KW-1 Collins for $20,000.00
 

I don't believe this one. I know ebay does some crazy things, but this
caught my eye very quickly, and I damn near fell out of the chair.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...keTra ck=true

Now we can wait and see if there is really anyone who will go for this.



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Formerly WB6VSE, senior tech, amateur division
SBE/Linear Systems, Watsonville, CA
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$20,000 is the going price for the KW-1. I sold one 20 years ago for an
estate for $15, 000 - before e-Bay.

Bet there is a buyer, and consider how much better this investment is than
if someone had purchased $15,000 of Polaroid, Enron or Xerox.

73, Colin K7FM

"COLIN LAMB" wrote in message news:bjdIe.396$W Bet
there is a buyer, and consider how much better this investment is than
if someone had purchased $15,000 of Polaroid, Enron or Xerox.

73, Colin K7FM


On the other hand, I'd rather have had invested
the $15,000 in WMT back then!

"K5VSE" wrote in message
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I don't believe this one. I know ebay does some crazy things, but this
caught my eye very quickly, and I damn near fell out of the chair.


http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...keTra ck=true

Now we can wait and see if there is really anyone who will go for this.

$20,000 is a very realistic starting point for a KW-1.

Mike-K5VSE
Formerly WB6VSE, senior tech, amateur division
SBE/Linear Systems, Watsonville, CA

All out going mail scanned with Norton AntiVirus 2005
APA-220, USS Okanogan, LSD-31, USS Point Defiance
On 3.922 nightly
Restoring and using Drake Radios! TR-4, T4X-C, R4-C
In God We Trust

NO, they go for around $12,000 - $14,000 among reasonable people.
The ones who pay $20,000 are buying them to send to antique collectors
in Japan for even more!

You can always pay more for anything on eBay.

On Wed, 03 Aug 2005 23:05:11 GMT, "K5VSE" wrote:

I don't believe this one. I know ebay does some crazy things, but this
caught my eye very quickly, and I damn near fell out of the chair.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...keTra ck=true

Now we can wait and see if there is really anyone who will go for this.

12 to 14K is for one in fare shape. By the looks of the pics, this one is in
very nice shape. As stated, 20K isn't that far fetched. I bet it goes for
near 30K when over.
Define "reasonable" for me. If I bought one for 20K, I would be keeping it.
But, what's wrong with buying low and selling high?

Gary

"To Lose Lautrec" wrote in message
...
NO, they go for around $12,000 - $14,000 among reasonable people.
The ones who pay $20,000 are buying them to send to antique collectors
in Japan for even more!

You can always pay more for anything on eBay.

On Wed, 03 Aug 2005 23:05:11 GMT, "K5VSE" wrote:

I don't believe this one. I know ebay does some crazy things, but this
caught my eye very quickly, and I damn near fell out of the chair.


http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...romMakeTra ck
=true

Now we can wait and see if there is really anyone who will go for this.

Bet there is a buyer, and consider how much better this investment is than
if someone had purchased $15,000 of Polaroid, Enron or Xerox.

Folks, if you want to invest, get yourself some nice, safe, not to mention
unbreakable-and-non-rusting bonds or mutual funds.

Anybody who buys radio stuff (of which I have way too much) for investment
purposes is in serious need of professional therapy.

If I had bought $15,000 worth of MSFT in 1985, I could probably buy the
world's supply of KW-1s and then cruise off in my spoiled-brat boat from my
condo on St. Barts for a vacation in Hawaii.

If I had bought one of these for $15,000 in 1985 and could now sell it for
$20,000 (figuring in storage fees etc. as needed) , well . . . you do the
math. Maybe I could buy a medium-sized plasma TV. Not the most thrilling
return for a 20-year investment.

If you like old radio stuff, buy it for love, not for money. And don't bet
your retirement or your kids' college money on it :-)

Regards,

Phil Nelson
http://antiqueradio.org/index.html

"If I had bought one of these for $15,000 in 1985 and could now sell it for
$20,000 (figuring in storage fees etc. as needed) , well . . . you do the
math. Maybe I could buy a medium-sized plasma TV. Not the most thrilling
return for a 20-year investment."

Well, I was not talking about storing it, but rather using it. So, you
would get 5 years of enjoyment from it, while using it every night. Compare
that to a new Dodge truck. What is the value of that after 5 years?

So, when we talk Collins, it is not some radio that is stored in a bank
vault, it is used daily, then sold when you are moving on to a retirement
home for more money than you paid for it. Maintenance costs are almost
zero. Of course if I had purchased a P-38 when they were still $7,000, I
could buy a lot of KW-1s now.

Colin K7FM

"COLIN LAMB" wrote in message
k.net...

[snip]

So, when we talk Collins, it is not some radio that is stored in a bank
vault, it is used daily, then sold when you are moving on to a retirement
home for more money than you paid for it. Maintenance costs are almost
zero.

[snip]

How many people will want to buy the Collins? Younger people now consider
electronics as disposable as an old PlayStation or an IBM 486. They listen
to music, but it's on CDs or MP3s. They aren't radio listeners. For the
most part, they aren't radio amateurs, anymore. More than that, there's a
real chance digital radio may be well on it's way to making all the analog
radios obselete.

I'm sure there will still be a few of today's twenty or thirty somethings
who want an old Collins. But I really doubt there will be a large number of
them, and they will have plenty of radios to pick from.

Frank Dresser

On Wed, 03 Aug 2005 23:05:11 GMT, "K5VSE" wrote:

I don't believe this one. I know ebay does some crazy things, but this
caught my eye very quickly, and I damn near fell out of the chair.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...keTra ck=true

Now we can wait and see if there is really anyone who will go for this.

Well, folks pay $20,000 for perfectly boring mid-level Hondas & VWs.
At least, when you re-sell the Collins, you'll get your 20 grand back,
and then some. So it's basically, free :-)

bob
k5qwg