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Drake R8B on eBay
I am intrigued by this offering:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...:B:WNARL:US:12 He offers a buy it now price of US $1,699.00, but has a starting bid of US $1,650.00, to which so far, after four days, he has had no bids at all. Makes one wonder..?? -- John Plimmer, Montagu, Western Cape Province, South Africa South 33 d 47 m 32 s, East 20 d 07 m 32 s RX Icom IC-756 PRO III with MW mods Drake SW8 & ERGO software Sony 7600D, GE SRIII, Redsun RP2100 BW XCR 30, Sangean 803A. GE circa 50's radiogram Antenna's RF Systems DX 1 Pro, Datong AD-270 Kiwa MW Loop, PAORDT Roelof mini-whip http://www.dxing.info/about/dxers/plimmer.dx |
Drake R8B on eBay
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"John Plimmer" wrote: I am intrigued by this offering: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...PageNam e=ADM E:B:WNARL:US:12 He offers a buy it now price of US $1,699.00, but has a starting bid of US $1,650.00, to which so far, after four days, he has had no bids at all. Makes one wonder..?? Makes me wonder what you are wondering. -- Telamon Ventura, California |
Drake R8B on eBay
John Plimmer wrote: I am intrigued by this offering: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...:B:WNARL:US:12 He offers a buy it now price of US $1,699.00, but has a starting bid of US $1,650.00, to which so far, after four days, he has had no bids at all. The lack of bids could be explained by the price, which would make more sense if it was reduced by at least $1,000. |
Drake R8B on eBay
wrote in message ups.com... John Plimmer wrote: I am intrigued by this offering: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...:B:WNARL:US:12 He offers a buy it now price of US $1,699.00, but has a starting bid of US $1,650.00, to which so far, after four days, he has had no bids at all. The lack of bids could be explained by the price, which would make more sense if it was reduced by at least $1,000. Well the item up for Auction ended early. Someone took the Buy Now option. |
Drake R8B on eBay
P50 wrote: wrote in message ups.com... John Plimmer wrote: I am intrigued by this offering: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...:B:WNARL:US:12 He offers a buy it now price of US $1,699.00, but has a starting bid of US $1,650.00, to which so far, after four days, he has had no bids at all. The lack of bids could be explained by the price, which would make more sense if it was reduced by at least $1,000. Well the item up for Auction ended early. Someone took the Buy Now option. Wow...positively astounding price for a Drake shortwave radio. How could a used shortwave radio possibly be worth $1.6k!! |
Drake R8B on eBay
On Nov 28, 7:04 pm, wrote: P50 wrote: wrote in message oups.com... John Plimmer wrote: I am intrigued by this offering: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...51377984&ssPag... He offers a buy it now price of US $1,699.00, but has a starting bid of US $1,650.00, to which so far, after four days, he has had no bids at all. The lack of bids could be explained by the price, which would make more sense if it was reduced by at least $1,000. Well the item up for Auction ended early. Someone took the Buy Now option.Wow...positively astounding price for a Drake shortwave radio. - How could a used shortwave radio possibly be worth $1.6k!! HJS, Since the RL Drake R8B was discontinued the eBay Price has taken an up-turn. With the six (6) most recent being : $1699 $1499 $1325 $1599 $1451 $1599 Note - Had a 'new' Price of $1349 when it was still being built. RL Drake R8B = http://www.dxing.com/rx/r8b.htm http://www.universal-radio.com/catal...rxvr/0082.html hope this helps ~ RHF |
Drake R8B on eBay
dxAce wrote: wrote: P50 wrote: wrote in message ups.com... John Plimmer wrote: I am intrigued by this offering: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...:B:WNARL:US:12 He offers a buy it now price of US $1,699.00, but has a starting bid of US $1,650.00, to which so far, after four days, he has had no bids at all. The lack of bids could be explained by the price, which would make more sense if it was reduced by at least $1,000. Well the item up for Auction ended early. Someone took the Buy Now option. Wow...positively astounding price for a Drake shortwave radio. How could a used shortwave radio possibly be worth $1.6k!! Easy! It's a Drake. I know Drake as a small manufacturer who was one of the last companies to react to collapsing demand for expensive consumer grade HF receivers. They made a few nice radios over the years, but so did a lot of other companies. |
Drake R8B on eBay
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Drake R8B on eBay
Geary Morton wrote: In article .com, wrote: Some people are paying more for the Drake R8B used than it sold for when new??? Do it's signal catching abilities improve with age and use? It has apparently attained collectible status alongside other notables like the Panasonic RF9000, Sony CRF330 and Zenith TO with performance apparently a secondary issue. Uh, I don't think performance is a secondary issue, rather it's the primary issue. The 'performance' of an R8B is competitive if not superior in some ways to anything currently being offered by anyone. At those prices performance would have to be a secondary issue because comparable reception performance could be gotten from several other discontinued high-end receivers. And that is the price for a used receiver not a new one. I don't know of any radio for the same (albeit inflated) price that offers more, and there is certainly NO comparison between it and any of the other radios you list, IMHO. The radios including the Drake were listed mostly because collector interest has pushed the price beyond anything that makes sense. Those radios perform no better now than when new and indeed they are all gradually aging. Geary |
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