Pl Lazulite

[Troy Newman]

Only the Pl kits direct are this much.

Central is still bringing in the ZN kits and the prices are much much lower. I don't know the details but the latest batch should be here in a little while 3-5 weeks and the pricing is going to be in the normal $1000-1100 for the kits. This from what I understand is the kits with the CF former parts and all the tricked out stuff like the ZN gear and light wheel pants.

I have been a big advocate of these kits since the beginning and I still say they are the absolute best quality kit you can get. They are not as cheap as the ARFs but to me and anyone I know that has built one of the ZN's they are well worth the current going price. Having seen them all and now built most of them including the leading US manufacturers...the ZN kits still have the best kit available. 


I have no idea why PL decided to raise their prices to the levels they did. Perhaps it was a backorder issue and instead of long lead times the manufacturer decided to raise the price to play. I can't really say why...I do know that ZN line is aware of the pricing issues and is working on the costs in order to make the kits even more competitive with the other manufacturers.

Troy
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Rcmaster199 at aol.com 
  To: discussion at nsrca.org 
  Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 5:28 PM
  Subject: Re: Pl Lazulite


  Jimbo that's terrible. I am sorry to hear that story. Money doesn't grow on trees.

  With that in mind, one has to wonder why buy the Europeans when the American crop fly so well. 

  Did anyone else see the latest post on RCU in the pattern column? It was by none other than our reigning F3A National Champ re: the Focus 2. 

  And the Focus2 is only one of several excellent domestic offerings (Temptation, Aries, and Panacea come immediately to mind)  with their domestic price tag. I don't get it. What's the catch? I bought one of these mega Euro planes two years ago and it flies great but not greater than these American planes. Sooooo, I ask again: WHAT'S THE CATCH?

  Matt K


    Subj:RE: Pl Lazulite 
    Date:1/8/2004 10:50:56 AM Eastern Standard Time
    From:James.Woodward2 at edwards.af.mil
    Reply-to:discussion at nsrca.org
    To:discussion at nsrca.org
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    I ordered a PL Lazulite around last February.  It arrived 4 months later
    than originally stated.  The freight company charged another $90 in
    paperwork.  The total was around $1800-$1900 for plane, shipping, and
    freight.  Shipping was near $500.  The fuselage was damaged.  My attempts to
    get another were futile.  After another gentleman went public on this list,
    PL reversed their position and decided to send another fuselage to me.  The
    people who bring the kits into the US do us a HUGE favor.  I will never
    order direct again.
    Jim W.


    -----Original Message-----
    From: adriancwong at earthlink.net [mailto:adriancwong at earthlink.net] 
    Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 9:16 PM
    To: discussion at nsrca.org
    Subject: RE: Pl Lazulite

    I ordered a Partner directly from PL at the beginning of December, it cost
    me 1,054.00 euro (shipping extra). PL debited 50% on my credit card at 1.21
    exchange rate, and will debit the other 50% in April. If the exchange rate
    keeps going up and up, I might pay it off before taking delivery.

    Import duty is relatively cheap. I paid around $40.00 for all the paper work
    between the forwarder and the U S Custom when I took delivery of my Angel's
    Shadow a year ago.

    Adrian


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