[Boatanchors] Anyone Noticed

[Singley, Rodger]

I think a combination of economic conditions and also we are on the downside of the "vintage gear fad".   A bunch of people got excited about vintage gear but after awhile the interest wanes and collections that took a few years to put together are liquidated quickly.  It is good news for those who have a long term interest in restoring and operating vintage gear but not so good for those who were buying "investment grade vintage gear" (a funny term that showed up in a number of ebay listings over the years).

Remember the $1,800 SX-100 receivers on ebay?  (and the $850 Rangers)   I believe the "white hot" market is gone.

Rodger WQ9E


-----Original Message-----
From: boatanchors-bounces at mailman.qth.net on behalf of J. Dave Mayfield
Sent: Fri 7/23/2010 7:37 AM
To: Boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Boatanchors] Anyone Noticed
 
Anyone noticed that there is a ton of boatanchors listed on e-bay these 
days. Today under receivers there are 37 pages of listing, last year I 
noticed only about 8 pages, some goes for the transmitters section, is 
it hard times for some folks or what?

Dave W9WRL

www.w9wrl.com
www.3885am.com
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