[ICOM] FW: Icom Prices

[Kelly Taylor]

Hi Ron,

After considering the inflation question, I looked up what a KWM-380, at 
$3,496 in 1981, would translate to in today's dollars. There's a neat 
inflation calculator that comes up at Google.

About $8,500.

I'd venture to say that the IC-756PRO III is vastly superior to the KWM-380 
for $5,500 less, in today's dollars.

So I don't accept that today's radios are ridiculously priced. If anything, 
yesterday's were.

73, kelly
ve4xt


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "ron" <roncasa at verizon.net>
To: "ICOM Reflector" <icom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 8:51 AM
Subject: Re: [ICOM] FW: Icom Prices


>
>>
>> Kelly Taylor wrote:
>>> What would happen? They'd stop producing amateur radios.
>>>
> No they wouldn't, they would stop producing ridiculously high-priced 
> radios.
>
> I cannot fathom how anyone would have money to buy these high-priced 
> radios except with "virtual money" (credit card).
>
> More debt.
>
> Please, continue to produce reasonably -priced radios - not those 
> requiring a mortgage!
>
> Oh, on the old radios, they were NOT unreasonably priced even though they 
> were SOMEWHAT  higher than average.
>
> Keep on hamming ....
>
> Ron, wb1hga
> "elmer the inquisitive"
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