[Hallicrafters] Re: ID this Hallicrafters RX?

[Julian Bunn]

I'm with Charlie.

For me, one of the main attractions is buying an old Halli "in need of 
TLC" and bringing it up to cosmetic
and operational scratch. I'm not really interested in paying lots of $$ 
for a pristine specimen someone else
has restored or kept in mothballs.

Also I think there is far too much Ebay-bashing goes on in this list. If 
it hadn't been for Ebay I would never
have got started with this hobby. I have never been to a hamfest 
(although they sound fun) and had never
touched a Hallicrafters radio before I bought a tired SX-110 on Ebay.

My most expensive purchase was an SX-28 from an old ham. This was a 
private sale, and not on Ebay. I
thought it was interesting that this old geezer charged me above Ebay 
market price for his set, and when
I got it I found that instead of it being all original it had a major 
mod, that deleted the ANL! As such it would
have gone on Ebay for half what I paid, if that.

So I guess I have the opposite experience to others when it comes to Ebay.

Julian

Charlie wrote:
> Yep, I agree.  I enjoy restoring the trash-can radios a lot more than 
> paying top dollar for a "gottahave".  To me, the relative (low) 
> "investment" is part of the fun.   It's sorta like Ice Cream that's on 
> sale always tastes better than full price stuff doesn't it?  Then 
> again, maybe I'm just too cheap!
>
> One of my favorites is a 75A-2 that I bought for $2.00 at an auction.  
> It was in SAD shape.  It took about $50 worth of scavenged missing 
> parts (BFO assembly, meter, knobs, etc.) and now is one of the first I 
> turn on to check the AM windows.  Oh, it was in a 32V-3 cabinet at the 
> time,  which now has a nice new powder coat (ala Howard Mills) and 
> will house my 32V when it's done.
>
> 73' Charlie k3ICH
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: <WA1KBQ at aol.com>
> To: <ka1kaq at gmail.com>
> Cc: <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2007 11:29 AM
> Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] Re: ID this Hallicrafters RX?
>
>
>>> 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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