"Ronny Julian" wrote in message ...
Floyd, You and I have one thing in common though. We both replied to the
trolling.

No, I'm not a troll. *gee*
All I'm saying is scanners don't have that much complicated electronic
components to justify the price.
Thanks to all for their inputs.

"Jim" wrote in message
om...
"Ronny Julian" wrote in message
...
Floyd, You and I have one thing in common though. We both replied to
the
trolling.

No, I'm not a troll. *gee*
All I'm saying is scanners don't have that much complicated electronic
components to justify the price.
Thanks to all for their inputs.

You're more than welcome. I didn't think you were a troll, so I replied
sincerely with my thoughts. (If one could call my posting 'a thought') In
any case, it's a specialty item so it's priced accordingly. And, if you were
like me, back in the 'bad old days'.....I bought a crystal 4 channel
'handheld' for around 100 dollars in the late 70's. I could only afford one
crystal - my local firehouse. Lot's of cash, but I had fun.

But, I loved that little unit dearly as I could hear *all* the 'news' before
it was published. Anyway, I don't regret spending that cash any more than
what I spent on my current 'communications receiver'. (Expensive) I guess
it's all about how much one enjoys the hobby.

Regards,
Mike T.

Yes, and when a nice PC originally was marketed you paid close to or
more than $2,000. The reason the price of PCs has dropped is because of
increase in demand. Scanners/receivers/ham radio equipment has niche
market meaning there is a smaller demand for the products. Therefore
equipment pricing tends to be higher. It was the same situation for
Direct TV equipment. Originally the equipment cost was close to $500.
Now it is under $100. Supply and demand drive the pricing of almost
everything.

Jim wrote:

Granted only few % of population want to listen to scanner.
Still, $$$$ (average $500) for a electronic device is a bit too much.
Don't you think?

I can buy a nice PC for $500!!!

I purchased an original IBM XT computer with EGa monitor ,
2 360kb diskette drives and 32kb of memory for over $3000 in the early 1980's

The first IBM PS2 model 80 386 computer listed for around $8,000 in 1987.

My pro-2005 Radio Shack Scanner cost about $300 around 1989

My Uniden 796D scanner went for a bit over $500 the beginning of this year.

Get what you can afford to enjoy and don't look back.

Steve

Yea, it's funny how some things work, I know a guy who payed $3,000.00
for a 1x cd burner when they first came out.
On Wed, 30 Jun 2004 21:39:49 GMT, Steve Stone
wrote:

I purchased an original IBM XT computer with EGa monitor ,
2 360kb diskette drives and 32kb of memory for over $3000 in the early 1980's

The first IBM PS2 model 80 386 computer listed for around $8,000 in 1987.

My pro-2005 Radio Shack Scanner cost about $300 around 1989

My Uniden 796D scanner went for a bit over $500 the beginning of this year.

Get what you can afford to enjoy and don't look back.

Steve

In article ,
says...
Yea, it's funny how some things work, I know a guy who payed $3,000.00
for a 1x cd burner when they first came out.

The sad thing is that for 3 grand he probably would have been ahead to
just buy the software.
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Dwayne
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The up and coming BC246T (Looks VERY Promising)
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Uniden_BC246T

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