Has anybody tried to buy a Yaesu, Icom or Kenwood direct from Japan without going thru their dealers in the states?
-----Original Message----- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Don Wilhelm Sent: Monday, January 04, 2010 9:49 AM To: Tom Meier Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Disgrunteled Japanese Tom, If he buys direct from Elecraft, he will have Tech Support direct from Elecraft, so I would guess he does not know his facts. He may not have access to tech support from the Japanese distributor, but that is a different statement. 73, Don W3FPR Tom Meier wrote: > Was talking with a JA operator yesterday who said that Elecraft is getting a > very bad name in that country - not for their product, but because of a > business decision to have everything go through an exclusive dealer for both > sales and service. The problem (according to this operator) is that the > exclusive dealer is jacking the price up by up to 50%. Yes, it is true that > they can buy the product directly from Elecraft, but doing so puts you > without access to any tech support. > > Don't know if this is the isolated case of a guy who doesn't have his facts > straight and likes to spread rumors. We've got a few of them in this > country also. But thought I'd pass this along. > > 73 de Tom (K7ZZ) > > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4743 (20100104) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4743 (20100104) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
