[ForSale-Swap] Any vintage BC swap groups or sites?

Tue Sep 1 17:48:27 EDT 2009

 >> >>> Can anyone here refer me to a good swap group or site for vintage
>> >>> broadcast
>> >>> receivers? In going through the stuff from my dad and stepmom's
>> >>> "downsizing"

Try this link for good groups and other such things:

http://www.ac6v.com/antique.htm

Although perhaps not said in the most gracious way, but certainly to the point and hoping to help you, the other guys are trying
steer you clear of groups who deal with rebuilding. 

I agree, due to the fact that those groups are great if you need parts that cant be found or the like. But they have a distaste for
sellers or dealers normally.

Also, it is very very easy to be misunderstood these days because of all the garbage that does go on. So approach with kid gloves no
matter where you ask your question(s) about selling and just ask what a fair price would be, they will probably explain. 

You can apply your own formula after that.

The next thing you want to do is go to E-BAY and search the brand/model numbers using 'done' as a filter so you only find final
priced items, that will give you top dollar.

Then do a Google search for the model number and you will probably end up with a range from which you will average and add 25% for a
Market Value price.

Dont forget:

A fair price is one that meets strict moral criteria (a price  you would sell to your mother for, assuming you love your mother)

A good price is one in which everyone is happy as they walk away

Then you have 'Market Value' which is an average of what at least 50% of all buyers in a particular niche market or geographical
area of what they are paying, then add 25%.

This does not come close to either fair or good. Usually anywhere from 30 to 40 % higher than either or both. Hence 'Let The Buyer
Beware' applies here.

Go approx 10 % to 20 % above Market Value and you have 'top dollar'. This is the price where you start (if you bargain) your
bargaining from and move down if necessary.

Hope that helps,
73, Bob AD5VJ

> -----Original Message-----
> From: forsale-swap-bounces at mailman.qth.net 
> [mailto:forsale-swap-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of james.liles
> Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 2:50 PM
> To: wb5jnc at centurytel.net; forsale-swap at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [ForSale-Swap] Any vintage BC swap groups or sites?
> 
> Hi Al:
> "For sale-swap" means "For sale-swap" last I heard.  If you 
> use a filter, the forum does what it should without having to 
> deal with sarcastic comments.  Kindest regards Jim K9AXN
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Al Gulseth" <wb5jnc at centurytel.net>
> To: <forsale-swap at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 7:14 AM
> Subject: Re: [ForSale-Swap] Any vintage BC swap groups or sites?
> 
> 
> > Wow, I wasn't expecting to start such a firestorm. If you 
> read my message
> > carefully (note that I said "approximate value"), I think you will 
> > understand
> > that I have absolutely _no idea_ what if any value these 
> radios have, as
> > vintage BC radios are not an area of interest to me. No, 
> I'm not in this 
> > so
> > I "can sell at top dollar", but rather I want to establish 
> a fair price.
> > (Don't get me started on the hamfest and estate sale 
> "vultures" whose 
> > mission
> > in life is to find naive sellers so they can buy radio gear 
> for a pittance
> > and resell it to naive buyers at a considerably higher price.)
> >
> > And yes, I think I have an obligation to dad to get a fair 
> price for his 
> > stuff
> > as he may need that for care expenses in the future....
> >
> > TNX/73, Al
> >
> >
> > On Tue September 1 2009 7:09:43 am Andre Van Wyk wrote:
> >> Wow, sure sounds like a friendly bunch to me....
> >>
> >> I suggest do some Internet research on Make and Model and 
> hopefully you
> >> will find some less hostile groups to assist you.
> >>
> >> Good luck!
> >>
> >> de KR5DX
> >>
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Carl" <km1h at jeremy.mv.com>
> >> To: <doc at kd4e.com>; <wb5jnc at centurytel.net>; "forsale-swap"
> >> <forsale-swap at mailman.qth.net>
> >> Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 9:39 PM
> >> Subject: Re: [ForSale-Swap] Any vintage BC swap groups or sites?
> >>
> >> > ARF does not appreciate new people signing up just so 
> they can get a
> >> > value so they can sell at top dollar.
> >> > It is a forum for collectors and restorers; people who 
> use those radios
> >> > daily.
> >> >
> >> > Carl
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > ----- Original Message -----
> >> > From: "kd4e" <doc at kd4e.com>
> >> > To: <wb5jnc at centurytel.net>; "forsale-swap"
> >> > <forsale-swap at mailman.qth.net> Sent: Tuesday, September 
> 01, 2009 12:11 
> >> > AM
> >> > Subject: Re: [ForSale-Swap] Any vintage BC swap groups or sites?
> >> >
> >> >> http://www.antiqueradios.com/forums/index.php
> >> >>
> >> >>> Can anyone here refer me to a good swap group or site 
> for vintage
> >> >>> broadcast
> >> >>> receivers? In going through the stuff from my dad and stepmom's
> >> >>> "downsizing"
> >> >>> there are several 1950s- early 1960s(?) broadcast 
> radios/phonos. I'm
> >> >>> looking
> >> >>> for somewhere that I can determine their approximate value and
> >> >>> hopefully find
> >> >>> them a good home.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> TNX/73, Al
> >> >>
> >> >> --
> >> >>
> >> >> Thanks! & 73, doc, KD4E
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