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Re: amateur radio shop in perth
Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 5:20 pm
by robbage
Danger Mouse wrote:With the fluctuating dollar it is very risky.
That's for sure.. I've noticed the IC-706 in some cases has gone up by $300 in less than 9 months and one of the grey market sellers isn't selling it or the IC-7000 at all.
Re: amatuer radio shop in perth
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 11:09 pm
by meg
Just a note - Tower Communications seem to have a new domain
http://www.towercom.com.au/
Re: amatuer radio shop in perth
Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 3:37 pm
by vk6hgr
Sure would be useful if they had, aww, actual
prices on there
Re: amatuer radio shop in perth
Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 4:36 pm
by robbage
Good. His previous host sucks. And what Gav said.
Re: amatuer radio shop in perth
Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 3:57 pm
by Craig
Has anyone bought from Andrews Com in NSW? (
www.andrewscom.com.au) What are they like?
I'm looking at the new Yaesu FT-7900 and Andrews have it for $399, I rang Prestige and they say it's not released yet and won't have it for at least 2 more weeks. I don't know if I can wait two weeks!
Re: amatuer radio shop in perth
Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 4:41 pm
by Fastlane
Craig wrote:Has anyone bought from Andrews Com in NSW? (
http://www.andrewscom.com.au) What are they like?
I'm looking at the new Yaesu FT-7900 and Andrews have it for $399, I rang Prestige and they say it's not released yet and won't have it for at least 2 more weeks. I don't know if I can wait two weeks!
No manufacturers warranty, as they aren't a Yaesu dealer...
Re: amatuer radio shop in perth
Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 5:20 pm
by robbage
What fastlane said. Andrews import them and therefore only offer 1 year warranty which is what they are legally bound to by law. And also why they have them even though they "aren't released yet." I'd wait two weeks and get three years manufacturers warranty. Also if you need to return it to Prestige, it's a quick trip and no freight if you are in Perth.
Re: amatuer radio shop in perth
Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 5:51 pm
by Blinky
robbage wrote: Andrews import them and therefore only offer 1 year warranty which is what they are legally bound to by law.
Are you sure about that? On their Yaesu page
They do their own warranty repairs so you are right it's not a manufacturers warranty. Postage from them seems quite fast. I have bought stuff from them before. My recent radio purchases however I decided to go with a authorised dealer but my FT8800r was purchased from them 3 years ago and has not given me any grief.
Re: amatuer radio shop in perth
Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 5:56 pm
by robbage
No I'm not
They are imported (according to their site a couple of weeks ago) so I'll rephrase that. They aren't required to supply a manufacturer's warranty.
They aren't listed on Vertex Australia's list of authorised dealers that I can see or is that a different company?
Re: amatuer radio shop in perth
Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 11:21 pm
by Zebedee
I've purchased from them in the past and they were OK to deal with. Didn't have any problems.
Re: amatuer radio shop in perth
Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2009 9:24 am
by Craig
Thanks for the replies. I think I'll wait and see what price Prestige can do and if it's pretty close to $399, go with them. If not I'll take a risk on the grey import from Andrews.
Re: amatuer radio shop in perth
Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2009 9:40 am
by Blinky
robbage wrote:No I'm not
They are imported (according to their site a couple of weeks ago) so I'll rephrase that. They aren't required to supply a manufacturer's warranty.
They aren't listed on Vertex Australia's list of authorised dealers that I can see or is that a different company?
I'll agree with you there..they do import, they are not a authorised dealer so they can't supply an authorised warranty but they have their own technicians and supply their own warranty which according to their webpage is 3 years not the one year suggested.
I have bought a few things from them and have always found them quick to post the gear off and pricewise fairly good. As mentioned above I have bought from them in the past. On a personal note, my last purchase was from an authorised dealer because the Australian version offered more included extra's than the import for the same price. In the past and I will stress
in the past imported radios sometimes had different "channel" spacings and features were not really used in Australia. Nowadays they seem to be fairly standard.
If you later require repairs you stand the chance that Yaesu or Icom (if you buy an Icom) will not repair it as it is an import so you only have the one option in that case, deal with the grey importer again. This goes for all grey importers not only Andrews.
Will I buy a grey import again. Probably, after weighing up the pro's and cons. The main thing is research well before buying.