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..??

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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

In article ,
"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

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.

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.

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!!

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.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

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

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.

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. 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.

Geary

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