ORIGINAL: MikeL
ORIGINAL: bigedmustafa
]Spektrum gets $99.99 for their 7-channel receiver and the JR 9-channel receiver is $169.99.
Those aren't the street prices. Try $80 and $130. Those are just two in the range, however. You can spend as little as $40 for a park flyer receiver. Why make something appear more expensive than it is?
I know there are always some partisan feelings when it comes to radios, for whatever reason, but I don't know that it's wise to make recommendations on products that are either unannounced, unpriced, or not shipping. It'll be months before those hit the market, and the specs/prices aren't known.
Sorry, MikeL, but I was trying to compare retail street price to retail street price. I'm comfortable that nobody is advertising Spektrum receivers for less than the prices I stated because of Horizon's Minimum Advertised Pricing (MAP) requirements for it's dealers. Price protection is good for hobby dealers, but isn't quite as friendly for us consumers.
I'm a Tower Hobbies Super Saver club member, so I can go online right now and order two Airtronics 92824 2.4Ghz full range 8-channel receivers for $67.49 each with free shipping. We can all go to
http://www.towerhobbies.com and get this deal using coupon code 014J6 ($25 off $149 or more) assuming we all have Super Saver memberships. If you need a Super Saver membership, it'll cost you $9.99 just like you would have paid for shipping anyway.
Can you provide a link where we can all go and buy $80 AR7000 receivers and $130 AR9000 or R921 receivers? Can you provide a link where we can all go and buy $40 Spektrum park flyer receivers? I have to confess I don't shop for Spektrum receivers very often. Please educate me and point out all of the authorized Spektrum resellers offering brand new AR7000s for $80 and AR9000s for $130. I don't know where they are, I only know about auctions and classified ads.