[Boatanchors] Hamfest Pricing

[Warren Elly]

Gentleman and Ladies ...

	Ebay still helps set the price, whether we like it or not.
I just subtract 15%...I think we can all agree on that.
	Its just so encouraging to see the turnout and the boat anchors at Shelby
on the positive side those of us who love the glow ought to feel pretty good
about our part of the hobby seems to me

best 73 

Warren W1GUD
Florida AM Group

On Sep 2, 2014, at 7:29 PM, K5MYJ <macklinbob at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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