[Icom] Do I Dare To Ask?

Tue, 20 Aug 2002 22:27:55 -0400

malcolm...  almost but not quite....  have you ever seen a car sell for $50k
in july and the same new car sell for 25k  3 months later?   everyone
expects e o y  discounts, but not so deep as to kill the value of your
car....  however this is the pattern with electronics, and i guess we should
not complain...   micro center cincinnati was selling complete computer
systems (tower monitor and printer) for $99   old leftover stock...  paul
w8jn

----- Original Message -----
From: "Malcolm Ringel" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 10:13 PM
Subject: Re: [Icom] Do I Dare To Ask?

> Why would the free-market of radio equipment be expected to function any
> differently than most other widgets ?? I mean what's the point ?
> What is it that you expect that is not happening ??
> Color me too stooopid to understand this one.
> Malcolm, K3KZ
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Larry Benko" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 9:42 PM
> Subject: Re: [Icom] Do I Dare To Ask?
>
>
> > Hmmm!  So you would like the manufacturers to never lower the price of
> > any gear you or your friend bought.  I'm quite sure it was NOT a
> > philanthropic gesture from Icom when they lowered the price.  The
> > economics of consumer electronics sure have changed in the last 30
years.
> > The $1750 756PRO hears everything the 756PROII does but once the PROII
> > came out it lost some of its "coolness".  Not sure if the lost
"coolness"
> > was worth $1150.
> >
> > Just my $.02.
> >
> > Larry, W0QE
> >
> >
> > matt wrote:
> > > duane...  good for you !!!  it really is crummy the way the
> manufacturers
> > > treat their  great  customers..   that buy when products are
released...
> my
> > > friend bought a 756pro last july for $2900 cash out  of pocket...
price
> > > dropped to $1750  4 months later..  73  paul w8jn  singing in the rain
> >
> > ----
> > Your Moderator: Dick Flanagan W6OLD, [email protected]
> > Icom FAQ: http://www.qsl.net/icom/
> >
> >
>
>
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> Your Moderator: Dick Flanagan W6OLD, [email protected]
> Icom FAQ: http://www.qsl.net/icom/
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