Oshkosh gate admission on Sunday 24th?

I was able to get into the dealer buildings on Sunday just fine,
snooping around for a good deal on a 196.

All them said they'd wouldn't give a firm price til monday. They wanted
to check the competition...

John

I was able to get into the dealer buildings on Sunday just fine, snooping
around for a good deal on a 196.

All them said they'd wouldn't give a firm price til monday. They wanted to
check the competition...

Yeah, that was my experience, too. Before the show starts, the vendors are
all psyched up and cocky -- and who can blame them? Why should they give
anyone a price right before 800,000 people descend on them?

Don't expect any "deals" until mid-week. And then don't expect any really
good deals on the "hot items" (whatever they are -- it changes every year).

However, if you're looking for something that's both (a) well represented by
many vendors, and (b) not "the new thing" on the field this year (like, for
instance, and JPI EDM-700 engine analyzer) you can expect to find really
good deals in OSH.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

I am paying my first visit to OSH this year.
What kind of good deals have been given in the past ?

--
Roy
N5804F - PA28-181 Piper Archer II

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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I was able to get into the dealer buildings on Sunday just fine, snooping
around for a good deal on a 196.

All them said they'd wouldn't give a firm price til monday. They wanted
to check the competition...

Yeah, that was my experience, too. Before the show starts, the vendors
are all psyched up and cocky -- and who can blame them? Why should they
give anyone a price right before 800,000 people descend on them?

Don't expect any "deals" until mid-week. And then don't expect any really
good deals on the "hot items" (whatever they are -- it changes every
year).

However, if you're looking for something that's both (a) well represented
by many vendors, and (b) not "the new thing" on the field this year (like,
for instance, and JPI EDM-700 engine analyzer) you can expect to find
really good deals in OSH.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

I am paying my first visit to OSH this year.
What kind of good deals have been given in the past ?

Congratulations! You're in for the time of your life.

Let's see. I bought by first, second and third GPS's at OSH, and was able
to beat any listed price, anywhere, on each of them.

I have bought five pairs of headsets at OSH -- and have always beaten any
published price. Hell, one year the president of Lightspeed GAVE me a pair.

My JPI engine analyzer was hundreds less than any price you'll see in a
catalog, as was my Narco 810+R com radio (the digital slide-in replacement
for the venerable Narco 120).

And I'm not even mentioning all the stuff we've obtained at OSH for our
aviation theme-suite hotel. Everything from wing ribs to propellers can be
obtained for pennies on the dollar at OSH, as compared to any other source.

Best of all, you get to see/touch/feel/play/twiddle all these things BEFORE
they arrive at your door. Seeing and testing a GPS with a qualified
manufacturing rep is worth hundreds right there -- and it's simply not an
experience that can be had when you live hundreds of miles from the nearest
major metropolitan area.

Oshkosh is heaven for pilots and aircraft owners. There is no substitute --
although Sun N Fun comes pretty close.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"