[ICOM] IC-7300 Price Drop?

[manualman at juno.com]

I could also be, since the IC-7300 has been offered for roughly 7 years,
that sales have leveled off or have started to decline. Icom may have a
warehouse full of these things and wants to move them. Sitting around not
moving inventory is not good for the bottom line. So, offer the dealers a
good price (a lower cost to them then the traditional pricing) on buying
"X" number of IC-7300's. Dealers can generally make up the new price
differential by pushing more accessory products. 

It could also be that Icom may be announcing a new entry level SDR HF 100
watt transceiver (replacement for the IC-7300??) very soon and may want
to move out as much of the older inventory as they can.

Pete, wa2cwa


On Tue, 21 Feb 2023 19:57:00 +0000 Edward Dickinson
<OneArchitect at hotmail.com> writes:
> The Japanese banking authorities are holding their interest rates 
> very low despite what other countries are doing.  This is done to 
> keep Japan's inflation rate near 2%.  Does that perhaps explain 
> ICOM's US pricing?
> 
> 
> As ever,
> Dick - KA5KKT