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Old October 15th 04, 11:59 AM
patgkz
 
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Think about all the nimrods on eBay hawking "like new" units for $400+.....

......this is so typical of Icom. When you buy a new radio, wait a couple of
months, they'll either discontinue it (Icom Pro I, II, II) or they'll slash
the price...or both!

$425 for an R-75....sheesh! Bet there are alot of poor SOB's that paid full
boat when that radio was introduced, what was it about $599 plus another
$100 for the DSP?


"Lucky" wrote in message
...
Hi guys. I have some good news for some of you interested in purchasing

some
Icom products during their "secret sale". It all started when I wrote HRO
www.hamradio.com and asked them about giving the community a
Christmas/Holiday deal. Well, we got it!

This is the deal. On Sat Oct 16th there will be a secret sale at HRO. The
price marked for the R-75 will stay the same $525 but, if you order on

Sat,
you will get $50 off on TOP of the $50 rebate. Meaning, you'll be charged
only $475 for it. Then after rebate you pay $425 for a brand new R-75 with
Free DSP and Free shipping. What a deal! Plus, if you read the letter down
below from the person at HRO, you will find hidden deals on other radios
too.

If you don't wish to wait till sat, just order right now before stock runs
out and write this in the comments box "Please Apply Icom Day Discount"

The
order won't be processed till sat the 16th and will ship on Mon. Just read
the bottom letter from me to HRO and HRO's letter back to me. Great deals!

You'll see more posts from me on this matter so don't get upset. I hope

some
of you guys spread the word and cross post this for me.
Thanks

Glenn, your timing could not be better.

Here's the deal .. we have a 'secret sale' on Saturday.
I cannot advertise it, as Icom will not permit us to advertise in the
national magazines and I cannot advertise this on our web page either.

However, all orders submitted on Saturday October 16th on-line will get

this
special Icom Discount, even though it is not displayed on our web page.

You CAN provide all the details for the order in advance, but I will run

the
order Saturday - just put in the comments field "Please apply Icom Day
Discount" .. the order has to be run in our system on Saturday, so it

would
ship Monday the 18th in most cases.

The Icom Day Discount discount is

$10 on Icom handhelds [all Icom ham transceivers, and includes all Icom
handheld receivers as well]
$20 on Icom mobiles [includes 706, 703 and PCR1000 series]
$50 on HF radios [not including 706/703] but includes the R75 and R8500
receivers
$100 off on the PW1 amp and IC7800

So, the bottom line is I can sell you this radio for $475 .. and you send

in
the $50 rebate from Icom bringing the final price price to you as $425

Feel free to send this message to anyone you know ..
"

-----Original Message-----
From: Luckydaze [mailto:lucky xxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, October 11, 2004 9:49 AM
To:
Cc:
Subject: Icom R-75


Hi gentleman

I'm looking to buy one of your products, the Icom R-75. Right now it's
$525 with a $50 rebate bringing it to $475. I know it's cheap to some
people but I'm going over my budget for a radio but have my heart set on
this one!

My question and suggestion is this. Will you please run that special

again
where the end price was $450 like you once did? If you dropped the price

to
$500 I'd buy one right away. My suggestion is to run a Christmas/Holiday
special in Oct for say one or two days. Yes really. It's only 2 months

away
actually. If you did, I'd plaster it all over the radio forums to let

people
know about this great deal and show my appreciation.

If you find it in your saleman's heart to run a little extra special
"can't turn it down" deal for $500, let me know and I'll buy one right
away.

Thank you guys
Glenn