[ARC5] Are you kidding?!?

[J. Forster]

There is an eBay auction number listed below.

Again   251446902495


-John

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> Maybe I missed it, but which specific transmitters and receivers is he
> selling?  What frequency ranges?  Ham bands or not?  Seems to me that
> should make a difference.
>
> Mike, W6MAB
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Todd, KA1KAQ
>   To: Kenneth G Gordon
>   Cc: ARC-5 Mail List
>   Sent: Monday, February 10, 2014 9:48 AM
>   Subject: Re: [ARC5] Are you kidding?!?
>
>
>   On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 12:16 PM, Kenneth G. Gordon <
>   kgordon2006 at frontier.com> wrote:
>
>   > 251446902495
>   >
>
>   I'm with you Ken, it doesn't seem realistic for the overall content -
>   though it would be a good start for someone. Definitely more of a 'user'
> vs
>   'collector' look to it. Command set gear seldom, if ever brings what
> nice
>   ARC-5 or ARA/ATA gear brings as it's much more plentiful and lacks the
> nice
>   black wrinkle finish in most cases.
>
>   True, some pieces by themselves could bring decent money, but to imply
> the
>   overall value is based on that leaves out the time factor: the time the
>   seller would have into splitting up, listing, packing and shipping each
>   item individually. IMO you'd need to sell each connector, mount, base,
> etc
>   separately to come close to the asking price. You might get it, but when
>   you figure in your time, how much are you really gaining? As well, some
>   attraction is lost when it becomes just another dynamotor, just another
>   modulator, and so on.
>
>   I'd guess a a more realistic price to be a little less than half - if
> he's
>   lucky.
>
>   ~ Todd,  KA1KAQ/4
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