Amazon has low price of $472.31 for the 436 and $565.15 for the 536. free shipping hope this helps someone buy at a good price.. Tommis
With RS offloading, potentially hundreds of, BCD996XT and PRO-106's for ~$100 across the country, it must be hard to market a product that is 6 times the price, no matter what additional functionality it may have.
Radio Shack is selling the 996xt and pro-106 for around $100??
I'll for sure wait until the bugs are worked out of these before considering pulling the trigger on one - Isn't anyone else, Icom, Alinco ect making digital scanners ?
Not every shack and not the Pro-106, but people are picking up new (old stock?) 996xt and the occasional PR0-197's for <$100. I've read that some are ringing around RS stores across nearby State's and buying up multiple scanners for subsequent resale on the auction sites for a tidy profit.
Someone at corporate RS has either made a big mistake, or this is some kind of desperate attempt to reduce stock at all cost. Me thinks the latter considering RS' share price and annual reporting.
You'd have to be lucky to find a $100 996xt though. I think they've probably all been cleared out by now.
Was that a typo when you said they are selling the PRO-106 for $100 or were you just mistaken?
I think you misread his post. His post (quoted in your post) says "not the Pro-106, but people are picking up new (old stock?) 996xt and the occasional PR0-197's for <$100." So he specifically said "not the Pro-106".
With RS offloading, potentially hundreds of, BCD996XT and PRO-106's for ~$100 across the country, it must be hard to market a product that is 6 times the price, no matter what additional functionality it may have.