I have wondered about this recently and maybe nothing to be alarmed at if they are importing and AW plans to reduce pricing to fall in line PLUS notifying the customer of the difference. I suppose I am just "old school" as I expect better quality for the higher price I pay for AW or any other vendor. When I pay 50-100 more for a 60 size airframe, I expect 50-100 dollars more quality. It should be there in glue, hardware, manual, etc.

I am one that if I buy an airframe from a cheaper supplier and then buy one from a more reputable supplier I expect to see the difference. If I don't and don't get adequate service that would probably be the end of my purchases from the quality supplier.

I mentioned in some posts that I recently bought a close-out sale from a vendor on the west coast and did not have a huge expectation. However, it was so shoddy I would not purchase from them again. I fly with a lot of guys and I can just imagine how much cost this will be to the vendor in the future since others know of the shoddy workmanship of this airframe.

I don't get it. These days it is almost like playing Russian Roulette to buy a decent RC plane!