4 Feb 2014

FT817ND UK price

Last year the Yen was around 130 to £1 whereas now it is about 165 to £1, an improvement of around 27 %. It was 174 to £1 a short while back. If  this translated to end user price, an FT817ND that retailed at £535 (with VAT) should now retail at closer to £421 but the best price is still way over £500 .  

Me thinks the UK dealers are taking us all for total idiots. 

Yes, I accept the Japanese costs may have risen because of supply shortages, but the exchange rate improvement should have SLASHED prices. Demand a very good discount if paying cash. Don't  ever tell me a UK dealer has a hard life. Dealers, please pass on your savings to us your faithful customers.

2 comments:

Paul VA3PAW said...

$619 in the US (after Yaesu rebate)
http://www.hamradio.com/detail.cfm?pid=H0-007097

Roger G3XBM said...

But to import to the UK yiu have to add shipping, import duty and 20% VAT.