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

Sun, 02 Jun 2002 07:56:53 -0700

I was referring to this year's Dayton Hamfest. Don't want folks who haven't been to
be mislead.

Matt Erickson wrote:

> In 1993 they were. I saw it myself.
>
> At 07:36 AM 6/2/02 -0700, you wrote:
> >No radios were for sale at the factory booth.
> >
> >
> >Matt Erickson wrote:
> >
> > > 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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