laborkei wrote:
Amateur Radio Manufacturers and unfair pricing!

Here I sit the day after Dayton, calling around to all the dealers looking
for a HF Transceiver. There were some fantastic prices offered on equipment
(As much as $500 off list), and the dealers are back to charging full price
today.

I am told by the dealers I called, that the Manufacturers were making deals
with them so they could sell there inventories much cheaper, and the orders
had to be taken at Dayton. Today, the day after when most of these orders
had not even shipped yet, they are back up to full retail price.

To be fair, Manufacturers should allow these prices for a time period after
Dayton to give other Amateurs who could not drive to Dayton an opportunity
to get the same deals.

I think we should all write to them and let them know how we feel. This is
unfair !



Cry us a river. They made the offers at Dayton and that was what they as
private businesses chose to do. You could have either went to Dayton or
found whatever way to get a radio from there. Get over it.

On Mon, 22 May 2006 16:26:44 GMT, Billy Smith
wrote:
You could have either went to Dayton

Or even better, you could have gone to Dayton.

Billy Smith wrote:
laborkei wrote:

Amateur Radio Manufacturers and unfair pricing!

Here I sit the day after Dayton, calling around to all the dealers
looking
for a HF Transceiver. There were some fantastic prices offered on
equipment
(As much as $500 off list), and the dealers are back to charging full
price
today.

I am told by the dealers I called, that the Manufacturers were making
deals
with them so they could sell there inventories much cheaper, and the
orders
had to be taken at Dayton. Today, the day after when most of these orders
had not even shipped yet, they are back up to full retail price.

To be fair, Manufacturers should allow these prices for a time period
after
Dayton to give other Amateurs who could not drive to Dayton an
opportunity
to get the same deals.

I think we should all write to them and let them know how we feel.
This is
unfair !



Cry us a river. They made the offers at Dayton and that was what they as
private businesses chose to do. You could have either went to Dayton or
found whatever way to get a radio from there. Get over it.

Maybe you can get some left wing liberal whiners to feel sorry for you, but not
likely. This is a free market, remember? Or would you prefer the government
telling businesses what they can charge.

UNBELIEVABLE that some people expect soemthing for nothing all the time.

On Tue, 23 May 2006 10:06:00 -0400, "John L. Sielke"
wrote:

Billy Smith wrote:
laborkei wrote:

Amateur Radio Manufacturers and unfair pricing!

Here I sit the day after Dayton, calling around to all the dealers
looking
for a HF Transceiver. There were some fantastic prices offered on
equipment
(As much as $500 off list), and the dealers are back to charging full
price
today.

I am told by the dealers I called, that the Manufacturers were making
deals
with them so they could sell there inventories much cheaper, and the
orders
had to be taken at Dayton. Today, the day after when most of these orders
had not even shipped yet, they are back up to full retail price.

To be fair, Manufacturers should allow these prices for a time period
after
Dayton to give other Amateurs who could not drive to Dayton an
opportunity
to get the same deals.

I think we should all write to them and let them know how we feel.
This is
unfair !



Cry us a river. They made the offers at Dayton and that was what they as
private businesses chose to do. You could have either went to Dayton or
found whatever way to get a radio from there. Get over it.

Maybe you can get some left wing liberal whiners to feel sorry for you, but not
likely.

Ahem, being a liberal left winger, why do you think folks of my ilk
would feel sorry for the gentleman? A sale is a sale, and sales are
always are for a limited time only. Politics has nada to do wit'it...

bob
k5qwg

This is a free market, remember? Or would you prefer the government
telling businesses what they can charge.

UNBELIEVABLE that some people expect soemthing for nothing all the time.