In article pan.2006.08.08.20.02.19.280000@Quetzalcoatl,
Bob Dobbs EC42 wrote:

On Tue, 08 Aug 2006 19:26:29 +0000, Telamon wrote:

In article pan.2006.08.08.08.09.44.574000@Quetzalcoatl,
Bob Dobbs EC42 wrote:

On Tue, 08 Aug 2006 03:48:53 +0000, Telamon wrote:

You are being a bit silly about this comparison. Sony
ICF-SW7600GR is about $150 and the Eton E1 is about $500, which
is 3.3 times the cost of the Sony.

Unless you go through your radios quickly, the difference in
initial cost can be amortized in a fraction of their useful
lifespan, plus you have a more entertaining set for all that time.

You can build a much better widget of any type by spending over 3
times the money on the fabrication cost. You have to compare radios
that cost about the same otherwise it is comparing apples to
oranges.

That's the crux of my point, that over extended time those spherical
objects become more alike and the sweeter taste outweighs the initial
cost.

Most people that have thought about it agree with this outlook.

I can only speak for myself and I'm certainly not 'most people'.

Why do you post here? Is it just to debate? I try to be nice and I'm
just disabused by a new poster to the news group. Well, chances are you
are not new to the news group just one of a small handful of nut cases
that reside here with a new handle so I'll dispense with the niceties
and just declare you completely unreasonable.

Now check this out - You can not compare radios that have a large cost
difference between them. This is not a debatable statement and you are a
fool if you think otherwise. You are obviously just Trolling for trouble.

I don't go through my radios quickly but that has not been a price
consideration for me. Generally, I have paid more money for
performance and features that cost more money to put into a radio.

But if you were buying on cost alone, you wouldn't have accumulated
the experience that better equipment provides.

That has nothing to do with the thread as is injecting the E1 into a
thread about radios $200.

There are no radios that you pay more money for just because of
owner status or looks of a radio.

I'd guess from outward signs that there are indeed folk who pay more
for the status and prestige that high costs connote than the
performance generally associated with it.

Yeah that and maybe the new plastic smell right?

Plonk

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Telamon
Ventura, California