[Hallicrafters] Re FPM-200 Offered For Sale

[Roger]

> 
> Personally I've never had a problem with eBay after several hundred
> purchases.
> Two or three purchases have been questionable due to mis-information
and
> mis-advertising by the sellers, even after suitable questions.  One
fellow
> even
> said he had to take off work early to come home and give me an
accurate
> cosmetic
> description of a radio.  Besides the fact that it was worse then
> described, it
> also had a c-clamp bouncing around inside the cabinet.  Form a
positive
> perspective I have bough things off eBay that I would have never had a
> chance to
> find elsewhere.  Sometime you pay more but that the buyer's fault, not
the
> seller or eBay's.  I've also sold things for decent prices that
enables me
> to
> pursue the collection here.  Evil empire?  Naw, just smart business.
> Instead of
> sitting on your hands at a regular auction, just don't let your
fingers do
> the
> walking.  

One thing I've noted over the last year.  Minimum prices and beginning
bids that seem inflated aren't selling well. Nor are many items with
high reserves, or a number of really nice big ticket items...(like some
of the big Henry and Alpha amps)

That's not to say that something rare and in good shape (or better)
won't bring an astronomical price. They still do...But the number of
bidders who are willing to spend lots are becoming fewer and those left
are much more discerning (on average) <:-)) Two years ago there may have
been a few thousand bidders who would have spent $3,000 or more for a
mint SX-115.  Now, it's those bidders who are rare compared to the rigs.

Money gets tight and it shows on e-bay.

Another thing I noted is that there are more "junk boatanchors" lately.

73


Roger (K8RI EN73) Halstead
www.rogerhalstead.com
N833R World's oldest Debonair? (S# CD-2)


>Good Saturday morning all.  73, gary


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