[AMRadio] Halli SX-101A for $750?

[wb3fau at att.net]

I  hear you todd.  I  just hate  to see  people get ripped off.  I  agree  with all you say.  We have a pretty  good  'fest  here, 1st  weekend  in 
June at the  Breezeshooters fest. Its held in Butler Pa,  about 30 miles North  of Pittsburgh.  Still  get   good  deal there.  I  often sell myself.  No way a Halli SX-101  is worth $750...73 Russ.

--- On Thu, 11/24/11, Todd, KA1KAQ <ka1kaq at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Todd, KA1KAQ <ka1kaq at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Halli SX-101A for $750?
> To: "Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service" <amradio at mailman.qth.net>
> Date: Thursday, November 24, 2011, 9:48 PM
> On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 9:49
> AM,  <wb3fau at att.net>
> wrote:
> > Some years  back, i  quit using Ebay, after  a few
>  bad  deals.  Too much  money,  items  never  as good
> as they  say,  and sellers reselling  after  you buy it.
>  There  are other sources,  you just   have to hunt for
>  what you  want.  i will go  with hamfests,  but i stay
> away  from  big events.
> > With this  messed up economy,  there  are good
>  deals to  be found. 73 Russ.
> 
> There are good deals to be found all the time, Russ. Who
> knows this
> better than us packrats? (o:
> 
> Ebay is a great tool to have available, but it has its
> limitations and
> certainly isn't the be-all, end-all some see it as. I've
> never spent
> more than $200 for a R-390A myself, and that was the last
> one; a nice
> one-owner EAC. But of course, I never bought one on ebay.
> 
> The trick is arming yourself with knowledge and a healthy
> dose of
> skepticism. Do the research, check out the sellers *and*
> bidders,
> you'd be surprised how easily you can still spot some of
> the shills -
> even though ebay has hidden their identities.
> 
> More and more, I find folks returning to the hamfest route
> for selling
> old tube gear. Between the nickel-and-dime fee approach of
> ebay along
> with the time involved in photographing, listing, answering
> questions,
> and dealing with shipping, I don't mind a bit if it doesn't
> get some
> mythical "top dollar" bid. My time is worth more to me
> every day,
> since discovering they're not issuing any more of it.
> 
> As for the occasional nose bleed high bid, those will
> always exist.
> Overall prices have dropped considerably in the last few
> years. Even
> before the economy tanked. Should things turn around in the
> next year
> and start to recover, I doubt we'll ever see the prices we
> saw just a
> few years back. At least, not as the 'norm'.
> 
> C'mon up to NEAR-Fest sometime. There's a lot of old gear
> and a large
> contingent of AMers as well. Friends always get
> ridiculously good
> deals at my table, a win/win situation since it's one less
> thing I
> need to haul back home!
> 
> ~ Todd,  KA1KAQ/4
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