[Boatanchors] eBay Prices

[Brian A Clarke]

Dear Mr Holtman,

I applaud your attempt to track eBay prices. However, your belief that 
time is the crucial factor is unusual. I would suggest that you would get 
a better idea of causal factors driving prices if you asked the successful 
buyers - after all, it was they who made the buying decision, not the 
clock or the calendar. By asking the buyers, you might also learn what 
they thought of the price paid once the goods actually arrived on their 
doorsteps.

For instance, one buyer might tell you that a price of say $1200 was 
agreed for a KW-1B and when it arrived it was spotless and the new 
owner thought it was a bargain.
Another buyer might have won a 51-J5 at $750 and when it arrived 
it had a pretty face but was gutted and required a complete rebuild 
- not happy, Josephine.

This kind of information is far more valuable than that a piece of 
equipment sold for $100 at midnight on the 30th of February. So 
what?

73 de Brian, VK2GCE