Parts showing up, but prices are not good.

[trickybit]

I have a spreadsheet w/ prices for E700 parts over the last year. I do not necessarily have the very latest parts before Tower ducked out. ExperienceRC (fine shop) is showing availability, but on some parts the new pricing is not encouraging.

Note that I've rounded the old prices up a penny or two, but the new ones are as in the catalog. Sorry about the formatting.

Note: No crash kit in stock, no speed up gears in stock.

Part	Part number	Pkg	Cost	New Cost 2/2015
Head block	PV1635 		32.00	$39.00
Lower frame (left)	PV1695 	1	35.00	$44.99
Feathering shaft (spindle)	PV1633 	1	4.50	$5.49
Canopy mounts (all 4)	PV1684 	4	6.00	$6.99
Left-side control arm	PV1663 	1	22.00	$21.99
Main drive gear (128T)	PV1656	1	9.00	$10.99
Tail drive pulley (111T)	PV1657 		4.00	$3.99
Main Shaft	PV1640			$11.99
Front TT lower gear (26T straight)	PV1653 	1	2.00	$1.99
Speed up pully and TT lower			6.99	$7.99
Canopy (V1)	PV1683	1	100.00	$124.99
Canopy (V2 green)	PV6324			$159.99
Landing gear brackets	PV1694	4	3.50	$3.99
Battery post	PV1698 	2	4.00	$4.99
Push-pull 70.95 fixed	PV1649	6	6.00	$6.99
V2 Grips with arms  & levers	PV6047		68.00	$84.99
V2 Grip levers (same as G4)	PV0580 		15.00	$19.99
V2 Grip posts	PV6048		7.00	$7.99
V2 Control Arms	PV6049		32.00	$39.99

[Dennis P]

The couple prices I checked on your post at the bottom of your list are full MAP price which very few places sell for. I sure cannot but it is the stores choice on what they price there stuff at. With the amount of shops closing it does appear that many are not getting enough to survive, so they may start to have to bump up a bit or suffer the same fate

[trickybit]

Originally Posted by Dennis P

The couple prices I checked on your post at the bottom of your list are full MAP price which very few places sell for. I sure cannot but it is the stores choice on what they price there stuff at. With the amount of shops closing it does appear that many are not getting enough to survive, so they may start to have to bump up a bit or suffer the same fate

Yeah, I think something is up. Hope it gets fixed. Those are experiencerc current prices.

[Hawk208]

I don't think it's an issue for TT but the entire heli market.
You can obviously notice crowds running towards multi-rotor.
That crap doesn't need skill to fly, GPS fix that for you....

[trickybit]

Originally Posted by Hawk208

I don't think it's an issue for TT but the entire heli market.
You can obviously notice crowds running towards multi-rotor.
That crap doesn't need skill to fly, GPS fix that for you....

Yeah, but that's a completely unrelated issue.

Data shows availability of many parts, at slightly higher cost. That doesn't bother me.

For now, my happiness swings on:

- crash kit availability? Absent that, the cost of crashing goes WAY up, much more than the incremental price hikes.

- speedup gear availability? If you can't get it right, at least make the fix available.

I wrote an online retailer and got little data other than to confirm new channel has higher prices, and we hope the important parts come in.

[MotorG525]

We won't see anyone listing parts at MAP prices until there is enough competition between retailers. Right now experience is basically the only pace to get parts so there asking retail prices. Sucks but it will take time