Hi Randy, et al...
You wrote re. placing 'wanted' ads:
>the respondents do feel that you are
>desperate and will pay a much higher than normal price for
>the item.
Just because someone responds, doesn't mean you're obligated to buy...
>I have done much better waiting for the next item to come up
>and believe it or not getting it off of Ebay. The offers were that much
overpriced!
Ebay isn't immune to overpricing - the intent of ANY auction is to pit
buyers against eachother to yield the highest price. I spent too many
years with my grandfather, sitting on the bench at the sale barn, watching
livestock walk through, and sucking on a popsicle. Grandpa always said
that the best deals there... were the popsicles.
>Reminds me of the guy at the Indianapolis Hamfest that had a
>Kenwood TS-50 for sale.
>The thing looked rough and had no options. The seller said he
>wanted $700.00 and really didn't care if it sold or not!
>Sine nice clean TS-50's can be regularly found for $450.00 to $500.00, I
passed!
Simply the case of a seller who either:
1) had no understanding of the value of his radio in the Amateur market...
-- or --
2) knows exactly what a modified TS-50 is worth to a CB operator.
DK :-)
73's from KW0D Dave in LeClaire, Iowa
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