[TowerTalk] Sunneyvake HRO - SK

[bill steffey]

>The Chicago stores were put under partly because hams would use them
>as show-rooms to look at rigs, then PHONE IN AN ORDER TO AES IN
>MILWAUKEE to avoid Illinois SALES TAX.
>Of course IL SKY HIGH Sales Tax to blame also!!
>Rob
>K5UJ
>_______________________________________________

that was , as far as I see, A BIG SCAM.
The owner of AES also owned the ONLY ham store in chicago..
ERICKSON COMMUNICATIONS...  i say only...the only store that could 
get the icom, yaesu and kenwood franchise.....( what mattered)

cute, as it kept any competitors out (certainly those Japanese MFgrs 
listened to their BIG account in Milwaukee who undoubtedly disliked 
the idea of having competition in Chicago) ..
yes    check it out at Erickson  and  have it shipped tax free from 
Milwaukee...


I always looked forward to trips to LA so I could wander down to HRO Anaheim
where many radios hooked up and coffee also....
AES & Erickson operated like a parts house with the "clerks" sitting 
on stools BEHIND THE COUNTER...  might as well have had their arms 
crossed as well...
such a cozy feeling ,,,,NOT    ham radio deserved better...
now due to internet no one will open a ham store in Chicago, unless 
they tax internet/mail order sales. Glad HRO took over the AES store.

bill     who 'got outta town'  5 years ago
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