[Icom] "Hamfest special" price of 756-PRO-II

Sun, 02 Jun 2002 10:32:59 -0400

And I bought my PRO from someone last year who bought it at Dayton...to flip
it.
He made a few bucks, and I still got it for less than any non-Dayton price.
Perhaps next year I'll go and pick up my PROIII???
...Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: "Matt Erickson" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, June 02, 2002 10:27 AM
Subject: Re: [Icom] "Hamfest special" price of 756-PRO-II


> Yes, that was the "Dayton only" price on the PRO II, de AES/HRO.
>   Reason; Dayton IS the largest ham-fest in the world, and is well known
> that the larger dealers give deep,deep discounts at that fest only.
> Also, it is one of the few ham-fests where a customer can buy a radio
> direct from the factory booth.
> I bought a PRO II at a "smaller" ham-fest in April, at what I felt was a
> very low price, until I heard the Dayton price, oh well...
>
>
> At 01:53 PM 6/2/02 +0000, you wrote:
> >Can anybody confirm the PRO-II was selling at Dayton for $2399? I saw two
> >reports of this, but it might have just been a rumor. Anybody here
> >actually see one there at that price? NO? - what was best price?
> >
> >Also - at the Atlanta hamfest yesterday, I saw the PRO-II at $2675 from
> >one of the only TWO Icom dealers I saw there. The other dealer hadn't
> >posted his prices and there were too many people there to stand in line
to
> >ask. There was no "factory" rep from any of the big mfrs. Disappointing.
> >
> >Jerry W4UK
> >
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