wow. anyone bidding on this?

[space cowboy]

nice radio, but way out of my price range.
http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-5...0001&campid=5336136228&icep_item=181960133257

 

[9C1Driver]

Nice but that price is nuts.

 

[BJ radionut]

 

[jessejamesdallas]

At $600+....+ another $40+ for shipping for a 20-30+ year old CB?

Think i'll pass...

 

[Unit 194]

It is a very nice looking radio but................
$600.00 plus for a 30 year old 4 watt radio?
Do the caps need to be replaced?
If need be, where can I find replacement parts?

I think I'll also pass...............................

 

[w9cll]

At best it's worth $50

 

[wavrider]

People will collect anything.

Some paintings I see displayed at galleries look like my pot bellied pig rubbed her fat belly in paint and laid on the canvas. Someone buys them.

 

[2RT307]

Six hundred and nine dollars for an old SSB rig with a meter light burned out. Riiiiiiight.

73,
Brett

 

[Mudfoot]

Dude had an erection while typing that description, for sure

 

[Stellasarat]

I can purchase a nice used hf for $600. Probably less, and a choice between Yaesu, Icom or Kenwood. Any hf purchase will out perform that Robyn 10 fold. I think some eBay sellers are either out of their minds or just think they've got something special because it was their grandfather's flagship rig. There are some over priced rigs that will selll above the actual worth but not that much over and not that Robyn. Crazy shit!

 

[StrangeBrew]

That radio is a big time collectors piece, it's the rarity that sets the price on it.

 

[222DBFL]

If someone is bidding on that radio they are surely a collector of them or want one REAL BAD!!! And right now you could most likely get a new HF radio for $600 and the cost of shipping. I know for a fact the yaseu FT450D is much more than $600 new, nor are a few other HF radios!! Bottom line is someone wants that radio bad enough they will pay whatever is needed unless they have set a limit, which in this case may have been a good idea. Perhaps only the winner of the radio can tell us why he paid what he did..

 

[StrangeBrew]

Anytime I've seen one of these for sale they always went for big money, vintage CB collectors want them. That price really isn't unusual for one of these.

The people who would bid on this really don't care how a modern radios performance compares to it.

 

[222DBFL]

I totally understand what you mean StrangeBrew. The people bidding on these items are collecters that don't see it as money per say.

 

[fourstringburn]

...And they are also the ones who drives the price up out of range for others who would like to own one and can't afford it.