Speaking of overpriced!!!

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Sat Nov 10, 2001 3:52 am

GEEZ, check this one out! This guy must be on crack.

http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dl ... 1293588500

Tony Soprano · Post by **Tony Soprano** » Sat Nov 10, 2001 5:49 am

Well, $596 each for a new loaded trunked Maxtrac may seem like a lot to a hobbyist, and they may or may not sell, but presented to a customer who loves Maxtracs, they would get sold. Nextel hasn't bought all the 800 SMR's yet. Not ours anyway.

Tony

Post by **alex** » Sat Nov 10, 2001 7:22 am

Yeah, but almost 3K????

Geesh...

Tony Soprano · Post by **Tony Soprano** » Sat Nov 10, 2001 7:32 am

Yeah, yeah, I know, its three grand. But it's his deal, if he wants to sell them as a lot, it's his choice. He's not holding a gun to everyone's head to bid. A person couldn't buy them at that price and resell them, and not many end-users would have much use for the radios as-is. It looks like he's just trying to get out of them what he paid for them. I do doubt that he is successful however. Perhaps he doesn't realize that once they are out of the box, they are used.
Just trying to present a different point of view.

Tony

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Sat Nov 10, 2001 8:09 am

I can understand the point of view you're presenting Tony, as I thought of that as well, but IMO, common sense would be to look at what the going rate is for a Maxtrac of that nature before presenting an auction. There are other units out there that can be obtained for less than 200 bucks a radio. No way I would bid on them.

Tony Soprano · Post by **Tony Soprano** » Sat Nov 10, 2001 8:27 am

Fair enough, no argument there. I wouldn't buy them either. I think a lot of people on ebay just don't know what their equipment is worth.

Tony

Sniper · Post by **Sniper** » Sat Nov 10, 2001 1:32 pm

Yeah, he should have 5 auctions, each for one radio....

Tom in D.C. · Post by **Tom in D.C.** » Sat Nov 10, 2001 6:19 pm

The free marketplace has a way of making things come out even. There's a guy over on eBay who continually advertises a plain ol' Saber I with a starting price of $249, but he NEVER GETS ANY BIDS!!! I sent him a polite note asking him what was so special about his radio, since I could buy such units all day in my area for $125, and he wrote back very nicely and said that in HIS area the going price for a Saber I is well over $250. That was a couple of months ago and he's STILL not getting bids.

Tom, W2NJS
...in D.C.

Dauphin911 · Post by **Dauphin911** » Sun Nov 11, 2001 7:57 pm

Hey Tom in DC:
You said Sabers in your area are going for $125? Is that UHF or VHF? Saber 1's i am guessing. Any info is greatly appreciated.

radioEd · Post by **radioEd** » Sun Nov 11, 2001 8:07 pm

$250. in my area (bottom price) for a saber1 in good working order! Ed