[Milsurplus] Re: Stinson Scale

[WA5CAB at cs.com]

That was the point I was trying to make.  Being rare doesn't automatically 
make something valuable and being plentiful doesn't automatically make it cheap. 
 But making a decision on whether to start looking for a particular piece or 
set is often affected by how hard it is going to be to find.  If for example 
someone is restoring an MV and wants to put one of several possible radios in 
it, I have found in actual practice that knowing how hard it is going to be to 
find the complete set is usually more important than how much it's going to 
cost.

In a message dated 12/3/2008 4:09:15 PM Central Standard Time, 
joldenburg2 at new.rr.com writes: 
> I think tha your problem here is that just rating according to rarity does 
> not correlate directly to price. Example in rack thjere is a mint restored 
> Collins R-390/ URR one of 16,600 purportedly produced current market value is 
> in the 900.00 range . Below it a Nems Clark 1012 Survlience Reciver with 
> matching frequency mutiplier, same condition Only about 200 made, value about 
> 350.00. 
> 
> Simple market dynamics, there is far less demand for an all-mode analog 
> tuned 100-1000 mHz  rig than there is for the medium wave short wave reciver. 
> 
> The rarity factor is good for helping you determine the chances of obtaining 
> a rig but is not always an indicator of market value in its own. 
> ---- Dave And Merrijoy <merrijoy at comcast.net> wrote: 
> 
> =============
> Hi Robert,
> I'm not sure I'm following you.  To my way of thinking, there is a definite 
> relationship, 
> linear or otherwise, between value and availability with availability being 
> the
> barometer for a unit's value.  Value can be determined in either $$ or how 
> much a person
> wants and desires to have what is being sold.
> Actually, I was putting down my thoughts in response to Ray KA3EKH's post 
> which
> occurred 4 minutes before mine in which he was speaking of the importance of 
> knowing 
> the value of collectible rigs, facts that have come from his 30+ years of 
> collecting.
> I believe the word "value" has come up in this discussion before; however, 
> in my
> recent posting, here's what I said; "...Personally, I'd like to use the 
> scale for my own 
> perception of value and availability..."  I reckon the key words are 
> "my own perception." 
> When I get ready to purchase an item, whether it is radio or anything else 
> for that matter, and I
> have an idea it may be limited in availablility, I'd like to know to just 
> what extent I
> may or may not be "getting the business" from the seller.  I can think back 
> to several
> rigs I paid really good money for that had I known of a scale to determine 
> the
> availability of said unit, I could have saved myself time, money and perhaps 
> 
> some stress, not to mention having to come up with some good arguments to my 
> XYL 
> as to why I bought that particular rig.
> But, there are exceptions both ways, too.
> Oh well...I reckon the line "...in the eyes of the beholder..." applies here 
> also.
> Take care.
> Dave w9ocm
> 

Robert & Susan Downs - Houston
wa5cab dot com (Web Store)
MVPA 9480
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