[ARC5] Re: [Milsurplus] Oh, my goodness

[J Forster]

Todd,

"Back in the day" ...  say 1960...  you could buy a truly NIB ARC-5 for
under $10. But then you could buy several tanks of gas for that same $10.
You could likely pick up almost the same thing for the price of the same
amount of gas today.

NIB/NOS WWII radios are not cluttering the warehouse shelves any more.

As to your BC-348's, I'm not looking for one right now, but if anybody has
an NOS or ultra-clean, unrestored, unhammed, ARB, please email me.  For
real.

-John

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Todd, KA1KAQ wrote:

> On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 10:03 AM, J Forster <jfor at quik.com> wrote:
> > If it had been NIB, I could see it, but "restored", no matter how well
> >  done, devalues it IMO.
>
> $1000 for a NIB BC-348? That's... inSANE! Why, we used ta buy those
> for $25 all day long, back in the day.  Anyone who'd pay that much for
> one now must be...well....crazy? An audiophile? You could buy a pair
> of 845s for that, maybe a used W.E. transformer gadget. :D
>
> That we are fortunate enough to have the opportunity to concern
> ourselves with such matters is a good thing, IMO.
>
> ~ Todd,  KA1KAQ
>
> *note to self: contact friend tonight who still has 3-4 NOS BC-348s in
> foil wrappers in boxes sitting in his garage, sell to John & Mike
> tomorrow for one (1) kilobuck each. Invest profit in oil futures....
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