Why have F connectors gotten so freakin high??

[bryanw20]

Any subs out there who feel my pain on this one. It seems the supplies we have to buy keep getting higher and higher!! Especially connectors!!! Anyone have a cheap source?

Sorry to dredge up an old thread. Short answer would be oil. Raises shipping prices from china to UPS...

But I have seen some really, and I mean really cheap deals on here lately:
http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZstarlinkdss

 

[JohnL]

Sorry to dredge up an old thread. Short answer would be oil. Raises shipping prices from china to UPS...

But I have seen some really, and I mean really cheap deals on here lately:
http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZstarlinkdss

Bryan,

Dude, didn't you KNOW its the Maui WOWi.

John

 

[webbydude]

Sorry to dredge up an old thread. Short answer would be oil. Raises shipping prices from china to UPS...

But I have seen some really, and I mean really cheap deals on here lately:
http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZstarlinkdss

What the heck are you talking about? This link only brings up cable and LNB crap. And the one item that is a fitting is a type that isn't even on the DNS approved list.

As to why fittings are so dog-gone high, ever considered that fittings nowdays are much more intricate and complex? Gone are the days of cheap-ass Rat-Shack screw-ons or hex-crimps.

 

[device manager]

(50) PPC EX6XL Connectors $15 shipped

 

[Stargazer]

That might look like cheap priced on that cable but there is still a lot of time left on those auctions.

 

[damjr]

You guys should look at Gilberts. I sell tons to the DNSC guys out here.

They're $23 for 100 unlike $15 for 50 PPC.

 

[boba]

What goes into BRASS? Copper is part of the formula to make Brass and Copper prices have gone out of sight. The bodies of fittings are plated brass.

 

[Tyralak]

What the heck are you talking about? This link only brings up cable and LNB crap. And the one item that is a fitting is a type that isn't even on the DNS approved list.

As to why fittings are so dog-gone high, ever considered that fittings nowdays are much more intricate and complex? Gone are the days of cheap-ass Rat-Shack screw-ons or hex-crimps.

And radial fittings.

 

[GregE]

You mean connectors like this?

How many do you want?

 

[dishcomm]

You mean connectors like this?

How many do you want?

Those are non spec.. We can't use them.

 

[rcdallas]

About 3 months ago DNS switched over from the Thomas & Betts (in my area) with the brass to some kind of a silver looking one (obviously not silver), cost savings