[TowerTalk] US Tower price increase

[jimlux]

On 1/3/17 12:33 PM, RCM wrote:
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>> Jim  VE7RF
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> I think I remember a story, from the 70’s.
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> Art Collins was supposed to have said, Collins would always have radios for Amateurs.
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> There was one price for S-Line’s for the ham market and another to the government/military
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> The government squawked and the ham price doubled, overnight.
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That's right out of the Federal Acquisition Regulations: you must give 
the US government the "best price" for the item - no special deals for 
other customers.  No "loss-leaders"

THere has to be a non-trivial (e.g. not just a model number change) 
difference to justify the difference in prices between a "consumer" or 
"industry" price and the "government price".

Typically, the difference is accounted for in things like documentation, 
shipping containers, etc.