[Hallicrafters] Good Ebay experience

[WA1KBQ at aol.com]

I agree wholeheartedly Dave, picking up the heavy expensive and  
potentially risky stuff is the way to go. I had a good one last month too.  A few 
months ago an estate liquidator in Cairo,  Georgia first listed SX-88 #161 
showing a badly warped bezel with a Buy-It-Now  for $8500 but there were no 
takers. It was then re-listed several times  with a lower price each time and the 
most recent re-list was down to $3000 or  best offer. I have a bezel so I 
sent an offer of $2500 stating I would pick the  receiver up (no shipping) 
and it was accepted. I drove down to get it the week  of July 4th and was 
surprised to learn it was from the estate of the original  owner Winfred Chason; 
W4NQZ,who was also a former engineer of an AM station  Albany, GA. Other 
than having a couple of caps replaced in its past the receiver  is completely 
original including the factory paint. While I was there paying for  the 
receiver the seller asked if I would also be interested in W4NQZ's 32V-3 for  
$200, which included the original manual in an envelope. Then he brought out 
the  R-46 for the receiver and a collection of books which had belonged to 
Winfred  and gave me a hand getting everything in the car. The thrill of the 
chase and  the trip home afterwards with the goods in the car with you is 
still an  exciting part of it for me.
 
Regards, 
Greg; WA1KBQ
 
 
In a message dated 8/7/2013 3:56:14 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
k6xyz at sbcglobal.net writes:

For sure  that there are knuckleheads on both sides.
Most of the time I just drive to  wherever the item is located and pick it
up.
Usually the gas is just a  little more than the shipping and there is very
little chance that the unit  is damaged when I get it.
The latest example is when I drove from Tulsa to  San Mateo to pick up a 
very
nice and complete Johnson 500.
It was worth  the time and hassle to go get it.
Another time was when I went to Sioux  City to pick up a Henry 3K Classic
MKll.
The flip side of this is that  these 2 units could not be easily shipped
anyway so if I wanted them I had  to pick them up.
Not a problem.....

Dave  Harmon
K6XYZ[at]sbcglobal[dot]net
Sperry, Ok.

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[mailto:hallicrafters-bounces at mailman.qth.net]  On Behalf Of Grant Youngman
Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2013 1:13 PM
To:  <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] Good  Ebay experience

This isn't just an eBay issue. Buyers are generally  unwilling to cover the
cost of proper packing. I had a fellow tell me it  was just a "cost of doing
business". But I'm not a business, sooo  ....

Why would someone pay nearly $2000  for a radio and then  argue for days
about $75 to have it packed by a professional electronics  shipper (and I
don't put UPS in that category!)?   It makes no  sense. The last time that
happened I finally refused to sell the item to  the guy. 

On the other hand, there are many sellers who insist on you  paying a hefty
"packing fee", and the 60 lb item arrives in a ratty, second  hand, single
ply cardboard box with nothing but a few peanuts, and you get  the latest in
trapezoidal cabinets.  There's always at least one  chassis component 
usually
an unsecured tube or a heavy transformer that  breaks loose and presents an
empirical lesson in the physics of projectiles  in an enclosed space. :/

Grant NQ5T

Sent from my  iPhone

On Aug 7, 2013, at 12:50 PM, "Dale Parfitt"  <parinc1 at frontier.com> wrote:

> I asked sellers up front if  they are willing to pack to my 
specifications,
and give a brief description  of how I would like it done. If not, I  don't
bid.
>>  
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