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wbassett:
http://www.westcontrols.com/files/products_controls2.php?id=CCYOKE&cat=C6YO&type=FY&fr=C

Well there is always that for a mere $624 ;)

If this guy was more reasonable with his price I might even be 'game' for one, but a controller for around the total price I have intro my cab?  Pretty hard to justify that.

Ummon:

--- Quote from: wbassett on July 06, 2008, 11:15:49 pm ---http://www.westcontrols.com/files/products_controls2.php?id=CCYOKE&cat=C6YO&type=FY&fr=C

Well there is always that for a mere $624 ;)

If this guy was more reasonable with his price I might even be 'game' for one, but a controller for around the total price I have intro my cab?  Pretty hard to justify that.

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Not to mention he does the 'without an adapter' thing, and charges that extra. It would seem WestControls is selling these as CPs, which they are, but especially as they're using old stock (or maybe NOS) yokes, essentially he's charging a hogload for building a custom box for it.

Timstuff:
He's charging for both the box he built, and the "effort cost" of finding the yoke. If he was just selling the NOS yokes, they'd already be gone, UNLESS he was selling them for $600. ;)

It's simple really: if demand outweighs supplies, then find a way to bring down demand. In this case, he accomplishes that through charging an arm and a leg and requiring you to buy an extra that you may not necessarily want.

S0L:
Just a quick update, I contacted David on the yoke and it's very much still in progress. Hopefully he won't mind me posting this, but he had following to say:

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The Star Wars yoke project is alive and well.  Instead of making updates like I should be, I've been spending my time working on the project.  I've been having a bit of trouble with the final assembly of the controller which has necessitated remanf. of the handles.  After nothing but failure after failure of the powdercoat on those handles, it finally came to my attention that the alloy I was using was reacting poorly with the powdercoat itself.  I've never heard of such a thing in the past, so I wasn't aware of the conflict until it came time to put it all together.  I've been devoting much of my free time to getting this project completed once and for all.  I cannot promise a specific time frame because that has come back to bite me more than once. 

If you can keep the faith just a little bit longer, I should have a completed product ready relatively soon.

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So it's very much still in the making!

Needless to say I'm happy to keep the faith - and still very much looking forward to it.

Just thought I'd share this info with the rest of the Dirty Dozen and general forum at large :)

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S0L
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Aceldamor:
Good news to be sure!

I hope he does come through, I would like him to finish these so he can work on those Assault handles!

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