Steve Stone wrote:

In article , says...

I pay sticker for gasoline and electric power too.

Dave K8MN


I don't pay sticker for electric. In the empire of NY you can negoiate a price with your
electric vendor of choice. Not that it saves alot of money for me.

Buying something from someone else isn't the same as negotiating a
price.
You're simply paying someone else's sticker price. You aren't haggling
with an electric company; you're changing providers.

Dave K8MN

"LA Runabout" wrote in message
...
Often heard comments from hams attending a hamfest:

Where are all the dealers? How come there are way less dealers
this year? Why don't dealers come to hamfests anymore?




Often heard comments from hams at a hamfest when speaking
to a dealer at a hamfest:

Hey, how come youze guys dont have special hamfest prices?
Your prices are way too high.
Will you take a $100 less for this rig, since we're at a hamfest?
When are youze guys going to bring rigs to hamfests that people
wanna buy?
You guys stink, I can do better through your competitor's catalog.
This rig is scratched, will you take $250 off the marked price?
Hey, tell me about this new rig (takes up 35 mins of salesman's time,
then walks away saying he can get it for less.)




Comment Dealer makes when asked by hamfest committee
to set up at a hamfest:

Not worth my time or the expense.


Only one word that created this environment: Ebay

How the heck can you blame eBay for this? Are you one of those hams that
blames eBay for everything? eBay is just an avenue to sell. I think eBay
is fine as you as you don't overpay/overbid - if you do, it's because of
your own stupidity and through no fault of eBay.

If dealers don't want to go to hamfests, who cares. It's their business to
run as they see fit.

"©" wrote in message news:wpBHc.49927$%_6.19179@attbi_s01...

"LA Runabout" wrote in message
...
Often heard comments from hams attending a hamfest:

Where are all the dealers? How come there are way less dealers
this year? Why don't dealers come to hamfests anymore?




Often heard comments from hams at a hamfest when speaking
to a dealer at a hamfest:

Hey, how come youze guys dont have special hamfest prices?
Your prices are way too high.
Will you take a $100 less for this rig, since we're at a hamfest?
When are youze guys going to bring rigs to hamfests that people
wanna buy?
You guys stink, I can do better through your competitor's catalog.
This rig is scratched, will you take $250 off the marked price?
Hey, tell me about this new rig (takes up 35 mins of salesman's time,
then walks away saying he can get it for less.)




Comment Dealer makes when asked by hamfest committee
to set up at a hamfest:

Not worth my time or the expense.


Only one word that created this environment: Ebay

"UR 59 OM" wrote in message
...

Ironically, at any given hamfest where there is a boneyard, CBers, truck
drivers, pirate broadcasters, boat owners, commercial fishermen, &
others looking for 2nd hand unlicensed radios are cruising the boneyard
and paying top dollar, without complaining or whining aboout the price.

I know of guys who travel from hamfest to hamfest, selling reconditioned
ham a.m. xmtrs to pirausite broadcasters, amplifiers to CBers, HF rigs to
truck drivers, etc. They are paid the price as marked, top dollar, no
haggling with cheap skate hams. And business couldn't be better.

And spare me the typical ham whining about the illegality of doing this.
I am NOT the guy selling the stuff, only making an observation of what
I see at hamfests.


UR 59 OM


So haggling is whining to you? Not that there aren't some whiners in the ham
ranks. They are everywhere these days.

I used to work for a commercial two-way radio business as a salesman. On
Friday night or Saturday, I'd earn some extra change by working in the
amateur radio side of the business. What a contrast it was between selling
to business folks on cold calls during the week and standing behind a
counter on the weekend. Too bad I didn't earn the same commission on the
amateur side as I earned on the commercial side.

Heck, the owners didn't make as much on amateur gear as I, their salesman,
made on commercial gear. The mark up just isn't there. I don't know why
anyone would waste their time selling ham gear. The profit is miniscule.

Ed, NM2K

In article , says...
Often heard comments from hams attending a hamfest:

Where are all the dealers? How come there are way less dealers
this year? Why don't dealers come to hamfests anymore?




