Sage advice

[Ed Richards]

John;

Go for it! Not a bad price, all considered.

Ed

On Mon, 29 Jan 2001 21:37:30 EST "J. Werner, W8QA" <W8QA at AOL.COM> writes:
> Gentlemen:
>
> The subscribers to this list have provided me with sage advice on
> more than
> one occasion, and I really appreciate it.  Would you please consider
> helping
> me again?
>
> I lusted after the SB-101 / SB-102 transceivers when I was a
> teenager.
> Working after school as a janitor in a medical complex, my paychecks
> just
> wouldn't go far enough to buy one.  To this day, I think they're
> some of the
> best looking radios ever made, bar none.
>
> A fellow at "the other place" listed an SB-102 for auction, but his
> starting
> price was so high that it drew no bids.  Since the auction ended, he
> and I
> have swapped E-mails, and he's offering to sell me the SB-102,
> SB-600, a
> non-Heath power-supply, and a non-Heath phone patch for $325.
>
> Yes, I know that the price is high, but there's nary a speck of dust
> on these
> units.  He claims that they've been put away for years, and they
> really look
> like they have.  The power-supply is very nicely built.  Ditto for
> the phone
> patch.
>
> OK, please help me make a logical decision.  My emotions are really
> making
> this decision difficult.  This radio is all original, unmodified,
> and there's
> not so much as a scrape on the paint.  That being the case, is $325
> too much
> to pay for it?  I've seen more complete SB-102 stations at Dayton
> for half
> that much money, but not in the same condition.
>
> If you were me, what would you do?  Thank you in advance for your
> advice!
> Best DX and
>
> Very 73,
>
> John, W8QA
>
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