Report on greed for solar cell prices
Originally when I and others purchased the singular solar cells from Ebay, a pound of cells cost us $42 US + Ship/handling + Duty in October of 2004. Since then I have seen them increase now to an astounding cost of $75 US + Ship/Handle + Duty for the same pound and quality 5 months later. Which you can be assured an estimated 1/4 will be broken.
This cost is totally outrageous, all things considering that we have put so much effort, time and money not to mention web page creation, pictures and writing into helping bring the technology out and helping certain Ebay members make a huge profit margin as it was and show that it could be done, helping along the way and being promised even more cells and continued grow. Which as you can clearly see has not happened. Instead the promise was null and void.
Rather what did happen was that all cells where removed temporarily and then a hugh price increase became shortly thereafter. Many where waiting and assured that all was well, however this was not to be. Promise broken.
However, things are now out of hand and totally unreasonable and what we have created is nothing less then pure and simple GREED. Nothing more, nothing less.
As a result I am forced to retaliate against this injustice, this and other Ebay individuals have taken advantage of my web page, pictures hard work, knowledge, writing and good nature for the purpose of advertising their products which I originally gave permission to do and to link to this web page which contained significant information (below is the link) , however, if greed is the total motive and means to an end then I ask that my link be removed from the advertisement until such a time that the price is fair.
If you purchase these cells from Ebay at such a high cost you continue the propagation of this greed and help them to further it and reinforce it. Not to mention your paying far to much. Greed is wrong.
Thank you for your attention in this matter.
Fred
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I totally agree that greed and a business decision caused this. The factory, I will not name has changed the stakes. Originally we obtained these cells from a surplus dealer with a direct connection to the factory engineering department. He was able to purchase the cells from them at scrap prices with the intent on building a market for them.
My associate and I have been tapped to sell these on eBay as part of this program. The factory was following our progress and saw the response and our sales figures on eBay. The factory guys were not the same engineering personnel but their marketing staff. They then insisted they could sell them into the market developed by us and recover their manufacturing costs.
Now I don't blame them as a business decision. I sort of blame my source for not contracting with them to hold the agreed prices. This would have removed the sting a bit if it was spread over more time. I have been told we were selling them cheaper than the factory pays per pound for the raw materials. In order to make enough to cover our costs and make a bit the price needed to double.
We are now working on the remaining cells purchased from the earlier load. The new cells may or may not be able to be sold even at the current price as the factory again has seen what we get for them. The high demand for all energy products has fueled these changes and may cause more problems in the future. I may not accept any more of this product for resale after the current stock is sold. If you follow my generator sales the prices have not changed. Thank you for your patronage.
Bryon Kass
Thank you Bryon, I knew that you where not totally at fault. Thanks for the reply. That anwsers it...
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