[Hallicrafters] History

[Roger K8RI]

>I don't think you can lay the blame on eBay.  eBay simply provides a 
>meeting
> place for buyers and sells.  Sure, there are some scam artists at work on
> eBay, but they are few.  The real reason for increasing prices of surplus
> military stuff or old tube type ham gear, or you name it old stuff is an
> ever dwindling supply and a ever increasing demand for it.  20 years ago 
> you
> couldn't give away old AM gear.  Now, people fight over it.
>
> Actually, eBay has done a service by providing an arena where you find out 
> a
> true value for an item.  You may not like the price you find, but the 
> price
> is what the market values it.

That really needs a qualifier.  The price for which the item sells is the 
market price for that item however the market has a high/low set of values 
that generally cover a wide range for a given item in a given condition.

The Buy-it-now, and reserves are not the actual prices and I'm seeing more 
and more cases where there are zero bids or "reserve not met".

>
> Being a real estate appraiser in a costal area of Florida, I see this in
> action every day.  More and more people want water front property.  The
> absolute amount of it is fixed, and the available supply of it is
> decreasing.  Prices go up.

Until you have a series of floods, hurricanes, or water levels rise.

Roger Halstead (K8RI and ARRL 40 year Life Member)
N833R - World's oldest Debonair CD-2
www.rogerhalstead.com


>
> David
> KC2JD
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: hallicrafters-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:hallicrafters-bounces at mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of N2waz at aol.com
> Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2006 2:47 PM
> To: Thermionic_Emission at earthlink.net; hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] History
>
>
> Whatever happened to the days when you could buy any military surplus
> electronics such as an Arc - 5 for dirt cheap?  The answer is that dirty
> word, Ebay.
>
> 73's
> Fred
> n2waz
>
> ______________________________________________________________
> Hallicrafters mailing list
> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/hallicrafters
> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html
> Post: mailto:Hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net
> ----
> List Administrator: Duane Fischer, W8DBF **for assistance**
> dfischer at usol.com
> ----
> Hallicrafters Collectors International: http://www.w9wze.org
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ______________________________________________________________
> Hallicrafters mailing list
> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/hallicrafters
> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html
> Post: mailto:Hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net
> ----
> List Administrator: Duane Fischer, W8DBF **for assistance**
> dfischer at usol.com
> ----
> Hallicrafters Collectors International: http://www.w9wze.org
>