[hpsdr] Hermes cost

[Chris Albertson]

On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 6:13 PM, jim goldenberg <n1kwz at yahoo.com> wrote:

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>   Rather than argue about where to produce the boards argue the expected
> cost of materials. Labor at $2/hr vs $26/hr will not change the cost that
> much
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The complaint was not the use of expensive labor but that some places have
40% or even 100% import tariffs.  A person living in India has to pay over
$300 import duty which could be eliminated if the board were produced
locally.

One question for someone in India:   Do you pay import tariffs for imported
parts?  If so then not much is saved if it is assembled locally if the bulk
of the price is parts

I don't care much about this but only wanted to clarify the issue is
import tariff not labor cost.

Chris Albertson
Redondo Beach, California
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