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K... as many of you know already our harnesses have always been sold at a loss, but with several more wire increases due to the escalating copper prices... soon to overtake gold... we can no longer hold the price line. I'm embarrassed to say just how much we lose on wire & harnesses, but suffice it to say that the wire it takes to make a full JAMMA harness costs more than we charge for the completed harness at this time :-( We've held prices for you the past couple years after having to layoff one harness maker with the last increase we were forced to make after the 3rd wholesale price increase in a row, but now it is to the point of not being practical to even continue with harness making at all if we don't close the gap. Since there are no other quality harnesses available for those who want them over the imports that are not worth the spaghetti they use to insulate them, and without labeling other than "Parts Side", we are going to attempt to keep making them with as little increases as possible. I know we could do away with labels, use cheaper imported connectors, pins, wire, reduce wire gauges to 22 & 24 and sparsely populate the connector with the bare minimum of wires to be competitive, but wait, those harnesses are already available at a huge number of places, so there would be no point! I really hate to do this because I know there will be many hobbyist who cannot afford a quality harness or wire for their project, but I don't want to let this game cornerstone go by the wayside when I know it is an essential item on which to build.
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