[Boatanchors] Hamfest Pricing (was: Shelby NC hamfest photos)

[Jim Wilhite]

A very long time friend and ham passed away recently and he had a fairly 
long list of better than average stuff.  One item in particular was an Icom 
7800 and the PW1 amp.  I have been sorting and pricing all the stuff with 
the idea in mind that I would negotiate a bit lower.  Thus far the only item 
I have put out there is the 7800 and PW1.  You should have seen the sharks 
circling but I will not sell it at a ridiculous price.

These guys, all but one, kept telling me how poor the stuff is and not one 
person would pay even a fair price for it.  The one who didn't offered such 
a low price for them that even I almost laughed.  It sits in the floor right 
now until I get everything sorted and priced then I will put it out there 
with a cushion to negotiate.  But I will not sell for comparatively nothing. 
The widow deserves better than that.

Sorry guys no boatanchor stuff or you would be reading a list.

Jim
W5JO

-----Original Message----- 


Ebay prices at hamfests:  my observation of that is that the eBay
price folks are what I call "professional hamfesters."  These are
bottom feeders who go to estate sales, and think they are
mini-Wal-Marts, and they can put a price on something and not
negotiate.  Sometimes they even buy an item at a hamfest cheap and put
it on their table at the very same hamfest.  They may or may not be
hams.