Often heard comments from hams at a hamfest when speaking
to a dealer at a hamfest:

Hey, how come youze guys dont have special hamfest prices?
Your prices are way too high.
Will you take a $100 less for this rig, since we're at a hamfest?
When are youze guys going to bring rigs to hamfests that people


On Fri, 09 Jul 2004 13:55:35 GMT, Steve Stone
wrote:


So what you are saying is that hams attending hamfests should buy damaged radios at list
price ?

Everyone likes a bargain. Everyone likes to make a profit.

Somewhere in between there is a middle ground.

Steve
N2UBP

Besides... If we wanted to pay retail, we'd just go mail order.
Hamfests are where one goes to look for a bargain.

Raymond Sirois KU2S
SysOp: The Lost Chord BBS
607-733-5745
telnet://thelostchord.dns2go.com:6000

Subject: Hams Gripe At Hamfests
From: KU2S
Date: 7/9/2004 10:27 PM Central Standard Time
Message-id:

Besides... If we wanted to pay retail, we'd just go mail order.
Hamfests are where one goes to look for a bargain.

Not me!...I go to check out the hot babes!

(gurglegurglechokechoke ! ! ! !)

73

Steve, K4YZ

Steve Robeson K4CAP wrote:
Subject: Hams Gripe At Hamfests
From: KU2S
Date: 7/9/2004 10:27 PM Central Standard Time
Message-id:


Besides... If we wanted to pay retail, we'd just go mail order.
Hamfests are where one goes to look for a bargain.


Not me!...I go to check out the hot babes!

(gurglegurglechokechoke ! ! ! !)


I've actually *seen* some at the last several I've gone to! Real ones,
not the "2:00 am in the bar" babes.... hehe


- Mike KB3EIA -

Subject: Hams Gripe At Hamfests
From: Mike Coslo
Date: 7/12/2004 7:32 AM Central Standard Time
Message-id:

Steve Robeson K4CAP wrote:
Subject: Hams Gripe At Hamfests
From: KU2S
Date: 7/9/2004 10:27 PM Central Standard Time
Message-id:


Besides... If we wanted to pay retail, we'd just go mail order.
Hamfests are where one goes to look for a bargain.


Not me!...I go to check out the hot babes!

(gurglegurglechokechoke ! ! ! !)

I've actually *seen* some at the last several I've gone to! Real ones,
not the "2:00 am in the bar" babes.... hehe

Imagine the sales at HRO, AES, etc, if we start having "reps" like the
ones you find adorning the cover of some of the automobile specialty mags...! !
!

73

Steve, K4YZ

Steve Robeson K4CAP wrote:
Subject: Hams Gripe At Hamfests
From: Mike Coslo
Date: 7/12/2004 7:32 AM Central Standard Time
Message-id:

Steve Robeson K4CAP wrote:

Subject: Hams Gripe At Hamfests
From: KU2S
Date: 7/9/2004 10:27 PM Central Standard Time
Message-id:


Besides... If we wanted to pay retail, we'd just go mail order.
Hamfests are where one goes to look for a bargain.


Not me!...I go to check out the hot babes!

(gurglegurglechokechoke ! ! ! !)

I've actually *seen* some at the last several I've gone to! Real ones,
not the "2:00 am in the bar" babes.... hehe


Imagine the sales at HRO, AES, etc, if we start having "reps" like the
ones you find adorning the cover of some of the automobile specialty mags...! !


Burghardt has or had a nice young lady working for them (Michelle) that
graced their pages for a while.

- mike KB3EIA -

Hot babes??? Which hamfests are you going to?? LOL Mostly guys at the
ones I have been to.


Ryan KC8PMX

Besides... If we wanted to pay retail, we'd just go mail order.
Hamfests are where one goes to look for a bargain.

Not me!...I go to check out the hot babes!

(gurglegurglechokechoke ! ! ! !)

73

Steve, K4YZ