<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">Guys,<div><br></div><div>Price, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder. If I’m the seller I want to get a much of your money as I can, you being the buyer want to keep as much of your money as possible. </div><div><br></div><div>It then become value.</div><div><br></div><div>You don’t have to be an old ham, or one that buys and trades all the time to know what value is.</div><div><br></div><div>My options are there for setting and purchasing a piece of equipment.</div><div><br></div><div>Do I need an accessory to complete a collection? Is it a rare accessor or piece of gear? Am I looking for or trying to sell a collector item?</div><div><br></div><div>My number one rule of thumb is this:</div><div><br></div><div>IS the seller asking a reasonable price? What would I pay for it?</div><div><br></div><div>I don’t expect anyone to sell an operating SB220 for $150 unless it was seriously broke. But then again, I’m know that $995 is too much no matter how many modes are done to it.</div><div><br></div><div>Ebay has put the screws to the used radio market. But they do serve as a guide line for setting prices, both high and low. Take the average. </div><div><br></div><div>I’ve spent way too much money on a rig from ebay, one that i would have passed right by at a hamfest, yet drop the $$ for on ebay.</div><div><br></div><div>As mentioned in the other emails, condition, accessories, and manual.</div><div><br></div><div>Does it work?</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div> On <a href="http://eham.net">eham.net</a> someone had a complete UN-ASSEMBLED SB104 STATION (!) for $9000. This included all the accessories and the matching amplifier.</div><div><br></div><div>Is that too much? I don’t know. I know I wouldn’t pay that much. So to me, he has it overpriced.</div><div><br></div><div>((okay… just a thought. if you were to buy that stuff what would you do with it? Assemble it or leave it in the cardboard boxes for twenty more years?))</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Perhaps, my comments didn’t help if someone wanted a ‘how much for this or how much for that.’</div><div><br></div><div>Is it a reasonable price and would I sell it for that much?</div><div><br><div>
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<br><div><div>On Nov 15, 2013, at 9:41 AM, Gary H. Harmon, Jr. <<a href="mailto:gharmon@idworld.net">gharmon@idworld.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">I get a lot of inquiries regarding how to determine values of Heathkit items to sell. Of course, eBay COMPLETED AUCTIONS is one easy way assuming a matching or similar item is available. There used to be someone who kept a running list based on eBay sales but I haven't seen or heard about that list lately. Yes, I realize that eBay can bring prices that are unreasonable.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">What other mechanisms do we use to predict values? I understand condition, working condition, available manuals, location, shipping or not, quantity purchased, etc., are all issues.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Any suggestions on how to best set values so the seller (especially estates of SK HAMs) can receive a reasonable value of their items?<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Thanks and 73,<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Gary H. Harmon, Jr. - K5JWK</span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">6003 Archwood</span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">San Antonio, TX 78239-1504</span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">210.657.1549h / 210.884.6926c/t</span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">"Retirement means every day is a Saturday except Sunday"<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.grissomroadcoc.org/" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.grissomroadcoc.org</a><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>Heath mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Heath@puck.nether.net" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">Heath@puck.nether.net</a><br><a href="https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/heath" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/heath</a></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>