[Amps] REL

[Bill Fuqua]

It is called a monopoly and manipulating the market by eliminating competition.

73
Bill wa4lav


At 01:42 PM 4/13/2005 -0400, you wrote:
>If your commercial business is fortunate to have the cash flow
>whereby regular purchases are made from REL, your business will
>find itself on an advantageous pricing tier.
>
>REL has a ten-tier pricing system. Amateur operators needing
>an occasional single or double item order are at the very tail
>end of the system with the highest prices.
>
>For instance, a new 3CPX1500A7 purchased as an amateur
>from C&D in Florida was priced at approximately $1400. The very
>same device on the REL website shows a $3400 tag, (or at least
>it did about 11 months ago).
>
>I saw a John Wayne movie about exploring the Yukon. An orange
>sold at the border town for a dollar, and that was supposedly in the
>1800's. The point is that it was what the market could bear.
>
>It's the same deal with REL. They are in bed with Eimac, and the
>only "official" distributor. They paid for the privilege. They now charge
>what the market will bear.
>
>There are a number of private companies that do have direct purchasing
>rights with Eimac. They need to buy fifty or a hundred devices at a time
>to continue to do business. They qualify for a certain pricing: It's the
>deal
>they made.
>
>We have a narrow choice. We can keep on buying up Soviet and Chinese
>devices and hope they don't all-of-a-sudden decide to pull the plug, but
>it's the same deal with Eimac, isn't it?
>
>Without casting aspersions on anybody, is not what REL does considered
>Good Business? They are not in business for their health or for any of
>ours,
>and from the looks of the tube industry over a thirty year period I
>personally don't blame them for playing hardball. I may not like it,
>knowing the local hospital is buying 8877's for 500 bucks apiece from
>REL,
>but once again, that's the deal.
>
>Hal Mandel
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