[ARC5] R-45/ARR-7

[Robert Downs]

Yes, very much so.  And the market often depends upon what you have to sell.  There is no doubt that different groups of people can have vastly different concepts of perceived value.  Some years ago, I wasted part of a rainy evening making a list of the various collector groups for the very broad swath of electrical communications equipment, and their probable concept of a fair value for items within their broadly defined area (but more specific than just the blanket "Milsurplus").  Then I plugged in a number between +1.0 and -0.5 for my opinion of what an average individual in each group would be willing to pay.  The -0.5 was for a group who would be expecting to be paid to take something plus reimbursed for all of their expenses pertaining to taking possession of it.  I called the list the "cheapness factor".  I of course never published the list, because those individuals in the below zero area would get all huffy and PO'd.  And I have friends who would fall from one end of the scale to the other.  I can't, 20+ years on, say that the list has changed much.  But the number of people who would fall into various parts of the list has.
  
Robert Downs


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From: arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Mkdorney via ARC5
Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2018 8:17 PM
To: Peter Gottlieb
Cc: arc5 at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [ARC5] R-45/ARR-7

Depends on who your market is. Military Vehicle Owners still pay good money for working radios. A friend of mind just sold his working BC-1306 ( just the bare bones vehicle set up, no remotes or any of the off vehicle accessories) for $2000. I�ve seen just the transceivers alone, sometimes missing the cages protecting the controls, untested, no power supplies, go for $900. So it really depends on your market. 

Mark
WW2RDO

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> On Jun 17, 2018, at 7:28 PM, Peter Gottlieb <kb2vtl at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Well I still really enjoy the stuff.
> 
> 
>> On 6/17/2018 7:01 PM, Mike Morrow wrote:
>> Market values are much lower today, and continue to plummet.  Most of us are reluctant to appreciate how little real value or interest our treasures have in 2018.  Soon our estates will be paying someone big bucks to haul the junk...even uncommon NOS pristine un-hammed unmodified junk...away.
>> 
>> One would be very lucky to sell an R-45/ARR-7 for even $100, unless a gullible buyer can be found on ebay.
>> 
>> Mike / KK5F
>> 
>>    -----Original Message-----
>>    From: DSP3
>>    Sent: Jun 17, 2018 2:26 PM
>>    To: arc5 at mailman.qth.net
>>    Subject: Re: [ARC5] R-45/ARR-7
>> 
>>    I sold one of mine in very nice and working condition (re-capped) for
>>    $225, 4 years ago.  They are very usable units...
>> 
>>    Jeep - K3HVG
>> 
>> 
>>>    On 6/17/2018 2:14 PM, Dennis Monticelli wrote:
>>>    Guys,
>>> 
>>>    Can you give me an idea of what an unmodified Hallicrafters R-45 in
>>>    excellent condition would be worth (sans power supply)?
>>> 
>>>    Dennis AE6C
>> 
>> 
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