[ARC5] [Milsurplus] BC-223 Transmitter Jaw Dropper

[joldenburg2 at new.rr.com]

Often collectables that are N.O.S. are changing hands for 100-150% more than clean original items. Considering that 801 tubes are EXPENSIVE a bid of $600 or so wold have seemed okay IF this was truly N.O.S.

Looking closely at this auction the alarms go off. Just out of packing ( which is missing?!). Hmmm, why is the unit showing signs of a quick sloppy wipe down on a dust embedded wrinkle finish? Why would one dispose the extensive packaging that these units where shipped in? Where are the other two tuning units that would have been shipped, numbers matching the unit? Accompanying manuals?

It is clean, appears to have never been mounted, but N.O.S. just out the box, no. As far as shill bidding to end the auction, one can always end an auction as being no longer available, thus canceling the auction and any bids. One then is avoiding e-Bays nearly 20% commission.
Jon AB9AH
---- "AKLDGUY ." <neilb0627 at gmail.com> wrote: 

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Yeah, but $856 ??

73 de Neil ZL1ANM

On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 4:04 PM, <radioman390 at cs.com> wrote:

> The first one was used without tubes, the second was used- incomplete and
> the third was listed as "new out of the box"
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: AKLDGUY . <neilb0627 at gmail.com>
> To: David Stinson <arc5 at ix.netcom.com>; milsurplus <
> milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Tue, Dec 27, 2016 9:14 pm
> Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] BC-223 Transmitter Jaw Dropper
>
> Try this:
> The seller himself or an associate on his behalf bidded up the price to
> the point where nobody would match it.
> Perhaps because:
> 1. He changed his mind about selling
> 2. He recognised a bidder who he didn't want to sell to, perhaps because
> of a previous bad deal
>
> 73 de Neil ZL1ANM
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 2:06 PM, David Stinson <arc5 at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>
>> These transmitters all sold about the same time
>> on Ebay.  Can anyone give me a sane, even
>> slightly rational explaination of this price spread?
>>
>> http://www.ebay.com/itm/272495017315
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>> http://www.ebay.com/itm/191988472817
>>
>> http://www.ebay.com/itm/311710205908
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