icom ic-m302 vhf

[nonibbles]

I am looking at purchasing the above type vhf radio. The best new price I can find so far in Aust is $364 inc p&p from prestige communications can anyone better that? Feel free to P.M. if commercially confidential.

[vertico]

i bought mine from the usa for a fair bit less than that
have a look around

[DR]

try www.threeriversmarine.com if you don't mind buying overseas.
email for a firm price which includes shipping & insurance
the fellas name is Clint & you usually have item in 7 days or less.
last year i bought a M402s to my door in 5 days $253, best price in Brisbane at that time was $520.
have also bought gps from them, they are good to deal with.
should be somewhere around the $240 mark. depending on exchange rate..

[25_ponies]

Whitworths have them at the moment for $339 - http://whitworths.com.au/main_itemde...AbsolutePage=1

I've had one for a few months, they are not a bad unit (but I don't have anything to compare to...)

[nonibbles]

Thanks so far guys, I am still looking and overseas prices are quite attractive. I was originally looking at the similarly featured and priced navman 7200 but based on recommendations of a few quite respected Ausfishers in other posts regarding vhf radio I'm pretty sure the icom is superior (navman don't appear to be popular when it comes to quality)

[subzero]

Buy it now price x USA $142 US. Dont know what the postage is.
They do have a very high feedback rating so they should be ok? I know the topic has been raised before but I cant recall ever seeing a result, is the Warranty International in the unlikely event you do have a problem, or does it have to be returned to the US for service.
See below
Cheers Lloyd

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/NEW-I...11248360QQrdZ1
There is also this one for the 402s at $144.25 US and the vendor has a 100% feedback rating.
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ICOM-M402S-mo...QQcmdZViewItem
Both post internationaly

[nonibbles]

Thanks everyone for your help. Alas, the purchase will have to wait until I've paid for my studies (I am about to enrol in a postgrad course and family can't really afford it at present but can't improve career position without it so I guess the boat is not a priority at moment)

Thanks again hopefully someone else got help from this thread though