[Drake] Parting out super nice TR-7.

[ed]

As noted, your decision.  I think value could be determined by how they 
list on eBay.  So I would imagine your concept of 'value' is
markedly higher than that.   As a whole and operating radio would you be 
able to sell it for $3,000 or even $2,000?  Probably not, not
even on eBay, not unless it included a whole bunch of extras, power 
supplies, and other goodies. .

 So maybe your idea of what it's value 'should' be is several times what 
it's value actually would be determined by market? 
 And most likely, if you  are able to part it out and sell all the 
parts, you will get a few more bucks, maybe even a couple of
hundred more bucks,  from the parts sales than you would  from the whole 
radio sale.  That may, though, depend upon there
being an immediate  market for every part, or it may take you months to 
get your desired value from the radio. It will definitely
depend upon how many TR7s are out there needing parts.  May not be that 
many.  A chance you will take.

People do that with cars, too!   Even motorcles.  Kinda rare to see a 
"good running, cosmetically good" car or bike, though,
sold for parts.  But not unheard of.  Just rare. 

Whether you can sell it in parts format to get the value you expect from 
it will be something only you will be able
to judge. And only after you have sold sizable chunks of it, which will 
be long after it is too late to change your mind!

Frankly, I wish you luck!  I don't need the radio, OR the parts, so it 
is definitely entirely up to you!   But as the mail suggests,
it is something that puzzles a lot of people.  It is also none of their 
(or my) business, which is why I wish you well in this.

While others cry in their beer, you will be raking in a few hundred 
bucks on the sale of parts.  They won't!

Ed



WB7DYW Dutch wrote:

>Gentlemen,
>Ease up on the flame mail, it is a great radio, I just have no use for it and apparently it has no value even in very nice and
>complete condition, that's why I am parting it out.
>I would rather sell parts so some of you can get yours back on the air than let it sit on the shelf and gather dust...
>
>73's Dutch
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