[ICOM] Re: IC 706mkIIG price

[c-hawley at uiuc.edu]

This is an interesting thought process...the fact of the 
matter is that existing inventory goes down as well as up 
and it seems reasonable for the dealer to charge the current 
price or whatever they want. The customer only has 
information on what it is worth to they themselves...not 
what the dealers' private finances are. Chuck, KE9UW

---- Original message ----
>Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2005 12:16:38 -0500
>From: peter markavage <manualman at juno.com>  
>Subject: Re: [ICOM] Re: IC 706mkIIG price  
>To: icom at mailman.qth.net
>
>PRO II's are already here. All the last of the PRO II's are 
already in
>dealer stock. Current yen versus dollar  doesn't should not 
affect these
>models. Icom has already been paid for this model. 
Technically, any
>"current U. S. dealer stock" of any imported model should 
not be affected
>by the yen versus dollar erosion. The U.S. dealers have 
already paid for
>this material. But, there's no way to tell when you walk 
into a dealer's
>storefront.
>
>Pete, wa2cwa
>
>
>On Wed, 2 Mar 2005 06:42:11 -0800 (PST) Ken 
<wn2sqc at yahoo.com> writes:
>> Interesting, I bought a 706mk11g from AES Orlando in Sept
>> 04 for 750 with the free remote kit, now it's 950 and same
>> at HRO, but, the PRO11, and PRO111's have not 
significantly
>> changed. I wonder what ICOM's pricing logic is? Could they
>> be trying to soften the "sticker shock" on it's
>> replacement?  Ken