Unikon Ets Ring Price Increase

[john cumming]

i am hearing that the unikon ets rings are increasing to £1.48 each, is this correct???

 

i my opinion i think we will see fanciers returning to the rubbering of our birds if the price continues increasing at this rate,

 

what are your take on this folks ??

[sapper756]

i am hearing that the unikon ets rings are increasing to £1.48 each, is this correct???

 

i my opinion i think we will see fanciers returning to the rubbering of our birds if the price continues increasing at this rate,

 

what are your take on this folks ??

 

Hi John, I think this season will see a number of fanciers taking a serious look at the sport and making the decision whether to continue or call it a day, because as you have suggested ETS rings may increase, with fuel rising constantly, no doubt this will have a knock on effect to the cost of being part of this sport. Quite a lot of Clubs, Feds and Nationals are loosing membership, and this also results in costs going up for those that remain, I am fortunate to say I am a working man, but it is the OAP,s and unemployed that I fear for.

Edited January 16, 2011 by sapper756

[alex young]

i am hearing that the unikon ets rings are increasing to £1.48 each, is this correct???

 

i my opinion i think we will see fanciers returning to the rubbering of our birds if the price continues increasing at this rate,

 

what are your take on this folks ??

Did read somewhere they were £1-50 but if bought in bulk by clubs you could get them for £1-35,someone on here may know more details.

[Guest Tooshy Boy]

Did read somewhere they were £1-50 but if bought in bulk by clubs you could get them for £1-35,someone on here may know more details.

RIP OFF./// :

[Guest IB]

I think the euro / £ exchange rate determines price increases of these rings. I know an approach has been made to all Unions to commission an integrated Life Ring & ETS chip ring, to try and contain costs.

[Guest redlad24]

what a load of bull, i know 5 members in our club are gettin it next week, i have it myself over a year, the governing bodies may seriously have a talk with unikon, i bet these rings are been made for very very very little, and they are makin a huge killing on them

[Roland]

Heard £1:47p Unikon. Benzing, Bricon and co waiting for confirmation etc. THEN of course will no doubt follow suit eh!

[chichichi]

this is from ray knight,,

 

RAY KNIGHT wrote:Before there are any other wild posts about Ray Knight putting rings up to £2-50 you can have it from the horses mouth, it has never been my intention to do that. Now with that said. Theprice of the Unikon ring is as follows

 

1.50 per ring up to 50 rings.

£1.45 each up to 100

£1-40 each up to 199

£1.35 for 200

 

You may purchase either UCR3 clip ring or Combi Chip and order them mixed if required.

 

With over 5000 Unikon users out there I can assure you proccessing ring orders is very time consuming and a costly exercise internally, after all every one needs paying for thier time.

 

Last year when a fancier purchased 25 rings they would have cost him £32-50 plus £5 postage, this then equated to £1-50 a ring. By ordering the rings with a friend or group of friends the ring costs will actually work out less than individuals were paying last year.

 

I have been asked by many people why the postage is £5. Well we have tried the regular post and when rings go astray who would stand the loss the supplier or the customer. By us using a signed for courier we are not only ensuring a swift delivery of your product but also protecting your investment.

 

Happy New Year to all

 

Ray

 

 

 

hope this helps

 

ant

[benji]

when i myself brought the clock ray knight told me that the rings would stay at the same price £1 each that there was no profit in the rings just the system. NOW he cant sell any more clocks hes going to make the money now out of the rings instead in my opinion he took the fancy on and now we are going to pay the price and they come up last year that you had to pay for the club system aswell.I am going back to my s t b this year .

[Guest IB]

IMO folks don't appreciate the type of market ETS sales are in. Similar products sold in this type of market are games consoles & cassette games; and wet razors & cassette blades. The basic unit is fairly cheap for the punter to buy, but the 'consumables' by comparison are fairly expensive. IMO the real money is not in the base system, but in the guaranteed income from the ring sales year on year.

 

Members of those clubs that successfully applied for grants for ETS equipment and got their basic systems free, shouldn't be complaining about the cost of rings. This freebie, which included free rings, paid for their rings for a few years.

