scansomd said:
Wow! Prices have went up.
http://www.rimindustries.com/product-p/mh-255.htm
Are prices the same everywhere else or does anyone know
of a cheaper place to purchase this antenna?
Hmmmmmm... Ya gotta remember that we have about a two year difference to deal with along with inflation in certain `materials' and other areas, too. So... Whilst it may seem to be a large increase it actually isn't all that bad as it appears. (As an `off the wall' example... Two years ago I could have leased 1,000 sq ft of space for $50 sq ft and the same danged place is now going for $100 sq ft! And *that* is in a supposedly `declining' market! Oh, yeah... And that 1,000 sq ft is basically a floor with four walls and a roof over it and some *very* basic `utilities' [Electricity, gas, and *if* I am `lucky' *possibly* water. I would have to bring in a phone line on my own if I needed it.]. Pretty much just an `enclosed space' where one could keep things out of the elements and not much more. [For those who say that they don't have such things that are *that* `basic'... Yep! They actually *do*! They are just either well hidden away in some `not so nice' corner of a `not so nice' `industrial' area or are so danged far out in the `sticks' it isn't funny which is where I found the above example. 'Course... {WAN GRIN!} Since I happen to also live `out in the sticks' it's actually `close' to me and even with the increase it's almost tempting to me to lease it if it comes down to the point of actually really needing the storage space it would be. Hopefully we'll be able to sell this place and `get the flock outa here' before it actually becomes necessary to get some place like it. {FROWN!}])
Anyway... My `point' is that there are many things that have possibly affected the price of the antenna between now and then and the increase in price is not all that `far out of line' especially it could either be even more or they could have discontinued it altogether without bringing out a `replacement' model. I've got a couple old `Centurion' `Tuff-Duck' `duckies' that, years ago, I bought for around $5, and *nope* they *weren't* `on sale' or some sort of `special deal' then, that they are now selling, albeit with a slightly different model number now, for around $45 and they are both single band, VHF-Lo, antennas! I compared mine, side by side, with a brand new one and except for the obvious wear on mine there wasn't a whit of difference *except* for the price. (I'm going to treat my old ones a *lot* better than I have been when I next have to use them!) If those can `experience' an eight-fold increase in price then an approximately 33% increase for the aforementioned antenna isn't really all that much.
Just an `Olde Fart's' 2¢ worth.
