[Arran]

I hate to sound like the bad guy here, but I feel this needs to be said, and someone should say it...so here goes.

I don't understand why some guys appoint themselves pricing specialists, and claim that X radio is "worth" Y price. These same "specialists" would never dream of actually paying the prices they quote, but they are quick to condemn those who pay less than what these "specialists" think they are "worth."

This sort of thing goes on at another forum which shall remain nameless...populated by several frustrated old yentas with nothing better to do than criticize everything and everybody.

I just get the feeling that this is what happened in the case of the 37-116, Gene. Some nosy yenta convinced the seller that $195 wasn't enough. So why doesn't the nosy person buy it himself/herself, then? Like I said...these people are quick to claim something is "worth" a lot but they won't pay premium prices for the stuff they buy. On the contrary...if they wanted to buy that same radio...it would suddenly become worthless (to them).

Oh, and in fairness to that other forum, I've also seen similar activity at radio swap meets. If you're selling something and they walk by, it's junk. If they are selling something, it's worth a king's ransom.

'Nuff said.

I've witnessed that happen on the other forum, a guy posted an inquiry about his TV set. It was a weird early postwar console, an off brand with an electrostatic picture tube. Anyhow all that the poster offered was a frontal shot, much like those brand Z consoles I linked to on fleabay, and the set looked in about the same shape as those brand Z consoles, like it had sat in a shed for 40 years. Anyhow the "Yentas" or "Rubber Neckers" on the other forum in effect started bidding the set up to astronomical prices for what it was, and I in effect said that it was easy to say it was worth that if they had not intention of buying it.
So the original poster (following their advice0 put the thing on fleabay, at least twice, with a high reserve, the set was bid up to $750 in one auction and it still didn't meet the reserve. I don't know whether the bidders actually wanted to own it or were just playing games trying to figure out where the reserve was. All this for an unrestored set, with an untested electrostatic picture tube, and no chassis pictures. I have no idea whether he eventually sold the thing or not.
Regards
Arran