ORIGINAL: Jim Cattanach
I suppose the theory is, make the price of individual items more expensive & this will show how much a bargain the combo deal is. As always the price of anything will settle at what the buyers are willing to pay.
True...kind of like if you determined the price of a car based on replacement parts at the dealer, a Ford Escape would sell for $150,000.
Still, $350 for one of these Skymaster cockpits is a rip-off, period, much less $600+!! Flimsy, brittle plastic that cracks if you touch it. And the paint job is amateurish. I understand the goal of getting the buyer to buy one with the initial kit, but accidents happen (I'll spare myself the embarassing details here) and replacement parts need to be ordered. Getting bent over for $395, $695, whatever, is just plain wrong. I lucked out and Jeff at RCI worked with me. That will not be forgotten, and I will not hesitate to do business with him again.