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Old 03-02-2011 | 06:56 PM
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Default RE: Are jet accessory prices getting silly?

Wing bags (sleeves) are waaaaay overpriced. Come on! $70 to $120 for wing bags! Some go as high as $400 for a jet! Ridiculous! The material is not expensive, and anyone can sew those together. They should not cost more than $40 to cover a whole jet ... and be custom made. Geeze, my girlfriend can pump almost a dozen of those sets out in an hour on a sewing machine.

Then, there is a company who charges $9 for an aluminum bellcrank and $17.25 for the exact same carbon fiber strips (two strips .007, 1/2 x 72) I can buy from Dave Brown for just $13.00

True, once the item is labeled or sold as an accessory for a jet, the price doubles or triples ... worse yet, are the jet guys who just pay it without even asking what the price is. Classic tale of more money than brains?

I don't need no stinkin' UAT !!