08-07-2022, 04:43 PM
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Apollo Nut
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Join Date: Dec 2006
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Originally Posted by ghrocketman
I'd pay MAYBE $100 for a Centuri original.
No more than $50 for any clone. Definitely NOT 80 for that.
Estes has kept kit prices FAIRLY reasonable.
NOBODY else has.
Even "More Rockets" prices are getting OBNOXIOUS.
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Those smaller companies like eRockets and MoreRockets are doing a great deal less volume in sales than a company like Estes and are not buying product from China. Domestic labor is going to be much more expensive. So, they are going to have to charge some additional amount to make a decent profit.
No telling what kind of kit prices we'd be paying if all of Estes products were completely domestically sourced/produced.
Earl
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