On Feb 13, 12:30*pm, Ian wrote:
On 13 Feb, 17:54, "Tim Mara" wrote:

Thousands have been sold....I know Replogel alone sold "to date" 3010 ....not
many of these flying off the shelves today but I bet 90% of the ones sold
are still out there sitting on someone's shelves

I just checked ... OK number 571 is on a shelf three feet from where
I'm sitting.

Ian

.... and my smoke on foil clockwork wonder is resting in its shipping
box at home. Perhaps I'll send it off for calibration for 'one more
year' of use!
I believe the original subject was about cost of CFRs. Yes, they're
too high, but so are transceiver, transponders, etc. In my personal
experience over the last seven years (that's all the time I've been
flying) my fellow club members and I have purhased 4 bits of glider
electronics. Three radios and one transponder. Of these four high
priced items, 100% had issues that required manufacturer repair. IMO
$1,500 for a 5 watt transceiver is a lot of money for such incredibly
bad Qaulity Control. If these were consumer electronics, the
manufacturers would both be out of business.