I used to tell people that whatever I buy wont be sold again until its
restored, for the most part that is still true but I do find myself making
room for stuff that I want by selling off the duplicates or 40's
radio/phono
consoles that I know I will never get to these days. I make no profit on
those sales though, as I price them dirt cheap so I dont go home with
them.
Blatant flipping at the meets is a bit, say, irritating or not in the
spirit
of the event but of course buying things up at good prices to sell in your
gallery or shop is just part of being in buisness.
For me though, until I have had my hands in it... I dont up the price.
Keith
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> "waves" <wavesllc@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> Hagstar we all have different philosophies about everything. Aren't we
>> now supposed to celebrate our "diversity"?
>
> Well, I should have been clearer that I have no issues with people who
> actually are radio dealers as a profession or at any serious level. You
> guys at Waves clearly are above board and give a value added to the
> customer in what you resell. One way or another you've got your name on
> the line, as it were. Value can be added simply by KNOWING what the item
> is and then marketing it- this knowledge is indeed a valuable thing and
> not to be given away.
>
> I'm not talking about people who so much as dust off the item well, and
> may even research it in order to market it better. I'm talking about the
> guys who flock around trucks and trunks as they unload at the meet to
snap
> up everything that's way underpriced and barely look at it before
setting
> it on their table and ripping off any tag. It appears anyway that all
the
> item (and all other items they brought) is to them is a source of
profit.
> I've even SEEN the item bought of a truck and then when I ask about it
> later the "flipper" tells me how he's had it for years and bought it at
a
> country auction. Yeah, that's marketing- but the shyster kind. There's
no
> name but MUD behind those words.
>
> I'm a pool guy by trade, and I love water and summer. They say never
trust
> a skinny chef, I never trust radio sellers who listen only to satellites
> and know nothing about vacuum tubes :).
>
> John H.
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