[Milsurplus] Reality Comes Knocking.

[Mike Feher]

Good words Dave. At 76 now I have been trying. The problem is I can no longer lift up the ‘boatanchors’ that I have left, which is an awful lot. 73 – Mike 

 

Mike B. Feher, N4FS

89 Arnold Blvd.

Howell NJ 07731

848-245-9115

 

From: milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net <milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On Behalf Of David Stinson
Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2022 10:00 AM
To: Boatanchors at mailman <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>; milsurplus at mailman <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: [Milsurplus] Reality Comes Knocking.

 

For those who've watched too much "Antique Road Show,"
those who think selling their boatanchors are going to 
save their finances, those trying to sell common
Heathkit/Johnson/Milradio etc. on Ebay for big bucks
(and relisting them for months), etc. etc., please
take note of this from a Hamcation attendee.
These stories are becoming commonplace.
Father Time is merciless to collectables, folks.

"Update from Hamcation. 
So there was one seller in the field today who was 
offering a boatload of VERY nice boat anchors of 
various types. RCA, Johnson, etc. Beautiful receivers 
and transmitters, all said to be working, mostly going 
for $200 to $350 each. More than a dozen at bargain prices. 
Evidently he had no, or few, takers. By mid-afternoon he was 
offering the lot for $900. Methinks the boat anchor era 
really may be ending. My other thought about Hamcation, 
as I stood in the ticket line at 0830 this morning: 
"Jees, all these guys are OLD."
(He said, the day after he turned 72.)"

To which was commented:

"Greying out. We’re on the shady side of the nostalgia bell-curve."
"I think most of the boatanchor enthusiasm was driven by 
Boomer hams remembering the radios they longed for 
but could not afford as kids. As this (my) generation dies off, 
I except the market for all old radios, to continually decline."

Advice from one who once sold estates: What one *thinks*
it's worth means nothing. It's "worth" what a buyer and seller 
agree at that moment, and that's all.  

Also- If one cannot sell an item, be it radios, rubies or radishes, 
there is always and forever *one* reason- the price is too high. 
If the price is right for the buyer at that moment, 
you can sell fire to the Devil.  Being stubborn about "getting 
my price or die!" is just "cutting off your nose to spite your face."
Get what you can so you can stop leaking value away 
(time-value of money).  Deploy those assets elsewhere
and move on, while you still can.

 

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