I believe one thing that drives up the prices on all this mil grade equipment
is requirments for measured drawings so these things can be repaired or
replaced
when in service. For example on ship or sub there is machine shops to fix
things
or fabricate replacement parts.

If they put $ 600 toilet seats in b1 bombers, wonder how much the ones
in the White House or AF-1 cost ?

jimbo

Ed wrote:

Why are you picking on Haliburton? You think they are the only ones
doing this? Don't you remember the $600 toilet seats and $75 hammers from
decades ago? ....

grin

Ed

Not only the cushcrafts, but have you seen the prices
for Viagra in Canada ??


jimbo

Butch wrote:

Now wait a minute Dave, what about all those Republican capitalist
infidels and the offshore accounts? That thread was just great! You're
just gonna let it go with this explanation, "please note: (sic) canadian
funds?" You could have thrown in some Rooskie Mafia and islamic
terroids, and all kinds of stuff that would improve the explanation on
why it costs us, the American Taxpayer, more money for them damn Cushcrafts!

Butch

Dave Holford wrote:

Thierry wrote:

Hi,

Compare these prices for the Cuschcraft MA5B :
http://www.durhamradio.com/cushcraft-ma5b.htm $599

http://www.chq-inc.com/asp/details.a...=MA5B&man=cush, less than $400

The first deny any eplanations, so someone could help me to understand why
Keith sold this antenna at such a price...

Thanks in advance.

73
Thierry




Look at the Durham Radio home page - It states clearly (in red yet)

"Please Note: Unless otherwise stated,
all prices are listed in Canadian Funds."

400USD is pretty close to 600Can.

Dave

Not only the cushcrafts, but have you seen the prices
for Viagra in Canada ??


jimbo

Butch wrote:

Now wait a minute Dave, what about all those Republican capitalist
infidels and the offshore accounts? That thread was just great! You're
just gonna let it go with this explanation, "please note: (sic) canadian
funds?" You could have thrown in some Rooskie Mafia and islamic
terroids, and all kinds of stuff that would improve the explanation on
why it costs us, the American Taxpayer, more money for them damn Cushcrafts!

Butch

Dave Holford wrote:

Thierry wrote:

Hi,

Compare these prices for the Cuschcraft MA5B :
http://www.durhamradio.com/cushcraft-ma5b.htm $599

http://www.chq-inc.com/asp/details.a...=MA5B&man=cush, less than $400

The first deny any eplanations, so someone could help me to understand why
Keith sold this antenna at such a price...

Thanks in advance.

73
Thierry




Look at the Durham Radio home page - It states clearly (in red yet)

"Please Note: Unless otherwise stated,
all prices are listed in Canadian Funds."

400USD is pretty close to 600Can.

Dave

James wrote:

I believe one thing that drives up the prices on all this mil grade equipment
is requirments for measured drawings so these things can be repaired or
replaced
when in service. For example on ship or sub there is machine shops to fix
things
or fabricate replacement parts.

If they put $ 600 toilet seats in b1 bombers, wonder how much the ones
in the White House or AF-1 cost ?

jimbo

Ed wrote:


They have $600 toilet seats in B1s?

Dave

James wrote:

I believe one thing that drives up the prices on all this mil grade equipment
is requirments for measured drawings so these things can be repaired or
replaced
when in service. For example on ship or sub there is machine shops to fix
things
or fabricate replacement parts.

If they put $ 600 toilet seats in b1 bombers, wonder how much the ones
in the White House or AF-1 cost ?

jimbo

Ed wrote:


They have $600 toilet seats in B1s?

Dave

James wrote:

Not only the cushcrafts, but have you seen the prices
for Viagra in Canada ??

jimbo



Supply and demand - very little need for them here, we do it the natural
way.

Dave

James wrote:

Not only the cushcrafts, but have you seen the prices
for Viagra in Canada ??

jimbo



Supply and demand - very little need for them here, we do it the natural
way.

Dave

James wrote:

I believe one thing that drives up the prices on all this mil grade equipment
is requirments for measured drawings so these things can be repaired or
replaced
when in service. For example on ship or sub there is machine shops to fix
things
or fabricate replacement parts.

If they put $ 600 toilet seats in b1 bombers, wonder how much the ones
in the White House or AF-1 cost ?

jimbo

Ed wrote:


Why are you picking on Haliburton? You think they are the only ones
doing this? Don't you remember the $600 toilet seats and $75 hammers from
decades ago? ....

grin

Ed



I know someone who used to work at Boeing. That $600 toilet seat came
about because after the airplane was designed the Air Force came back
with a requirement that necessitated (a) a total redesign of the whole
interior of the aircraft or (b) narrowing the lav to the point where a
stock seat from a 747 wouldn't fit anymore. $600 per seat was cheaper
than ripping the whole thing out and redoing it.

The other thing that drives the price up on mil grade equipment is that
there's not much of it made. When you are Ford and can count on making
100,000 cars a year you can spend a _lot_ of money on engineering,
because it'll be divided by 100,000 when you figure the price of the
car. When you're Raytheon and you can only count on selling 100 systems
before you need to make something different it would cost the customer
many more $$ to engineer the production cost down than it does to just
build things stout enough to work without worry.

--

Tim Wescott
Wescott Design Services
http://www.wescottdesign.com

James wrote:

I believe one thing that drives up the prices on all this mil grade equipment
is requirments for measured drawings so these things can be repaired or
replaced
when in service. For example on ship or sub there is machine shops to fix
things
or fabricate replacement parts.

If they put $ 600 toilet seats in b1 bombers, wonder how much the ones
in the White House or AF-1 cost ?

jimbo

Ed wrote:


Why are you picking on Haliburton? You think they are the only ones
doing this? Don't you remember the $600 toilet seats and $75 hammers from
decades ago? ....

grin

Ed



I know someone who used to work at Boeing. That $600 toilet seat came
about because after the airplane was designed the Air Force came back
with a requirement that necessitated (a) a total redesign of the whole
interior of the aircraft or (b) narrowing the lav to the point where a
stock seat from a 747 wouldn't fit anymore. $600 per seat was cheaper
than ripping the whole thing out and redoing it.

The other thing that drives the price up on mil grade equipment is that
there's not much of it made. When you are Ford and can count on making
100,000 cars a year you can spend a _lot_ of money on engineering,
because it'll be divided by 100,000 when you figure the price of the
car. When you're Raytheon and you can only count on selling 100 systems
before you need to make something different it would cost the customer
many more $$ to engineer the production cost down than it does to just
build things stout enough to work without worry.

--

Tim Wescott
Wescott Design Services
http://www.wescottdesign.com