[ARC5] ARC-2 on Ebay

[David Stinson]

On 9/13/2020 2:37 PM, Robert P. Meadows wrote:
> If it were in your facility, what would you sell it for??  The same 6 bucks
> you paid, or what the obvious market will bear.  That is just the American
> Way.  CAPITALISM.
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>
> I'm all for Capitalism, but the market is the problem-
> it will not "bear" $1600 for an ARC-2, no matter what it's condition.
> Nor will it a $180 ARC-3, for that matter.  I'm sure y'all have noticed
> that the demand for such radios is dwindling fast.
> Yet these people will continue
> to list it, cutting perhaps 10% off until they get it down to a still
> laughable $800, then it disappears.  I don't know if they got frustrated
> and sent it to the dump as many spoiled infants have threatened
> (and done) over the years or if they decided to take the next $200 offer.
> They certainly won't tell you if you ask.
>
> There's a guy on Ebay who has been re-listing a replica tag from a Lear
> light aircraft antenna reel- not the reel, just the tag.  He wants $285
> for it and he never discounts.  He's been listing that thing repeatedly
> for at least 10 years- maybe more.  Listing fees alone have probably eaten-up
> what he hoped to make.  Then there's the guy with the TAJ transmitter
> that has been listed also for years.  He finally came down off his original
> IIRC $15,000 price down to $3500 or something, but he's going to stay there
> it seems forever.  Hope he needs a heavy-duty door-stop.
>
> Capitalism is fine, but it only works when one allows "supply and demand"
> to do it's job.  You can list excellent hambergers all day and if you
> ask $287.15 for them, you're going to be disappointed.  I assume
> a person lists things on Ebay because he wants to sell them.  Placing
> loonie prices based on nothing but clouds and dreams isn't going to
> do the job.  That's not Capitalism.  It's just pig-headed stupidity.
>
> Dave S.


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