[Boatanchors] Amazing prices

[David Knepper]

Could we start a new thread:  "What if there was no Ebay?"

I'll be the first since this is a rhetorical question:  "Hoping that 'Carl' 
would die so I could convince his wife that he was my friend and promised me 
his Collins KW-1"

David Knepper - W3CRA/W3ST
Collins Radio Association
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-----Original Message----- 
From: Bob Young
Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2014 12:02 PM
To: boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Amazing prices

I don't know if you're looking at ebay or not but there are plenty of 
"amazing" prices on there. Sellers put boatanchors on there for for example 
routinely at 3-4 times the price most people would pay and just relist them 
over and over again hoping some sucker will come along and just have to have 
that radio. I look through just about every day and can usually tell who the 
seller is on ridiculously over priced items, gets so I don't even look at 
those certain auctions. There should be a limit on the amount of times a 
seller can relist an item to get the glut off.


Bob
KB1OKL



om: rhulett1 at consolidated.net
> To: boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Tue, 6 May 2014 08:32:08 -0500
> Subject: [Boatanchors] Amazing prices
>
> Having started in this hobby in the early 60s, the old radios continue to
> interest me.  Several of various sorts have moved into the shack for 
> awhile
> then moved on.  Lately I have been looking at Hallicrafters and National
> 40s-50s receivers and the prices seem rather amazing.  I've seen several
> priced near $300!  Much of the gear is in poor condition, missing parts,
> inoperable.  Would have thought estate sales would have saturated the 
> market
> and driven prices to few cents on the pound given the age of this 
> equipment.
> Must be a lot more old folks like me interested than would have thought.
>
> 73, Curt KB5JO
>
>
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