Has the DAC90A bubble burst?

[Yorkie]

I know how fickle e-bay can be, even from one day to the next, but not so long ago DAC90As were often fetching ludicrously high prices, not unusually upwards of £90, especially cream ones. Not now it seems. Nice cream one unsold - no offers at £35.00 (doesn't say what the reserve was): http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/280902518696?s...K:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649

May be a sign of the times, or a reflection on how many are on the market, skewing prices in favour of buyers rather than sellers? Anyone's guess.

Just musing.

[Steve_P]

Anything which can't be posted or couriered is at a disadvantage now, so it may be that.

There are bids on other DAC90A's on there, but the prices do seem to be dropping across the board. This is a time to buy and hoard.

Cheers,

Steve P.

[Tedzed1]

this is one radio that I have not yet owned, and at the prices they command, I have no intention of buying one,
though I did manage to purchase a DAC10 from the NVCF a couple of years ago for a tenner.

I also think the same rings true for the bush TV22 Television, but at the end of the day, I suppose it is up to what
someone is willing to pay.

[Retired]

Hi,

Good question David. Judging by my recent attempts trying to sell some of my radios I think the bottom has dropped out of the radio market completely.

I'm finding it cheaper and less hassle to break radios up rather than try to sell them or even give them away. I've today taken three chassis to the local tip and Gary a local guy with a wood burner collected the broken cabinets this morning. This is truly a sad situation and goes against what this forum is about but my collection of radios had reached the stage of preventing me doing more work so I'm having a grand clear out.

As Steve says; now is the perfect time to buy vintage radios as they are dirt cheap but not the time to sell if money is important.

I still have a Bush DAC90 and DAC10 and won't part with these as they occupy little space. Console and gram sets fetch very little money which is a pity but modern houses simply can't accommodate them. Perhaps things will improve in winter when many are browsing eBay due to the poor weather.

Kind regards, Col.

[Joe]

It's about a year since I got my ivory DAC90a and that was £13+£13 postage. It was sold as "Un-tested" but was capable of making a noise.

It is odd how some things sell well and some don't, for instance why did my common, boring P75 make over £25 plus postage?

I wouldn't be surprised at radio prices falling off as enthusiasts won't pay anything like a sensible price and probably a lot of the general public who want to will already have bought one. Also the talk of digital switch-over will make them loathe to pay a lot for something which will shortly be useless.

It isn't just e-Bay, prices in conventional auctions and in antique centres make no more sense.

It never ceases to surprise me how I can list things which I regard as worthless junk that I just want rid of and find it gets a good price whereas apparently good stuff struggles.

Patience is the thing. There's no point jumping in and paying over the odds and if selling you have to be persistent as you only need one buyer to at least sell something, though more are nice to get the price up.

- Joe

[Yorkie]

Thanks for your insightful comments Joe. Although I mentioned the DAC90A, which traditionally seems to have commanded a price well over the odds, the same could have been said maybe a couple of years ago about Bush TR82Cs, which seemd to average £35 - £40. Roberts such as R200s too seemed to often command good prices. There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to it - as Joe says, often tat seems to go for high prices, yet good stuff languishes.

I'll put one or two sets on e-bay over the next few weeks to put a toe in the water but I won't be holding my breath.

Steve has got a point - 'collection only' must put people off if they aren't local, and that rather limits the field, but some sets - and I'd say the DAC90A - however well packed, by the nature of their construction probably don't travel well if chucked about. Evidence of that abounds in the many 'war stories' on forums about smashed cabinets and dials, which to all intents aned purposes writes off the set, making it fit only for uses as a donor.

[pwdrive]

Nearly everything I am interested in is usually collection only, it's a pain, if ebay prices are going down it could be that everyone is spending all their money on petrol/diesel and utillity bills!

Lawrence.

[pwdrive]

Well one thing seems to be holding up on Ebay....Manuals, BC348 Q original just went for £38 and an original HRO £31....

Lawrence.

[Andy M0FYA]

Well one thing seems to be holding up on Ebay....Manuals, BC348 Q original just went for £38

I have to plead guilty to bring the purchaser of the BC348 manual. Whilst there are good high-resolution scans available for download on the internet, originals do seem hard to get (at least here in the UK, I guess they may well be commonplace in the US).
And it is nice to have an original manual........

Andy

[tiv48]

i wish the same could be said for vintage hifi i still want a leak stereo 20 prices have now jumped to £600+ !
rob t