Speculation in Unbuilt Kits? re: GC-1000

[Bob N5NJ]

Rob: Thanks for your thoughtful message.

This past Saturday, I attended the Belton TX Hamfest and
there was an unbuilt SB-221 for sale.  The price was
$1000 !  Perhaps the seller would have come down a
little, but my friends and I looked at it as "It's only
worth about $500 after you build it so why bother ?".

73,

Bob


--
N5NJ / V26O
Plano, TX USA
ex KR2J, V26RN, W6V, WA2OVE
> Someone mentioned that interest in unbuilt kits relates to "speculation".  As
> a collector of kits, and knowing most of the other serious Heathkit
> collectors, I can tell you that the interest in kits isn't about financial
> speculation.  Rather, most of us are interested in preserving the Heathkit
> legacy, and most are serious kit builders who reach into their collections
> (on rare occassion) to build something.  Many of the serious kit collectors
> were also Field Testers on the recent K2 by Elecraft.  Just guys that love to
> build kits.  (Kit building must be habit forming).
>
> I get a big kick out of opening a kit box, and looking through the user's
> guide and the components.  During the past few years, I've built an ID-5001,
> SA-2060, HW8, HW9 and SB-1000.  I pretty much only build stuff that I have
> doubles of, and that is modern enough to get everyday use.  For example, I
> get great use out of my SB-1000.  I would never build the older rare stuff
> (like the GC-1 or the SB-301/401 pair).  I find that a QSO made with a
> home-made rig is ten times as much fun as a QSO on a store-bought rig.
>
> The prices on EBay astound me.  I'm quite amazed by the bidding on the
> GC-1000 in particular, and believe it will go quite a bit higher before the
> dust settles.  (For a WWV clock that you can get at Radio Shack for $40!)  At
> the current price, I'm out of the running.  I'd much prefer to stumble across
> an unbuilt Heathkit at a hamfest, which is still where the best deals are.
> But they're becoming very hard to find.
>
> 73,
>
> Rob, W3DX
>
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