elfaure
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Just got one of these discontinued bad boys from Mills Fleet Farm for $360 clearance price, regularly $469.89. As of today (10/05/16) they have well in excess of 25 pcs left at the clearance price.
That's a clearance price for an outdated, discontinued scanner??!!?
Wow. Hope it includes a free massage.
Its the best scanner ever made, in my humble opinion. I looked at the newer 996P2 and the 536HP, along with the HomePatrol programming interface and still choose this one and Freescan instead. The newer stuff is buggy, drops wifi, doesn't have a working smartphone app STILL a year after release...I'd rather have the last gen of the tried, tested, and hardened hardware platform than the first generation of a newer undeveloped platform. You can be the beta tester not me.
As time goes forward, quality goes in reverse.
Just got one of these discontinued bad boys from Mills Fleet Farm for $360 clearance price, regularly $469.89. As of today (10/05/16) they have well in excess of 25 pcs left at the clearance price.
Its the best scanner ever made, in my humble opinion. I looked at the newer 996P2 and the 536HP, along with the HomePatrol programming interface and still choose this one and Freescan instead. The newer stuff is buggy, drops wifi, doesn't have a working smartphone app STILL a year after release...I'd rather have the last gen of the tried, tested, and hardened hardware platform than the first generation of a newer undeveloped platform. You can be the beta tester not me.
As time goes forward, quality goes in reverse.
For that price you should have a few you want to sell by nowwwww.I was getting them for $99 a year ago when Radio Shack was closing down. Those were the days.
Maybe I paid a bit too much but I am thoroughly enjoying this scanner...
...I just picked up a BCD996P2 for $330...
$330 is a very good price for the BCD996P2. The lowest price I'm able to find at the moment is $349.75 from Jet.com with FREE shipping included. If you use the discount code "TRIPLE15" at checkout you will receive an additional 15% off of your first 3 orders up to a maximum discount of $30 for each order.
With the use of the discount code mentioned the total delivered price for the BCD996P2 is $319.75: https://jet.com/product/detail/637bc9aadad5419b969909a13563324e
Thanks for the suggestion to try to get a refund. I called Mills fleet Farm and unfortunately since its been longer than 14 days they cannot credit my purchase for the difference. They did say that I could return the first one then buy a second one for the discounted price, but with shipping back and forth it would be a push and I'd be without a scanner for a week or more.
I was getting them for $99 a year ago when Radio Shack was closing down. Those were the days.