n82rb
Well Known Member
I get the feeling that those that are posting about how evil this is do not work in the manufacturing end of business, its a whole new ball game out there.
I run a small electronic engineering company, I have had simple solid state relays on order for over 5 months, not one has shipped. my supplier normally keeps 50000 in stock, he hasn't had one shipped in six months. the latest I was told was the 20th of december. yesterday that was pushed out at least another month. molex .1in connectors are now showing an aug 2022 date, take a guess why dynon is backed up. microprocessors, good luck, i got lucky and found 50 available in london to keep me going a little longer, they cost me 100% more, but I was able to get them. my overall parts costs are up over 50% this year so far.
I have no idea how vans can keep the price of quick build kits down so much, a 40ft container to the UK that we paid about 8k for last year is closer to 30k now, if you can get one. vans cannot give anybody a estimate on time because their suppliers cannot give them one. my relay supplier talks directly to the manufacture and cannot even get firm date when they will leave the factory.
yes it sucks, but vans, like every one else in the manufacturing business is trying to just stay in business.
bob burns
RV-4 N82RB
I run a small electronic engineering company, I have had simple solid state relays on order for over 5 months, not one has shipped. my supplier normally keeps 50000 in stock, he hasn't had one shipped in six months. the latest I was told was the 20th of december. yesterday that was pushed out at least another month. molex .1in connectors are now showing an aug 2022 date, take a guess why dynon is backed up. microprocessors, good luck, i got lucky and found 50 available in london to keep me going a little longer, they cost me 100% more, but I was able to get them. my overall parts costs are up over 50% this year so far.
I have no idea how vans can keep the price of quick build kits down so much, a 40ft container to the UK that we paid about 8k for last year is closer to 30k now, if you can get one. vans cannot give anybody a estimate on time because their suppliers cannot give them one. my relay supplier talks directly to the manufacture and cannot even get firm date when they will leave the factory.
yes it sucks, but vans, like every one else in the manufacturing business is trying to just stay in business.
bob burns
RV-4 N82RB