At 08:36 AM 3/26/2007, Pete Smith wrote:
>I'm inclined to agree with Joe here. It used to be that Yaesu would send
>you small parts gratis (things like dial light bulbs for rotators) but
>recently the ante has gone way up and nothing's free any more. Another pet
>peeve of mine is the amount of stuff that they are buying from outside
>suppliers - that seems to include all of their rotators, the insides of the
>FP-29 power supply, etc. That makes replacing anything in them pretty
>stiff. It could be that their supplier is gouging them on the connector.
Or, you're just seeing the stackup of everyone's 20% margin in the
chain. All you need is a couple tiers with the mfr providing retail
price protection at the factory (i.e. the factory guarantees it will
never sell cheaper than a retailer, so their supply and distribution
chain can always make some money) and a moderate minimum order
qty/fee, and you can ratchet up a $5 part to a $50 transaction.
This seems to be very common with odd-ball connectors too...
Jim, W6RMK
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