I think it's more appropriate to compare the prices of US-manufactured products like Ten-Tec and MFJ. Both UK and US dealers buy Japanese products direct from Japan, where the strong pound and weak dollar vs the yen give us a relatively better deal.
Anyway, I am very reassured to read Eric's statement on this matter. Julian, G4ILO Ian Stirling wrote: Mike, In the May RadCom, an IC-756 ProIII is 1989 pounds in the first advert. This includes VAT at 17.5% (blame the government, not the dealer) ... at the current exchange rate, buying the 756 in the UK is (1693 x 2 / 2699) times the USA price - that's 1.27 times _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
