ORIGINAL: tailspins
I hope you realise that people like me that like your planes and need a replacement are going to go elsewhere to by!
I do.
I hope all of you understand that for me it's a business, not a hobby, and if I can't make a profit on it there's no point to doing it.
We have been squeezed from both directions. The sales volume has gone down dramatically since 2008 because of the poor economy. Sales to young adults have pretty much disappeared, I guess young guys with a family decided that feeding their family was more important than feeding their hobby.
Then at the same time chinese builders have been raising prices and their minimum quantities as their economy grows and their government is pressured (by the US among others) to equalize their currency. So nowadays I am paying double what I paid 6 years ago for the same plane.
If the time comes when it looks like I can sell a good quality plane for a profit I assure you I would be doing it.
TF