Originally Posted by Raman

The cost associated with the facility, the timing system its utilities, et cetera are not directly born by the end-user. These fixed up start costs are partially covered by the fee that is charged for participating for that day for the class and additional classes..

I run a retail store, similarly to have such a business. You need a retail point of sale system, security cameras, security guards, cleaning crews. I don’t regularly have discussions with my patrons about what the cost of the systems that help me run this shop this nor, do I expect them to know what it is.

Back to transponders, I have actually paid the price to compete and paid the price of convenience by having 6 transponders in total for myself and my son. That’s a decision I made. I don’t expect it to be convenient for someone else or everybody else be able to afford it.

I still think the individual price for the transponders is too high. Overtime, the cost of many devices come down yet these have remained at the same level simply because there isn’t competition. Lets use servos as an example, metal gear servos were the new thing then came coreless, digital, brushless, high voltage, s-bus overtime. The older models prices dropped. The new versions of mylaps transponders are not offering any new features. They supplanted the older versions and made them obsolete to keep MRT out. It remains a simple, counting system. As a lack of competition, the price remains the same.