[Boatanchors] Hamfest Pricing

[Robert Moses]

That goes for ALL pricing. Even in national chain retail stores. ALL
prices are negotiable.

On 09/01/2014 07:54 AM, Jim Wilhite wrote:
> There  is another law.  Once you offer a piece of equipment at a price
> you can never raise it but you can lower it.
>
> Most of the time at fests I see people negotiating a price that is
> lower than the marked one.  So if you walk by and are interested in a
> piece then you might try offering a lower price to see .  I have seen
> a couple of guys work a trade at fests.
>
> If you assume the price marked is it, then you may miss a good buy.
>
> Jim
> W5JO
>
> -----Original Message----- That hamfest folks increasingly attempt to
> use Ebay as a
> pricing standard for hamfests is worrisome and harmful.
> The laws of marketing are immutable.
> Size of market dictates demand. Demand dictates price.
> Hundreds of thousands of buyers on Ebay equals
> big demand and that equals big prices.
> A few dozen buyers at a hamfest equals
> smaller demand and that equals smaller prices.
> Don't try to explain this to an "Ebay" pricer.
> They'll just get mad at you and blame you for
> their having to pack the radios back into the car.
>
>
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