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

[Ed via Boatanchors]

we find reserves useful to control were it finally gets sold.
keeps  things  out of hands of scrappers   and the  list  goes on. Dunno  
if it still works
but  was able to offer a sale in the old days  to the bidder of  choice....
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 9/1/2014 6:13:42 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,  
manualman at juno.com writes:

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
>  
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