[Hallicrafters] Re: ID this Hallicrafters RX?

[WA1KBQ at aol.com]

> I was merely saying, if you don't look at
>it as an investment,  it's not an issue. If you look at it as something
>you enjoy, an old radio  that's fun to restore and use, and the bottom
>falls out of the  micromarket of classic radio gear tomorrow, you've
>lost nothing because  you still get out of it what you intended:
>enjoyment, satisfaction. Hard  to put a price on that. The only
>protection needed is more time to enjoy  the stuff.


With all due respect let's probe that a little to find out  if this is really 
true. Have you ever negotiated for a lower price on a  piece of equipment for 
sale somewhere you wanted? Haven't we all? Isn't the  financial side of 
buying and selling really important to all of us then whether  we are willing to 
admit it or not? If you bring something to sell what guides  your selling price 
decision? Current actual selling price history? 1964 selling  prices? Off the 
cuff or whether you like the potential buyer or not? What  if I decided to 
sell you my all original 1932 National AGS Airport receiver  setup in the 
original rack with original exposed cone speaker, coils in the  coil racks and GRDPU 
power supply for $500 because I thought you would be a good  owner for it who 
would appreciate the history of it and honor what it was? What  I would want 
of course would be for you to honor the special  arrangement I extended to you 
by finding another appreciative  prospective owner and offering similar 
arrangements when the time came for  you to sell but how could I know for sure you 
would do that? What if you  decided to sell for $10K because that is what the 
market currently happens to be  for a complete setup like this? What kind of a 
statement would that make about  me and wouldn't I be risking being made a 
fool but I guess, who would care?  

It is commendable to be in a position to love old radios without regard  to 
the financial aspects of buying and selling but I am not in that group yet. I  
still work a Monday through Friday job and would like to be able to retire  
comfortably someday so I have to keep an eye on values and whether the prices I  
decide to buy at or sell for are wise or not. I want my finances in order  
and trying to retire while still having old debt and a home  mortgage is not a 
wise plan. I try to keep current of market values  for everything I have and I 
usually know current values for stuff that  I am interested in because I have 
to be careful about the choices I make or my  plans might not work out. No one 
knows what the future will bring and I might  find myself having to sell 
radios someday, who knows, but I sure don't want to  be in a position that these 
things have put me in a hole I cannot get out of. If  I retired in a tent 
someday with old radios stacked up around my ears would they  say I did it for the 
love of the hobby or would they say I sure was stupid?  Maybe it doesn't 
matter to everyone but it matters to me.

73, Greg
 



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