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Davis Instruments Weather Stations / Re: Joining Davis Tech Support
« Last post by BigOkie on April 22, 2024, 09:22:32 AM »Yeah, I agree. His prices are a joke compared to what they used to be. The standard ISS is $600 whereas the complete base station with the new touch screen console is only $690. I remember when the basic ISS was like $325.
Scaled Instruments likely sets his prices based on the price he pays Davis. So the price to us consumers is really determined by the price Davis sells its product to Scaled Instruments—so, blame Davis not Scaled. That said, the real blame belongs to the inflation the US has experienced the past few years.
Yeah, I get that. I agree to that to a certain extent but I also think he is gouging like everyone else is. His prices were creeping up before inflation hit. Probably also somewhat to his costs increasing but he also is the only vender that I know of that parts out systems like he does so he also fits a niche for which he became popular.
I could go on about the Government and this joke of an administration that has proven itself but I’m sure there is a clause on here the same as everywhere else where politics are taboo and should not be spoken of. I’ve already said enough you can figure out my stance.
Ryan explained at one point that the way he would do parts is that he'd have a surplus of ISS units that he'd essentially 'leech' the parts for. I'm not sure if he does that now, but if he does it could be that if he wanted to remain a distributor that Davis could have mandated he not do that and get the smaller replacmennt parts directly from them. I'm just not sure. I can't see how a price jump from 39 to 89 in 4 years is logical though unless there are other factors.