I don't believe the explanation for the price increases is as simple as going from Japan to US manufacture, with currency exchanges, and such. It looks like the Atlantis and some of Riv's other non-Taiwan frames are now a made-to-order kinda thing, when before it was produced in some quantity (guessing 100-200 frames per order?). If you call Waterford and ask them to set up to cut tubes and adjust jigs, etc, for one or two or even ten frames, the set-up charge is divided over one or two or ten frames. Waterford isn't going to want to go to the trouble for such a small order, so they'll charge accordingly. Place an order for a production run of 50 or 100 frames, and it's a different story.
On Saturday, December 14, 2013 7:27:27 PM UTC-6, Minh wrote: > > Well there have been some notable changes in manufacturing of those > frames, whereas the original Atlantis frames were made in Japan (when the > YEN exchange rate was much more favorable), now you get a frame made in the > US at Waterford. > > Same with the Bombas, the price went up as the person that made them kept > changing. > > Whether that's worth the additional is a personal decision, but there have > been manufacturing changes. It's a moot debate anyway, not like you can go > back in time and buy one of the original ones new today :) > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
