[Boatanchors] Is Somebody Nuts or Is It on My End?

[manualman at juno.com]

Setting a reserve price, provides two advantages. What the current market
will bear for this combo and if the reserve is met or exceeded, allows
the seller to move six pieces at once rather then just one. If the
reserve isn't met, the next time around, seller can just roll the reserve
back or sell them off individuality.

For clean and unblemished same models as listed in the ad, recently
completed sales on our favorite site shows the following:  HT-40, $149,
SX-140 $217, HA-5 $125, HA-1 $80, S-107 $110, R-48 $200
You do the math. Although maybe, not typical, it does show what some
people would be willing to pay.

Pete, wa2cwa


On Mon, 1 Sep 2014 18:07:19 -0600 RAY FRIESS <rayfrijr at msn.com> writes:
I hope he doesn't mind hanging onto them for a looooong time then.  Even
died in the wool old timers won't pay that price..


> To: anchor at ec.rr.com
> Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2014 15:00:48 -0400
> From: manualman at juno.com
> CC: boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Is Somebody Nuts or Is It on My End?
> 
> A number of vendors prefer "private listings" but with the anonymous
> bidding process that's now employed, it's probably not necessary today.
> Roughly, 50% of the bids shown are automatic bids with 7 bidders. For
the
> first several days, if fairly obvious that it looks like two bidders
were
> playing a game. Knowing the seller for over 20 years, I'm sure he is
not
> evolved in "shill bidding". He is probably one of the fairest and
honest
> people I have ever known.
> 
> Pete, wa2cwa
>