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--- In Pro-97@yahoogroups.com, "Eric Allison" <n3kmj@y...> wrote:
\n>
\n> I have to ask this question. I bought the PRO-97 less than a month
\nago
\n> at the $149 sale price and still have time to return it for
\n> credit/refund. Don't get me wrong, it's nice and it's the
\nfirst "new"
\n> scanner I've bought sine 1994, but after spending time in several
\n> discussion groups and browsing web sites I've yet to see "official"
\n> information of whether RS/GRE will support it after the 800Mhz
\n> rebanding. I know there's the possibility EVERY scanner may become
\n> useless or obsolete for trunking, and I know there's the
\npossibility
\n> some could just be reporgrammed or updated with firmware to fix the
\n> issue. However, I'm looking at this from a resale value. Right now
\n> trunking isn't an issue because I live in a rural area, but I do
\nenjoy
\n> listening to the Pittsburgh police who use a standard non-trunked
\n> system. There's rumors they'll be going to a trunked system
\nsometime
\n> in the future and whether it'll be digital is yet to be
\ndetermined. If
\n> they go digital then obviously I own a paperwieght, and that, along
\n> with the possibility that it won't be fixable to comply with the
\n> rebanding makes me wonder what the PRO-97 will be worth a year from
\n> now. Should I drop it like a hot potato, get my money back and
\nwait to
\n> see what happens during/after the rebanding? Then see which company
\n> (Uniden or GRE) will make the best effort to keep thier products
\nfrom
\n> becoming obsolete and maybe purchase something else? Having a
\nscanner
\n> with an unfixable feature sure reduces the value and buying
\naudience.
\n> Or should I just keep it, hoping GRE will have an answer and the
\n$149
\n> isn't making much of a hit in my budget for now?
\n>
\n> What are you going to do and why?
\n>