[ICOM] 706MKIIG Price Increase

[Joe - WDØM]

Precisely, Dick - that's why I too bought an IC7700 from HRO at Dayton 
pricing for $5849.95 - if (hypothetically) there's a 10 percent 
adjustment due to the weak dollar, that means the common asking price 
from dealers will be near $6930.  I figure I saved quite a bit by buying 
now.  US economic policies are what's driving this one.

73

-- 
Joe Hannigan - WDØM
Pagosa Springs, CO

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Dick Flanagan wrote:
> At 02:06 PM 5/23/2008, Jan Robbins wrote:
> >I don't believe anyone has mentioned this on our reflector (if so, I
> >missed it), but dealers have been advised that the price of the MKIIG
> >will go up by "a very substantial amount" after first of June.
>
> Prices of all ICOM radios are going up because the value of the dollar 
> just keeps going down.  A manufacturer like ICOM can only absorb this 
> decline for so long.
>
> I bought a new IC-7700 a few weeks ago specifically to avoid this 
> increase (which has been rumored for months).
>
> Dick
>
> PS:  Don't blame ICOM, blame those in charge of US monetary policy for 
> making the value of the dollar less and less.
> -- 
> Dick Flanagan K7VC NV SM
> dick at k7vc.com