[ICOM] New shipment of IC-746Pro's at AES

[Dan Cotsirilos]

Comparing a vintage Collins is not a fair comparison. The value of the 
Collins whatever model that you are using is based on many things. First 
original cost and currently availability.

There are literally 100's of used 746PRO's available for sale all the time. 
The current average selling price on eBay is around $900 to $1000 mint with 
boxes. I am sorry there is no way a sealed unit could be worth much more 
than this in reality.


Dan K9DTC


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andre VanWyk" <kr5dx at yahoo.com>
To: "ICOM Reflector" <icom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 8:23 AM
Subject: Re: [ICOM] New shipment of IC-746Pro's at AES


>I have used quite a few of the 746's and 746PRO for a number of years
> including taking them with me on some harsh trips to various parts of the
> world, and I never had a day's problem with the ones I had. I guess some
> people might just end up with a problem radio, but I even heard of people
> having problems with their 7800's, so to label a radio bad because of a
> small percentage of users are having issues, would not do the radio just.
>
> Would I pay $1999 for one?.....No. But then again, someone might, just 
> like
> the Collins fans would pay up to $3500 for a vintage radio that has
> yesterday's technology.......
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Ted Wright" <n3zrx at verizon.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2010 5:08 PM
> To: "ICOM Reflector" <icom at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: Re: [ICOM] New shipment of IC-746Pro's at AES
>
>> Hi Guys
>>  I had to have one when they first came out
>>  What a mistake dead in two weeks . Its replacement dead straight out
>> of the box
>>  At this point it was HRO a Rep. from Icom and myself all on the phone
>> at the same time trying to resolve the problem
>>  Then it was back to HRO Delaware {not far from me} for my third and
>> final one to which I sold a few months later for 995.00
>>  At the time I think I only paid 1495.00 no sales tax in Delaware..
>>  73 es ted
>> n3zrx
>>
>> jeff partington wrote:
>>> i would'nt buy one for $19.99.....
>>>
>>> --- On Tue, 11/9/10, Adam Farson<farson at shaw.ca>  wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> From: Adam Farson<farson at shaw.ca>
>>> Subject: [ICOM] New shipment of IC-746Pro's at AES
>>> To: icom at mailman.qth.net
>>> Date: Tuesday, November 9, 2010, 7:14 AM
>>>
>>>
>>> I am informed that AES have just received a final shipment of brand new
>>> IC-746Pro's  which they are offering at $1999.99 each. (These are the
>>> original; there is no "746Pro2", nor will there ever be!)
>>>
>>> http://tinyurl.com/2by8tcm
>>>
>>>
>>> Whilst admittedly higher than the "blowout" pricing we saw when dealers
>>> were closing the 746Pro out, this is still a great price for an 
>>> excellent
>>> radio.
>>>
>>> This is the last chance to acquire a new 746Pro before the supply runs
>>> out.
>>>
>>> 73, Adam VA7OJ/AB4OJ
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