[Boatanchors] Hamfest Pricing

[K5MYJ]

I thought "HAMSTERS" were little fuzzy rodents!

Bob Macklin
K5MYJ
Seattle, Wa.
"Real Radios Glow In The Dark"

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Moses" <rhmoses at earthlink.net>
To: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2014 4:10 PM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Hamfest Pricing


> "professional hamfesters" = "professional hamsters" <g> Saves a couple
> of letters!
> 
> On 09/01/2014 08:33 AM, Rob Atkinson wrote:
>> At the Indianapolis hamfest last July I came upon a guy unloading his
>> pickup at around 6:20 a.m.  He hauled out an isolation transformer, a
>> Stancor, that looked pretty big.  Turned out to be 1KVA which was more
>> than most I see.  I had been looking for one like that.  I figured
>> he'd want at least 50 bucks for it.  I mildly asked what he wanted for
>> it.  He said, make an offer.   I ummed around looking at it and was
>> about to say $20 expecting him to laugh.  Before I could say anything,
>> he said, "How about 5 dollars?"  SOLD!  And glad I kept my mouth shut.
>> Some sellers are so eager to just get rid of things they'll
>> practically give something away to not haul it home.  Well, the Indy
>> hamfest from a buying standpoint, was all down hill after that, hi.
>>
>> 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.  Not to be confused with real businesses who purchase gov't and
>> manufacturer surplus and have a brick and mortar business QTH and
>> advertise and so on.  The professional hamfesters are the ones who you
>> see at every hamfest, with their tables out and little neat price tags
>> on everything, sometimes with a computer there to check inventory and
>> prices, and these displays of stuff under glass, all used.   A regular
>> ham will sell you a 6V6 for $2.  One of these P.H.s will want $15 or
>> even $20.  Most hams who are simply cleaning out the shack and garage
>> will set something out and dicker over the price.
>>
>> 73
>>
>> Rob
>> K5UJ
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