[ICOM] Worth of radios..

[KD7JYK DM09]

: At 07:47 PM 9/10/2009, John Geiger wrote:
:  >10% of new?? Ok, I am ready for a couple of used 756PRO3s for $300.

Twenty years from now, it'll just be another over-used radio with a worn
faceplate and scratched screen.

I gave him the "rule of thumb", based on my experience of buying and selling
at swapmeets in various forms, private sales and auctions, some long before
ebay existed, for twenty six years.

There will always be some twit more than willing to ask near new prices for
used equipment missing a few pieces in the hope there will always be people
with more dollars than IQ points more than willing to toss a wad of cash at
it without taking some twenty minutes to verify current price and
availability.

Recent attempts at selling equipment by a few hams locally is an excellent
example, their prices ranged from five to twenty times the current average
rate for identical used items, but always justified with "You know what it's
worth?",  yeah, I know what it's worth, walking away, I can get a used one,
complete and fuctional, unlike your pile of stuff here, somewhere between
free and the cost of lunch and a new one for about 20% more of what you're
asking...

Kurt