[TenTec] Ten-Tec Price Increases April 1

[k9zw at mac.com]

You have to decide if you had never even known the old price, would the Jupiter be the best bang for the dollar for your needs.

I'm quite happy with mine.

It is no consolation, but wholesale costs on many materials are all suddenly being quoted with 6% increases despite outstanding quotes at better prices.  Not certain what the cause is, but a weak dollar does tend to drive up dollar based products when priced in dollars, though it does make those purchases seem a bargain if the buyer's base currency is the Euro, Pound, Yen or Yuan.

Rather doubt all the increases will stick, but some appears to have traction.

I am sure between currency costs adding to internationally sourced components and domestic material increases production costings will have some pressure.

73

Steve
K9ZW

http://k9zw.wordpress.com/

 
On Monday, March 26, 2007, at 03:06PM, "Gary D Krause" <n7hts at bresnan.net> wrote:
>Well, I guess my next rig will "NOT" be a Ten Tec after all.  I'll just have 
...

>I know what someone will say, "just buy one before the price increase".  I 
>could but, with the sudden price increases, it makes me feel a little uneasy 
>about what is going on at Ten Tec.  I'm also wondering how long the Jupiter 
>will be available.  I just get a strange feeling that it will be the next rig 
>that they decide to discontinue.
>
>Gary, N7HTS