For all those that replied that "It's only $300." That part is true
and it is relatively insignificant.
But consider the cost of the other requirements - A factory authorized
inspection (insurance inspection team) and the required use of a Lancair
specified instructor/training program. That includes fees, transportation,
room and board. A lesser problem if you are on the Eastern
seaboard, in Florida or on the West coast. Another requirement is
that the transferee sign the resale agreement.
As a Lancair incomplete kit or flying aircraft seller, are you going
to inform the purchaser of these requirements?
I did read the whole "Resale Agreement" and, for the most part it reads
like a sales contract designed to protect Lancair related entities from
being named in a lawsuit plus other protections.
I bought my 320 kit in 1989 and I could not find any sales agreement
in my records - It seems there was just an order form with options.
Have more recent kit purchasers signed a "sales contract?" I could not
find any kit order forms or sales contracts on the Lancair web site.
I did buy Legacy kit #2 in 2000 and my records only show a copy of the bill
of sale. I did sell the incomplete kit in 2003 - no resale form that I
know of existed at that time.
I still question the viability of a factory "insurance inspection
team" concept for 200-300 series aircraft as these are the most customized and
individually unique of all the Lancair group aircraft.
Scott Krueger
PS - I am pleased that Kit Components still has some parts available for
the 300 series aircraft and I certainly support the concept of buying from
Lancair related entities as I am sure we all would like to see them remain in
existence.
In a message dated 6/4/2010 3:38:44 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
lancair-esp@ustek.com writes:
I look at it like the airlines charging for
baggage. There is a cost to transport baggage but it had
been blended into the average ticket price. Your second bag was not
flown free, it was paid for by all the ticket holders who had just one
bag. There is a cost involved in Lancair tech service but it has always
been blended into the price of the kit. Keep the kit for life
and you will not pay another cent for tech service. Buy a partial or
completed kit from the builder and get lifetime service from Lancair for
$300 bucks. Maybe if Joe were to throw in a Lancair ball cap . . .
Robert M. Simon
ES-P N301ES
I agree with
Dan!
Lynn
Farnsworth
Hell Fire it's only $300!!!!
If $300 is that bad, you are in the wrong place.
For Lancair, $300 in customer
service expense does not go very far. The new owner will cost the
Company well over that just to get half way up to speed much less the
additional liability etc etc.
Give Joe a break. Running a
business is not cheap.