[Milsurplus] Estate sales

[WE0H]

That's my approach, buy something repairable at a lower price, fix it 
and use it for my own station. I'd feel guilty selling something I 
bought for low cost, repaired and sold for a profit. I'd rather keep it 
and give it to my son when I am long gone.

Mike
WE0H

Ralph Cameron wrote:
> *I've handled several estate sales for widows ove the years and find it 
> very rewarding - getting a reasonable return for the estate. *
> ** 
> *It helps to have sold professional test equipment for a living and to 
> have an interest in the going market rates as well as collecting a few 
> items yourself ( ask my wife - who no longer objects). *
> ** 
> *Storing equipment can be a problem.  Take your time and don't stop at 
> the first offer. Research previous sales of similar equipment and  if 
> offering equipment for sale, build in the " what's your best offer" 
> price. That way you have some margin for manouevering. *
> ** 
> *I've held some equipment for two years between flea markets to get 
> what I figure is a good deal for the owner. Swap net postings and flea 
> markets are good approaches and auctions a last resort. *
> ** 
> *Recently a friend at a flea market sold a ham transceiver 90% working 
> for $75  and the buyer went and stuck it on his table for $300. I tell 
> buyers I won't sell for resale and some get very hostile but I agree 
> with the sentiments of many on this list that these type would rob their 
> grandmother. *
> ** 
> *We had guys wanting to buy all the hard to get audio tubes in our 
> vintage radio club until we saw them turning on on ebay with very 
> inflated prices. *
> ** 
> *If it were my own equipment and I knew someone who really wanted it to 
> preserve it, I'd give it to him/her. *
> ** 
> *There's nothing quite like the feel of getting a piece of dilapidated 
> junk, of no use to anyone but the owner and sitting imagining who used 
> it before and how it ever came into being and where it had been.   A 
> little piece of the past. *
>  
> *Ralph *
> *VE3BBM*