[Milsurplus] Fair Radio and Dayton Hamfest Photos May 2024

[Nick England]

The reality is that people are not experts and simply do not know what the
“market” price is. Their interests are in some other field and their only
easily accessible guide to prices for weird stuff is eBay or Surplus Sales
or Fair Radio.

I believe the vast majority of flea market sellers aren’t jerks and are
just trying to make a reasonable guess. And they never know if you are the
only guy that might possibly buy that item or simply a bottom feeder who
comes along before the rich Budelman collector who just hasn’t gotten
around to their table yet.

The uncertainties are high and nobody wants to be told they were a fool for
selling that Helena Rubenstein R-390A for the same price as an EAC. So
start high and be willing to dicker, particularly if a potential buyer is
willing to explain why they think the offer is reasonable. I’ve seen -6dB
and even -10dB price changes (money is power).

If you see something and the unrealistic seller won’t budge, give them your
phone number or hang around until they are packing up - most folks would
discount a big heavy RBB rather than haul it home. But a Navy 26003 key is
easy to take to hamfests for years until the right buyer comes along.

Definitely give out your phone number at a yard sale. Folks don’t put stuff
out at the curb just to spite you.

But feel free to ignore me. My motto seems to be “Buy high and sell low”.

Above all, try to enjoy yourself seeing interesting gear and meeting
interesting people. Ya just never know who or what will turn up………

Nick England K4NYW
www.navy-radio.com


On Sun, May 19, 2024 at 10:12 PM Hubert Miller <Kargo_cult at msn.com> wrote:

> Well, i see the Budelman receiver has 2 squelch controls and a switch
> marked L1  L2, among other settings. So it must have something to do with
> lowband FM.
>
> I notice it’s also imaginatively marked  with price, $100. Is there really
> someone out there who would pay $100 for a pig-in-a-poke? Try to be
> realistic about
>
> about your market.
>
> I often see things at a swapmeet that are sort of intriguing but way
> unrealisticly priced. You see them once and they’re gone. I suppose some
> people make a
>
> swapmeet appearance in hopes to sell that “rare thing” they’ve kept for
> years, done nothing with, but it’s still worth $$$, right. I always wonder
> what the next
>
> stop for this stuff is. OH, i did see what i call the “Tektronix ARR-15”
> now on Ebay for $300, after i saw and declined for $75 at the Rickreall
> hamfest, back some
>
> years before the plague. Oh well, not my problem.
>
> -Hue Miller
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