[ICOM] Markups on accessories

[paul glassman]

bill,
   i knew that there was a system to hustle aftermarket warranties, however i never knew about the "announcements" thats interesting. when i purchased at best buy, circuit city and or sun appliances, i always told the salesman, he had 10 minutes to sell me and get me out of the store without the warranty pitch. i said "its 10 a.m. i am walking out of here at 10:10 whether we are done or not"
                  best 73  paul w8jn

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--- On Thu, 8/13/09, Bill NY9H <ny9h at arrl.net> wrote:

> From: Bill NY9H <ny9h at arrl.net>
> Subject: Re: [ICOM] Markups on accessories
> To: "ICOM Reflector" <icom at mailman.qth.net>
> Date: Thursday, August 13, 2009, 9:01 AM
> 
>   I doubt Icom even makes their ICOM branded
> microphones. They 
> probably source from a real microphone manufacturer,,,,
> like Heil 
> does. Icom probably spends their resources making radio
> sets .... 
> their speciality. Bob knows how to sell. (IMHO)
> 
> So now you have the mic manufacturer, ICOM and the dealer
> all adding 
> markups ...along the way.
> 
> As far as after market warranties....I agree that a radio
> after a few 
> hundred days SHOULD have few failures. But when my 7800
> stopped 
> turning on .... o crap $#@$
> I was thrilled I had HRIA insurance.
> 
> Been in the audio business since the 60s also....still am
> ...both 
> consumer then commercial & "pro" audio ....  as
> far as 3rd party 
> warranties.... I doubt Best Buy could survive without those
> profit 
> dollars. The used to be tremendous pressure on the
> employees to sell 
> those....doubt that has changed.   They
> would almost GIVE the product 
> at cost IF they could get the "psp"  insurance.
> I loved it when the long gone Highland Appliance tried to
> sell me a 
> $60 warranty on a 100$ dehumidifier.   Best
> Buy used to announce the 
> Insurance sales numbers , on the hour , for each
> department.... now 
> that is pressure....
> They made it sound like they were paging different
> departments... 
> when it was really
>   the INSURANCE sales numbers.
> 
> back to the cave
> 
> 
> bill
> 
> visit my station @
> http://picasaweb.google.com/Bill.SteffeySr/HamRadioNY9H
> 
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