[ARC5] Pricing an SCR-274-N (sigh...)

[J. Forster]

Dave,

You are low, IMO. Your prices are what a careful shopper with lots of time
and knowlege can do.

If the stuff is all clean, either all aluminum or black, no corrosion or
dents or hacks, with the proper connectors (not mixed w/ Type 12, for
example)...  a really clean, original setup, properly wired, I could
easily see $1500.

YMMV,

-John

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> ----- Original Message -----
>>....Can anyone give me a rough price
>   (for a complete SCR-274N).
>
> OK... I'm probably being an idiot for even attempting
> to answer this eternal and unanswerable question,
> but it isn't the first time I've been an idiot so...
>
> I'm assuming by "antenna tuner" you actually
> meant "antenna switch," since only the AN/ARC-5
> MF set used a tuner.
>
> I often get this "what's it worth" question
> and I tell you truly-
> there is no "correct" answer other than:
> "whatever you and a purchaser can agree upon."
> The market is fickle and more than a little crazy.
> I have seen actually "rare" pieces sell for peanuts
> and sets as common as salt sell for hundreds,
> then turn around the next week and go the other way.
> It depends on who has "mad money" when.
> I do feel comfortable in saying $5000 is laughable
> and only a doofuss with more money than sense
> would pay anything like that.
>
> Unlike some people stricken with covetousness and envy,
> I see nothing wrong with getting as much as you can
> for your family's assets.  "Profit" is not a dirty word,
> save to the covetous.
> Socialists who have run out of other people's money
> to give-away now want to give-away other people's radios ;-)
> In fact, you have a fiduciary duty to do the best you can
> with your family's assets.
>
> If, for your own reasons, you wish to keep it all together,
> you will ultimately receive far less money, but the work
> involved in marketing individual pieces may not be worth
> it in your particular circumstance.   Sales of individual pieces
> will bring the most money for your family and also please
> the most people, as many more sets will have "holes" filled
> rather than it all going to one rich guy.
>
> Either way, if your goal is maximize return on your assets,
> Ebay is the only way to go.   They offer you a market of
> millions of potential buyers vs. six old guys at a hamfest
> who will waste your time telling you
> how they used to buy all that for 27 cents, offer $10
> for your flawless BC-456 modulator, then walk away.
> Ignore the sneers and smears by people who either
> won't offer at all or will offer you a silly pittance.
> They don't pay your bills so they have no say.
>
> If a dear friend (and only for him!) asked me to market
> such a set for him and insisted- against my advice-
> on keeping the set together as one piece,
> and assuming there were no authentically "rare"
> or "scarce" pieces in the set,
> I would remind him of the insanity of the market,
> and that any starting price can only be a "best guess,"
> then break it down to an "opening bid" this way:
>
> (YES; I know you can point to some fool who paid $387.96
>   for a common BC-455 receiver.   I'm trying to quote
>   "starting" prices that will end in a sale.  I've already said
>   that even attempting to price such as this in this market
>   is nearly impossible.  I invite you to offer your opinion
>   as long as it's not a childish "profit is evil" whine.)
>
> 3 MC RX  45
> 7 MC RX  45
> LF RX  35
> 3 Dynamotors 60
> Rack  55
> Shock 35
> RX cntrl box 30 (common as dirt-
>   I do not understand people who pay
>   big money for this control box)
> Set 6 connectors 60
>
> 3 MC TX  35
> 7 MC TX  35
> Rack  55
> Shock  35
> TX cntrl box  35
> Set of 2 connectors  20
>
> Modulator  75
> Shock  35
> Dynamotor 45
> Set of 4 connectors  40
>
> Antenna Switch  35
> Connector  10
> Shock  25
>
> Then I'd give a small "premium" for the fact that it's a complete set.
> I'd remind my friend he's being foolish and open the auction at $999.
> Frankly, I'd bet even money you don't get a bite at that price.
> People are funny.  They'll pay three times that in individual part sales
> but they won't bid that "big" straight-up.
>
> OK- that's my "best shot," but it's based on twenty years
> of buying and selling this stuff.
> I invite your (constructive) input.
>
> GL OM ES 73 DE Dave AB5S
>
>
>
>
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