[OLDYELLOW]

Surely the Trading standards should be approached by the unions on members behalf to see if indeed the price of a ets ring is a fair price

[oaklander]

i think that all relevant pigeon unions should pass arule

that all ets rings are compatable with all clocks

and then we would have a price war

all rings universal

[arch123]

i am hearing that the unikon ets rings are increasing to £1.48 each, is this correct???

 

i my opinion i think we will see fanciers returning to the rubbering of our birds if the price continues increasing at this rate,

 

what are your take on this folks ??

 

I sent an E:Mail to the SHU last week for the price of Unikon Rings. "£1.34 they said"

[Guest strapper]

dont you all wished you kept your t3,s now

[DJWa]

dont you all wished you kept your t3,s now

still got mine

going to use it for y/bs this year

[Guest youngboy]

dont you all wished you kept your t3,s now

 

 

glad i did anyway paul haha i know we loose out on the bit of time but jesus like the price of the clock is bad enough never mind buying rings

[Guest stb-]

Think i will re activate my stall traps this year and use my T 3 clocks , between old and y b ets rings for a medium sized team its going to cost a good few hunndred pounds now . they can stick em

[Guest KING BILLY]

to me the easy option is dont by them i know its the best sistem frome sliced breed but thare backing use into a corner rubers for young birds and then take it frome thare the compenes that suply them will then have to get thare acket together if wee all stick together wee will bring them overer inflated prices down so mack a stance now before its to late and thay just keep pouting the price up thare are thare to sale them and if thare not saling them because thare gtting to grady thare sales pep will be out a job so lets all get togther on this one

[TREBLE D]

IMO folks don't appreciate the type of market ETS sales are in. Similar products sold in this type of market are games consoles & cassette games; and wet razors & cassette blades. The basic unit is fairly cheap for the punter to buy, but the 'consumables' by comparison are fairly expensive. IMO the real money is not in the base system, but in the guaranteed income from the ring sales year on year.

 

Members of those clubs that successfully applied for grants for ETS equipment and got their basic systems free, shouldn't be complaining about the cost of rings. This freebie, which included free rings, paid for their rings for a few years.

[budgie]

As the Great Man says use Rubbers on the youngsters but the problem may be as most fanciers have now off-loaded their Clocks .

[novo10]

IMO folks don't appreciate the type of market ETS sales are in. Similar products sold in this type of market are games consoles & cassette games; and wet razors & cassette blades. The basic unit is fairly cheap for the punter to buy, but the 'consumables' by comparison are fairly expensive. IMO the real money is not in the base system, but in the guaranteed income from the ring sales year on year.

 

Members of those clubs that successfully applied for grants for ETS equipment and got their basic systems free, shouldn't be complaining about the cost of rings. This freebie, which included free rings, paid for their rings for a few years.

mr brown i was the first 2 use itin our fed bought it myself now unicon are rippen us off end off

[Guest IB]

As the Great Man says use Rubbers on the youngsters but the problem may be as most fanciers have now off-loaded their Clocks .

 

I don't think there's many places to offload them, except maybes local museum. I know I will never go back to rubbers.

[TREBLE D]

Dont think it makes a jot of differance if you paid for the system or got a grant, the point is if they told you at the time they intended to put 50% onto the rings keep adding updates £65 for insurance then block the system this year for you to phone in for a activation code, how many would of purchased unikon not me for one our club still has all the t3s and i think its just a matter of time before we use them,and as for the old and disabled how can they afford it when i work and i find it hard,unikon starting to think the con bits right.

[Guest KING BILLY]

As the Great Man says use Rubbers on the youngsters but the problem may be as most fanciers have now off-loaded their Clocks .

you can pick a good stb clock up for about 60 pound thats yous 60 young birds payed for so letes beat the system of the money men if they cant compet with that back to the rubbers for me you no the score breed 60 young birds how many are you going to get to the first race with 125 a ring on them and am the same as every one els you pout the ets rings on 2 weeks before racing so wee all no it makes sense

[budgie]

you can pick a good stb clock up for about 60 pound thats yous 60 young birds payed for so letes beat the system of the money men if they cant compet with that back to the rubbers for me you no the score breed 60 young birds how many are you going to get to the first race with 125 a ring on them and am the same as every one els you pout the ets rings on 2 weeks before racing so wee all no it makes sense

 

Need tae check up way oor Clock Setters tae see how many clocks are left if he can Remember ????