[Milsurplus] Why Such Little Bidding On BC-348-Q?

[Todd, KA1KAQ]

On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 10:45 AM, J. Forster <jfor at quik.com> wrote:
> All it takes is two gullible buyers, or one gullible buyer and a BIN.
> Auctions are as much emotion as common sense.

And value is based entirely on opinion. One man's priceless relic is
another man's interesting gadget, and still another man's worthless
piece of junk meant to be shot down or recycled, no comparison with
what's available today, and so on.

The other things to consider are good ol' supply and demand, along
with overall interest. Ebay not only saved a lot of stuff from going
to the landfill, it made folks aware that others would actually pay
money for what they perhaps thought was as an old junk toaster oven.
I'd bet for every one you see on ebay (not including truly rare items,
of course), dozens get sold privately. At the end of the day, with
little interest (if any) following behind us, people have pretty much
'gotten theirs' and supply will overwhelm demand as time goes on,
until folks go back to not bothering with the old black toaster oven,
and just toss it instead.

~ Todd,  KA1KAQ/4