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Title: Flextone's new ECHO
Post by: FinsnFur on March 05, 2011, 09:57:46 PM
Man these things must be selling like hotcakes! Everyone is sold out.
I've wondered about them, almost bought one, but continue to watch.
Did someone finally blow the whistle on these other call makers charging 500% mark up and then Flextone sweeps in on a more realistic level to undermine them or what?  :innocentwhistle: :laf:

Averaging $140 buck for these things, loaded with 100 sounds...seriously? And I see Wildlife Technologies has them listed for $116.00 now but you have to back order it.
Title: Re: Flextone's new ECHO
Post by: KySongDog on March 06, 2011, 06:24:16 AM
With the 24 sound Foxpro Spitfire going for $199, the Flextone Echo HD eR1 blows it away with its 100 sounds (90+ are from Wildlife Technologies) and way lower price tag.

They are sold out for a good reason. 
Title: Re: Flextone's new ECHO
Post by: FinsnFur on March 06, 2011, 07:43:51 AM
There's a few guys on Predator Caller Central that have been using them and they've got nothing bad to say about them either.
I'm pretty seriously thinking about picking one up. At WT's sale price of $116 it's like a guy in the market would be crazy not to.
Title: Re: Flextone's new ECHO
Post by: nastygunz on March 06, 2011, 08:22:44 AM
From Cabelas :

Discussion Thread
Response (Allen J) 03/06/2011 06:53 AM
Dear Valued Customer

Referring to item # 420277, we do not have any in stock in the catalog department right now. I am showing the tentative arrivla date to us of 06-01-11 on this merchandise from the manufacturer. If you want to know stock at a retail store, please give me the store location and I will be happy to check stock at the retail store for you. If you have any other questions please call Cabela's at 800-237-4444 or you can contact us via email or use our online chat option for further assistance.

Have a Great Day !!!
Allen J.
Product Information, Kearney Ne
Customer 03/06/2011 12:41 AM
In a message dated 3/5/2011 11:43:06 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, cabelas@mailnj.custhelp.com writes:
Flextone Echo HD ?...
Flextone Echo HD ?...
Title: Re: Flextone's new ECHO
Post by: nastygunz on March 06, 2011, 08:25:19 AM
According to Flex Tone they will be available in May.

Amy Wallace
865-497-9960 PH
865-497-9961 FAX
www.clinchmtnoutfitters.com
email: amy@clinchmtnoutfitters.com
Title: Re: Flextone's new ECHO
Post by: nastygunz on March 06, 2011, 03:15:31 PM
CODE RED CODE RED !!

So I have a Flextone Echo on the way for $119.00  :yoyo:...how you might ask?...Cabelas, and about 2 hours of phone time...here the 411...if you go on the web site..alot of times stuff is listed as out of stock, back ordered, etc...but that is for the catalogue!!..if you actually look up the individual store numbers and call them..and get an employee who isnt useless, often the store will have the item in stock!!..I called the Maine store..guy didnt have a clue said hed check n call me back...HE NEVER DID, YOU SUCK CABELAS MAINE !!! :argh:...next closest store I call is in Conn. so I call this very helpful fellow named Steve Finch checked said they did not have it but he would check the other stores inventory for me which he did, and told me that RENO,NEVADA, GONZALES, LOUISIANA, GLENDALE,ARIZONA, and BILLINGS, MONTANA, showed the Flextone in stock...I called Billings,Montana, they had 1 unit left, I BOUGHT IT FOR 119.00  :yoyo:...anyone looking for one try the other listed places quick :wink:..and I called the Conn. store back and asked for the CS manager and told them how helpful Steve Finch was and how he hooked me up and was told he would definiteley be commended for his effort, which is good !!
Title: Re: Flextone's new ECHO
Post by: pitw on March 06, 2011, 03:56:07 PM
Quote from: nastygunz on March 06, 2011, 03:15:31 PM
  I called the Conn. store back and asked for the CS manager and told them how helpful Steve Finch was and how he hooked me up and was told he would definiteley be commended for his effort, which is good !!

:bowingsmilie: :bowingsmilie:
Title: Re: Flextone's new ECHO
Post by: FinsnFur on March 06, 2011, 06:56:01 PM
You Suck!  :biggrin:
Title: Re: Flextone's new ECHO
Post by: nastygunz on March 06, 2011, 07:23:29 PM
 :mad2: :mad3: :sad3: :sarcas3: :noway: :madd: :holdon: :wo: :huh: :whew: :argh: :doh2:
Title: Re: Flextone's new ECHO
Post by: nastygunz on March 06, 2011, 07:25:58 PM
Oh Crap....I emoti-posted...no Im not trying to run my post count up to hit 2000!!... :innocentwhistle: :biggrin:
Title: Re: Flextone's new ECHO
Post by: nastygunz on March 06, 2011, 07:27:41 PM
Did you call Jimbo?
Title: Re: Flextone's new ECHO
Post by: alscalls on March 06, 2011, 07:29:09 PM
Quote from: nastygunz on March 06, 2011, 07:27:41 PM
Did you call Jimbo?

