[TenTec] "Reasonable Price for Paragon II with PS?

[Richards]

Ditto.

My wife was in business conducting estate sales with the premier handler 
of such sales in our bailiwick.  Occasionally, I gave appraisals of 
items within the scope of my particular expertise.   I probated a "few" 
estates along the way.   On this experience, an offer-before-you-inspect 
  routine is an unreasonable request, poorly calculated to fetch the 
highest possible price for the item.   I wonder if this constitutes a 
left handed attempt by the Administrator to get you to appraise or 
indicate its value for him.

A contract for sale arises whenever an offer to buy is accepted without 
exception by the seller.  I would never make any offer I would not want 
accepted - certainly not for the purpose of inspecting an item. 
Considering the mystery surrounding the item, I would offer no more than 
its minimum value as a parts rig, and, perhaps, hope he would accept it! 
   ;-)

  Just MY take, anyway.

----------------  K8JHR --------------------------



On 2/7/2014 3:13 PM, Clayton Brantley wrote:
> Ditto on estate sales.   If they want a sight unseen offer, mine would be PASS.
>
> Clayton N4EV
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> On Friday, February 7, 2014 1:08 PM, Bob McGraw - K4TAX <RMcGraw at Blomand.net> wrote:
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> I agree, make an offer "subject to..........{you fill in the blank}"  but do
> be reasonable.    I've done exactly this with boats and airplanes.  If it
> shouldn't look or perform as it should, then I say "sorry to have taken your
> time".     And I just did that on a commercial power amp.  The fellow that
> has it can take it or leave it based on the offer and terms.  But, at the
> same time when I see it, I may elect to revise my offer either up or down.
> I've done that too.
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> Just remember, the true value of any product is "what the buyer is willing
> to pay and what the seller is willing to accept".
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> 73
> Bob, K4TAX
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Carter" <k8vt at ameritech.net>
> To: <tentec at contesting.com>
> Sent: Friday, February 07, 2014 8:03 AM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] "Reasonable Price for Paragon II with PS?
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>> On 2/6/2014 10:22 AM, Woody Demitz wrote:
>>> I would appreciate thoughts on what a "reasonable" price is for a Paragon
>>> II
>>> with power supply. It is to be offered in an SK estate sale in the next
>>> few
>>> days, and to even get to see it, I would have to make a conditional
>>> "reasonable" offer. The administrator says it is in "excellent to mint"
>>> condition, but I have not seen it or even a picture of it yet, nor do I
>>> know
>>> what bells and whistles may be on it.
>>
>> So, what you are really saying is that the "administrator" wants you to
>> make an offer sight unseen.
>>
>> IMHO, the administrator ought to lighten up. I've been to a few estate
>> sales in my day, ham and otherwise, and was ALWAYS allowed to see the
>> merchandise first without making an offer.
>>
>> Good luck...
>>
>> 73,
>> Carter   K8VT
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