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From: stevek@jmr.com (Steve Katz)
Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 11:46:14 -0800



> I have to ask -- did Dahl _KNOW_ you were looking to need 500 of these in
> 100-piece lots?  That might have made a difference on the prototype price.
> 
> Of course, if the Chinese used Norinco to supply subcontracted labor,
> there's a very good reason they could beat the price of an American
> manufacturer who has to PAY his workers.
        [Steve Katz]  Hear, hear.  I'm in the contract manufacturing
business, and we turn away lots of potential business because we don't
provide a free prototype, either.  The Chinese will wise up, give them about
50-100 years.  -WB2WIK/6

> Jim N6OTQ
> 
> 
> alex@sandlabs.com said --
> 
> >Last time when I spoke with P.Dahl he wanted $2900 for a 15KVA trafo
> >prototype.
> >We ended up making it in China for $350. It costs us $400/piece at our
> door
> >in 100 pieces quantity.
> >
> >P.Dahl lost a 500 piece order as he did not want to make us a free
> sample.
>  
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