[ICOM] Wanted US dealers who ship to Canada

[Gary Fiber]

Thats because the distributor covers the warranty. Icom's warranty dollars 
are figured into the distributor selling price. When either Icom Canada or 
Icom America sells product to one of its dealers, the dollars for possible 
warranty repair are built into that price the dealer pays. This money is 
not reimbursed form Icom Japan at least was not when I worked there.
I used to receive requests for Icom not to be truthful about products 
shipped out of the US. As a business, you just can't do that.

I agree as you say there are good reasons to keep the dollars home. I 
looked yesterday and the Bank of Canada was saying the Canadian dollar was 
still about $0.75 of the US dollar.

Gary K8IZ

At 08:45 AM 10/2/2004, you wrote:
>One thing you must make sure of Hart is who covers the warranty, should 
>any problems arise.  I know of a fellow who purchased a radio out of the 
>U.S.A., saved himself a couple of bucks, but when he had a problem, he had 
>to send the radio back to the States to have it fixed. He paid Canadian 
>dollars for the freight down, and then had to pay for the freight back in 
>U.S.dollars. Then the big surprise, customs charged him G.S.T., and here 
>in B.C., the PST for the services done.  The invoice showed the labour 
>hours, and parts used, and although the invoice clearly stated no charge, 
>the Customs folks got their piece of the pie.  Do what I did when I 
>purchased my new radio.  I went to the dealer and told him that the radio 
>could be purchased in the U.S. for less money and could he be 
>competitive.  He was.
>Check everything out before you spend the buck.
>de..Graham..VE7ABC

Gary Fiber K8IZ
GROL PG-19-6691
Washington State Resident