Dont be a prick or I will join right in...........
Title: Re: Flextone's new ECHO
Post by: 5 SHOTS on March 06, 2011, 07:32:55 PM
Quote from: nastygunz on March 06, 2011, 03:15:31 PM
CODE RED CODE RED !!
I called Billings,Montana, they had 1 unit left, I BOUGHT IT FOR 119.00



Thanks, from Glendive, MT.




:alscalls: :alscalls: :alscalls:
Title: Re: Flextone's new ECHO
Post by: FinsnFur on March 06, 2011, 07:34:24 PM
 :laf: That was, I say that was your last chance of hope wasnt it Art.
Title: Re: Flextone's new ECHO
Post by: 5 SHOTS on March 06, 2011, 07:42:47 PM
Billings is only a few hours drive from me. Lots of people around here go shopping down there every month or so.
Title: Re: Flextone's new ECHO
Post by: nastygunz on March 06, 2011, 10:04:28 PM
I picked Montana because of that manly outdoors, mountain, hunting image it projects :yoyo: The customer service chick sounded pretty hot...wonder if she was wearing a Stetson... :wo:... :innocentwhistle:
Title: Re: Flextone's new ECHO
Post by: 5 SHOTS on March 07, 2011, 10:10:10 AM
Quote from: nastygunz on March 06, 2011, 10:04:28 PM
wonder if she was wearing a Stetson... :wo:... :innocentwhistle:


She probably only wears it when she is going out after work.  :innocentwhistle: :eyebrow:
Title: Re: Flextone's new ECHO
Post by: nastygunz on March 07, 2011, 05:32:37 PM
Quote from: alscalls on March 06, 2011, 07:29:09 PM
Quote from: nastygunz on March 06, 2011, 07:27:41 PM
Did you call Jimbo?

Dont be a prick or I will join right in...........

FIRST OFF YOU DONT HAVE TO JOIN RIGHT IN I ALREADY CONSIDER YOU A PRICK, AMONG OTHER THINGS, ALSO AS FAR AS "DID YOU CALL JIMBO?"...I WAS ASKING JIM CHAMPION IF HE CALLED ANY OF THE CABELAS, NOT IF HE CALLED YOU, WHAT A PARANOID MORON !...THERE IS THAT CLEAR ENOUGH FOR YOU :readthis:
Title: Re: Flextone's new ECHO
Post by: alscalls on March 07, 2011, 05:54:36 PM
Quote from: nastygunz on March 06, 2011, 07:25:58 PM
Oh Crap....I emoti-posted...no Im not trying to run my post count up to hit 2000!!... :innocentwhistle: :biggrin:

REALLY!!!!

I guess I read it wrong then you P.O.S.
Title: Re: Flextone's new ECHO
Post by: FinsnFur on March 07, 2011, 06:38:30 PM
Relax Mr Collins, not everyone is out to get you. It's mainly just me.

You know what happens when you wrongly accuse someone. It makes you look like a..... :doh2:   nevermind...I'm too late.
Title: Re: Flextone's new ECHO
Post by: alscalls on March 07, 2011, 06:57:45 PM
To quote a great big _______________   Blaah Blaah Blaah.......

And I am quite relaxed...... no need for you to worry.
Title: Re: Flextone's new ECHO
Post by: RonManci on March 08, 2011, 11:02:41 AM
Jim, Now I see what you mean by having your hands full here..............
Title: Re: Flextone's new ECHO
Post by: pitw on March 08, 2011, 12:40:45 PM
Quote from: RonManci on March 08, 2011, 11:02:41 AM
Jim, Now I see what you mean by having your hands full here..............

  He needs to fill them somewhere  :iroll:.
Title: Re: Flextone's new ECHO
Post by: FinsnFur on March 08, 2011, 01:38:29 PM
There's only couple rotten apples over here Ron, but when the wind is right you can smell em a long way off. :wink:
Title: Re: Flextone's new ECHO
Post by: 5 SHOTS on March 08, 2011, 07:36:14 PM
Quote from: FinsnFur on March 08, 2011, 01:38:29 PM
There's only couple rotten apples over here Ron, but when the wind is right you can smell em a long way off. :wink:


  :doh2: I'm sorry. Should I go shower now?

:alscalls: :alscalls: :alscalls:
Title: Re: Flextone's new ECHO
Post by: HaMeR on March 08, 2011, 07:42:53 PM
QuoteI'm sorry. Should I go shower now?

