[Milsurplus] BC-348 price - Re: Puzzling Epay Example

[John Hutchins]

Hue, all -
Same can be said for connectors and mounts for the unit.  I have seen 
~$70.00 for connector and ~$150.00 for the mount; So the BC-348 was 
about $140.00;  This is a bit high but I have seen higher.

Speaking of the mount cost for a BC-348:  for reference
A local metal shop gave me a rough quote of $250 to duplicate the mount 
with out the vibration pads.  The most expensive was the "spider" slide 
that sits on top of the vibration pads.  $20 for the cookie sheet under 
the mounts.
So comparing the Epay price compared to a new replica mount ; $150.00 
for the mount seems reasonable?

Hutch

On 6/19/2010 7:22 PM, Hue Miller wrote:
> Whats yer take on this?
> A BC-348 recently closed, at $336.
> Now, it had control shaft hole vacant (light dimmer?)
> Had some kind of numbered skirt added to the tuning knob.
> Had shockmount.
> Had external, open chassis (non cabineted) AC supply.
> BC-348's are not rare, and they are on Epay every day of the year.
> Feeding all of the above into the hopper, how does the price figure?
> Or is my off-the-cuff rule of thumb validated:  "Figure the maximum
> expected bid price, and double it."
> Yes, I know it's an auction ( read, "Irrational" ), but what was the
> attraction of this BC-348?  -Hue Miller
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