> I have to ask -- did Dahl _KNOW_ you were looking to need 500 of these in
> 100-piece lots? That might have made a difference on the prototype price.
>
> Of course, if the Chinese used Norinco to supply subcontracted labor,
> there's a very good reason they could beat the price of an American
> manufacturer who has to PAY his workers.
[Steve Katz] Hear, hear. I'm in the contract manufacturing
business, and we turn away lots of potential business because we don't
provide a free prototype, either. The Chinese will wise up, give them about
50-100 years. -WB2WIK/6
> Jim N6OTQ
>
>
> alex@sandlabs.com said --
>
> >Last time when I spoke with P.Dahl he wanted $2900 for a 15KVA trafo
> >prototype.
> >We ended up making it in China for $350. It costs us $400/piece at our
> door
> >in 100 pieces quantity.
> >
> >P.Dahl lost a 500 piece order as he did not want to make us a free
> sample.
>
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