Kinda early in the week isn't it Art??  :confused:



:laugh2: :laugh2: :laugh2:
Title: Re: Flextone's new ECHO
Post by: JohnK on March 10, 2011, 12:18:20 PM
How satisfied are you buyers with the sound quality. Particularly the volume. Is it louder than a spitfire?. Can you isolate 5-6 sounds and not have to scroll thru the whole list? What kind of warranty do you get?
Title: Re: Flextone's new ECHO
Post by: nastygunz on September 27, 2011, 07:57:12 PM
 :doh2:
Title: Re: Flextone's new ECHO
Post by: FinsnFur on September 27, 2011, 08:11:54 PM
Alright Nasty~   :alscalls: :alscalls: You aint gettin off that easy. What happen here? :laf:
Title: Re: Flextone's new ECHO
Post by: nastygunz on September 28, 2011, 08:10:04 PM
I was gunna put my "ford Power" post here but then decided I dint want to resurrect the bad karma of this thread so I moved it  :doh2:
Title: Re: Flextone's new ECHO
Post by: FinsnFur on September 28, 2011, 08:53:02 PM
Resurrect, he says. :sneer:
Title: Re: Flextone's new ECHO
Post by: nastygunz on September 28, 2011, 08:57:31 PM
SEE! :huh: :doh2:
Title: Re: Flextone's new ECHO
Post by: hunter724 on October 10, 2011, 09:12:52 PM
all i can say if you hunt PA. buy one....works better than any caller i spent hours in the woods with...dont know why..but the sounds sure latch onto them predators....
Title: Re: Flextone's new ECHO
Post by: nastygunz on August 15, 2012, 08:34:19 PM
I just had to switch over to my echo from my fx3 as the fx3 batteries finally died for good...not as loud but still hauled the crows in...much better remote also I think.
Title: Re: Flextone's new ECHO
Post by: FinsnFur on August 15, 2012, 09:22:48 PM
 :doh2: I still want one of those :eyebrownod:
I just had to move it down the list a little bit.
Title: Re: Flextone's new ECHO
Post by: nastygunz on August 15, 2012, 09:26:45 PM
Today's the first day i really used mine hard and it worked great :yoyo:
Title: Re: Flextone's new ECHO
Post by: FinsnFur on August 15, 2012, 09:27:42 PM
What are they going for off the top of your head?
Title: Re: Flextone's new ECHO
Post by: yotefever on August 31, 2012, 09:46:09 PM
I have one Jim, too bad we do not live closer.(eastern Waukesha co. right next door (kinda) to some guy named Walker :shrug:)
I got mine off Amazon for $116 with free shipping last winter.
I like it, seems to have enough volume for me. I did send an email to the company with some suggestions but never heard back.
I would like to add some of my own sounds, would prefer a red back light for the remote and I do not really need the handle. For my first ecaller I am happy with it.
Title: Re: Flextone's new ECHO
Post by: nastygunz on August 31, 2012, 10:02:13 PM
Quote from: FinsnFur on August 15, 2012, 09:27:42 PM
What are they going for off the top of your head?

I don't know Ive never tried it off the top of my head I usually hang it off a tree or stick it out in a field on the ground  :innocentwhistle: :biggrin:
Title: Re: Flextone's new ECHO
Post by: FinsnFur on September 03, 2012, 02:34:54 PM
 :doh2: :doh2:
Title: Re: Flextone's new ECHO
Post by: nastygunz on September 04, 2012, 07:29:38 PM
 :thumb2:
Title: Re: Flextone's new ECHO
Post by: yotefever on September 08, 2012, 11:56:24 AM
There is one at Cabelas in the bargain cave in Prairie du chien for $119 Jim   :wink:
Title: Re: Flextone's new ECHO
Post by: FinsnFur on September 08, 2012, 05:51:27 PM
First the State park, and now Cabelas?...you were all over down here werent you :laf:
I was fishing in Prairie all day today. I probably crossed your path a few times as I drove from one spot to another.

I was even in Cabela's. Got there around 12:15 and out by 12:50... I spose you were there at the same time. :doh2:

Oh and..I got a real good deal on a Flextone from a member here a couple weeks ago. There was no way I could pass it up.
I havent had it out calling yet but I like the way it looks feels and works so far.
(http://i49.tinypic.com/2n9x6qq.jpg)
Title: Re: Flextone's new ECHO
Post by: yotefever on September 08, 2012, 10:23:11 PM
We left there around 1:30 yesterday afternoon.  We stopped at the shop by the visitors center that sells all the smoked turtle, frog, perch and other stuff. I liked the article from the paper there about the 9'9.5" 497 lb alligator gar fish that was 'caught' in the area. Great April 1 story  :alscalls:

First time camping there but will be back next year. If it is at the same time of the year I will be bringing hard hats for everyone, there were so many acorns falling ( I took an average count one nite and they were falling 1 every 5 sec.  :nono:)

I just added a piece of paracord to hang the Flextone from a branch to get it off the ground and it keeps the metal rings quiet too andI like the ability to switch the speakers around. :yoyo:
Title: Re: Flextone's new ECHO
Post by: nastygunz on December 11, 2012, 11:20:06 PM
Crikey they sure jacked the price up on their web site:

http://www.flextonegamecalls.com/products/electronic-calls/echo-hd-100.html
Title: Re: Flextone's new ECHO
Post by: FinsnFur on December 12, 2012, 06:22:30 AM
Boy they did! I wonder if they changed them at all. :confused:
Title: Re: Flextone's new ECHO
Post by: KySongDog on December 12, 2012, 07:29:33 AM
They could sell more than they could make at the old price so they raise the price to put demand in line with the supply.   Marketing 101.  At least that is my theory anyways.   :readthis:   

But now they are in the same price ball park as the new Foxpro Wildfire.  Foxpro is the better unit for the money, me thinks.