18-02-2012, 10:17 PM
I can't travel far on my own right now, so I do ask for things to be posted.
Now as far as Ebay is concerned, I buy from it but don't sell there as I don't know where it's going, who is buying it and why?
If you want rid of a set and can't wait until our ecconomy picks up, then the best places are at a rally or a BVWS or Radiophile auction. I know how you must have felt Colin but don't join the herd. We are different.
I would give a set away to someone who will appreciate it rather than sell it to who knows will buy it.
A similar thing applies to Radiograms, which another site not too far away says interesting and not totally fait things about, There are stories of people bidding on Ebay for some radiograms and then asking the seller to 'Send me the valves and dump the rest.' Also, a rare but ''uninteresting' radiogram might be the last of it's kind... so fix it or keep it safe.
Of course, the way that people in general today don't want 'old stuff' (There are common phrases they use that I can't repeat) means you need to keep a will of who gets what among collectors. All my Philips stuff is going to Mark!! Seriously though, make a will and make your vintage radio friends know about it, maybe make one an exacutor.
The way to stop people doing that to old sets is NOT TO BUY SUCH BITS. Besides, if the part is faulty then you are up s*** creek without a f***** paddle.
I wonder how many cheap Dansettes there will be in a few years time?? It's a fad that, nothing more.
Cheers,
Steve P.
Now as far as Ebay is concerned, I buy from it but don't sell there as I don't know where it's going, who is buying it and why?
If you want rid of a set and can't wait until our ecconomy picks up, then the best places are at a rally or a BVWS or Radiophile auction. I know how you must have felt Colin but don't join the herd. We are different.
I would give a set away to someone who will appreciate it rather than sell it to who knows will buy it.
A similar thing applies to Radiograms, which another site not too far away says interesting and not totally fait things about, There are stories of people bidding on Ebay for some radiograms and then asking the seller to 'Send me the valves and dump the rest.' Also, a rare but ''uninteresting' radiogram might be the last of it's kind... so fix it or keep it safe.
Of course, the way that people in general today don't want 'old stuff' (There are common phrases they use that I can't repeat) means you need to keep a will of who gets what among collectors. All my Philips stuff is going to Mark!! Seriously though, make a will and make your vintage radio friends know about it, maybe make one an exacutor.
The way to stop people doing that to old sets is NOT TO BUY SUCH BITS. Besides, if the part is faulty then you are up s*** creek without a f***** paddle.
I wonder how many cheap Dansettes there will be in a few years time?? It's a fad that, nothing more.
Cheers,
Steve P.
If we've always had that, why is the car boot open? You aren't smuggling in another old TV are you...?
