[OZAPRS] Thd72a

[Pete]

Howard

You don't just have to be a pensioner to see when your getting a raw deal, a ts2000x is $3199 in Australia   http://www.strictlyham.com.au/kenwood/base/ts-2000-series

But AES has them for $1900 
http://search.cartserver.com/search/search.cgi?bool=AND&cartid=a-6994&category=newprices&maxhits=1200&keywords=kenwoodstuff&go2.x=28&go2.y=11&go2=GO%21u

The $1300 in change can pay for the freight and GST, and when hop on a plane to Vanuatu and Work the world!

Regards

Peter


On 08/01/2011, at 4:47, Howard Small <howard at small.com.au> wrote:

> Well when I bought mine at the end of October it cost me AUD523.87 including freight versus about AUD720 locally. I paid for it by Paypal so there were no credit card fees and that is even with the lousy Paypal exchange rate...
> 
> I just ordered an FTM-350R plus inbuilt GPS which came to AUD610.45 for both items and freight. These were both from HRO. I had about a year before bought a VX-8R from Ham City with equivalent savings. The VX-8R had to go back for a warranty repair which cost me about AUD30 for postage and Yaesu in the US covered the return postage.
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> But, to each his own... Personally, as a pensioner, the savings on those three items are significant and certainly more thatn AUD100-130 per item.
> 
> Howard
> VK4BS
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> On 8/01/2011 18:50, David Hardy wrote:
>> Pete,
>> 
>> If you are visiting the US then that is a different story. By the time I add $100 freight $25 worth of credit card fees and a bad CC exchange rate it's only about $100 - 130 cheaper.
>> 
>> Dave
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