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One of my very best friends lives in Detroit.
73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 2012 Cal QSO Party 6-7 Oct 2012 - www.cqp.org On 5/30/2012 7:26 PM, KENT TRIMBLE wrote: > David is absolutely right (frighteningly right) and unless people start > understanding the ramifications of what they are creating each time they > purchase something over the internet they will find themselves living in > communities as blighted as Detroit. > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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Eric List Moderator --- www.elecraft.com On 5/30/2012 4:57 PM, FredJensen wrote: > One of my very best friends lives in Detroit. > > 73, > > Fred K6DGW > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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Folks - we are drifting OT. Let's end this thread for now.
73, Eric List Moderator --- www.elecraft.com On 5/30/2012 5:33 PM, KD0RVF wrote: > KENT TRIMBLE wrote >> purchase something over the internet [and find yourself] living in >> communities as blighted as Detroit. >> > This thread is way off topic (Ham) and getting into politically areas more > suited to Facebook. This is practice is also frowned upon. I am > reluctantly jumping into the fray only because I cannot let some statements > go unchallenged. Detroit's blighted condition has NOTHING to do with people > buying locally, even if by local you mean Americans buying US made products. > Detroit is blighted because of government taxation, regulation and the > government's strong arm support of the labor monopoly (unions). If > government would get out of the way, Detroit could rebound in just a few > years. Perhaps they could start producing the products people buy from the > Internet. Dallas has a thriving economy in the midst of an economic > depression even though Texas oil wells are producing a fraction of what they > used to. The reason is the governments of Texas and Dallas are not standing > in the way of businesses. > > Having said all that, I do agree completely with David Christ. If you walk > into a store and notice the prices are higher than what you are willing to > pay, then you should immediately exit the establishment. To do anything > less is theft. If you want to buy online, fine. But don't steal the time > or resources of a business you have no intention of patronizing. > > -- > View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/UK-Re-seller-tp7556761p7556826.html > Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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There are NO = NONE = NADA ham radio equipment dealers in
Alaska. Sooooo - ordering equipment is either On-Line or by Land-Line (telephone), according to one's preference. Of course our "Local Dealer" is only 2400 miles away in Seattle! No problem 12-days RT drive (or $500 air-fare) and only $540 worth of gasoline later you are supporting the tax-base of Washington (and communities in Canada) instead of your home town. Oh, better add hotel and meal costs in there. BTW there is no state sales or state income tax in AK. Schools are financed thru property tax, so buy your home locally and not thru the internet! HA! Oh, senior's are forgiven property tax up to $250K valuation. I guess 45-years of taxes raising a family is adequate. Regarding dealers: The whole deal of stocking inventory is to get a "wholesale" price which gives the retailer a mark up (called gross profit). Some manufacturers subscribe to "Fair-Trade" which means the price is fixed by the manufacturer so it will not vary from dealer or direct. I particularly dislike this practise since it is anti-competitive. (sort of like all gas stations having the same price on their pumps). The buyer "votes" with his dollars! Why should he pay more than need to? POS outfits offer immediate gratification - at a price. Certainly one should weigh custom's duty and shipping when doing competitive pricing. ALL (successful) businesses do! Is this hard on local businesses? It can be. But this is reality - no getting around it. Support your local businesses but be smart with your money, too! The new merchandising model is direct-sales via internet....better believe it! 20-years ago it was catalog sales. 100-years ago it was local sales. 73, Ed - KL7UW, WD2XSH/45 ====================================== BP40IQ 500 KHz - 10-GHz www.kl7uw.com EME: 50-1.1kw?, 144-1.4kw, 432-QRT, 1296-?, 3400-? DUBUS Magazine USA Rep [hidden email] "Kits made by KL7UW" http://www.kl7uw.com/kits.htm ====================================== ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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73, Eric List Moderator www.elecraft.com _..._ On May 30, 2012, at 10:33 PM, "Edward R. Cole" <[hidden email]> wrote: > There are NO = NONE = NADA ham radio equipment dealers in > Alaska. Sooooo - ordering equipment is either On-Line or by > Land-Line (telephone), according to one's preference. > > Of course our "Local Dealer" is only 2400 miles away in Seattle! No > problem 12-days RT drive (or $500 air-fare) and only $540 worth of > gasoline later you are supporting the tax-base of Washington (and > communities in Canada) instead of your home town. Oh, better add > hotel and meal costs in there. > > BTW there is no state sales or state income tax in AK. Schools are > financed thru property tax, so buy your home locally and not thru the > internet! HA! Oh, senior's are forgiven property tax up to $250K > valuation. I guess 45-years of taxes raising a family is adequate. > > Regarding dealers: The whole deal of stocking inventory is to get a > "wholesale" price which gives the retailer a mark up (called gross > profit). Some manufacturers subscribe to "Fair-Trade" which means > the price is fixed by the manufacturer so it will not vary from > dealer or direct. I particularly dislike this practise since it is > anti-competitive. (sort of like all gas stations having the same > price on their pumps). > > The buyer "votes" with his dollars! Why should he pay more than need > to? POS outfits offer immediate gratification - at a > price. Certainly one should weigh custom's duty and shipping when > doing competitive pricing. ALL (successful) businesses do! Is this > hard on local businesses? It can be. But this is reality - no > getting around it. Support your local businesses but be smart with > your money, too! > > The new merchandising model is direct-sales via internet....better > believe it! 20-years ago it was catalog sales. 100-years ago it was > local sales. > > > 73, Ed - KL7UW, WD2XSH/45 > ====================================== > BP40IQ 500 KHz - 10-GHz www.kl7uw.com > EME: 50-1.1kw?, 144-1.4kw, 432-QRT, 1296-?, 3400-? > DUBUS Magazine USA Rep [hidden email] > "Kits made by KL7UW" http://www.kl7uw.com/kits.htm > ====================================== > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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