor Day Weekend,
John W.
AJ6BC
San Jose, CA
On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 6:20 PM, riese-k3...@juno.com wrote:
list it in ??
When was the price increase going into affect? I need to order an amp soon.
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When was the price increase going into affect? I need to order an amp
soon.
Rich - N5ZC
The post by Eric on August 4th, just said during September -Bruce, N1RX:
Advance notice for list readers and our loyal Elecraft customers:
We will be increasing prices slightly on the K3 and several
We are targeting to have everything figured out by approximately 9/15.
73,
Eric
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On Sep 1, 2011, at 4:27 PM, Richard Thorne rmtho...@att.net wrote:
When was the price increase going into affect? I need to order an amp soon.
Rich - N5ZC
Eric,
What about the KX3?
73's,
John W.
AJ6BC
On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 5:25 PM, Eric Swartz WA6HHQ - Elecraft
e...@elecraft.com wrote:
We are targeting to have everything figured out by approximately 9/15.
73,
Eric
www.elecraft.com
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On Sep 1, 2011, at 4:27 PM, Richard Thorne
You can't really have a price increase on something that isn't for sale yet,
can you?
8-) -Bruce, N1RX
Eric,
What about the KX3?
73's,
John W.
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Hi John:
Well, the way I see it... the KX3 is a new product, and it's pricing
will be not affected by any component cost increases that affect a
mature product. The price will be related to current and anticipated
component costs, and factored into the price of the rig. A real
price has
list it in ?? net bux ?? whatever that is called
HAR
Bob K3DJC
On Thu, 1 Sep 2011 21:01:14 -0400 Bruce Beford
bruce.bef...@myfairpoint.net writes:
You can't really have a price increase on something that isn't for
sale yet,
can you?
8-) -Bruce, N1RX
Eric,
What about the KX3?
I have just sold my boat and plan to order a K3. When does the Elecraft
price increase go into effect or, has it already been implemented?
73
Stew ke4yh
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Just a reminder that some prices may go up tomorrow.
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Hi ,
Does anyone know when the price increase will begin and by how much?
Will it be across the full product line?
Thanks
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Hello Group,
If I remember correctly, Elecraft is going to increase their prices by end of
this month. Am I correct?
73
Johnny VR2XMC
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On 8/9/2010 6:10 AM, Johnny Siu wrote:
Hello Group,
If I remember correctly, Elecraft is going to increase their prices by end of
this month. Am I correct?
73
Johnny VR2XMC
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A friend told me about a price increase. Is this true?
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Subject: [Elecraft] Elecraft price increase?
A friend told me about a price increase. Is this true?
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[mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Chris Hembree
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To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Elecraft] Elecraft price increase?
A friend told me about a price increase. Is this true?
Chris W7CTH
On 7/14/10 8:19 PM, Don Cunningham wrote:
Yes, it was announced on the reflector yesterday. Takes effect the end of
the month on K3 and some other products. Check back to yesterday and you
should find it.
73,
Don, WB5HAK
Actually, it says the end of NEXT month
73, Ross N4RP
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Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft price increase?
On 7/14/10 8:19 PM, Don Cunningham wrote:
Yes, it was announced on the reflector yesterday. Takes effect the end
of
the month on K3 and some other products
Listen up! Where can you get a deal like the K2? Wayne and Eric have to
make a living too and the increase should have been more considering the
time period in which general price increases have foisted on us.
Consider the quality and performance and measure the K2 against what else is
out
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