[Arran]

Actually, Arran, radios go for more $$$$ in California. Less radios, higher demand, and collectors on the Left Coast apparently have more spending cash than we do in the Midwest. (But we have more radios...hahahahaha) Icon_twisted

I know they do but nobody anywhere is going to pay $600 for a cabinet stereo from 1965, that's just plain stupid, I doubt whether they could get $40 for one of those things even in Cali since they are such hogs for floor space. I've looked through some of the craiglist listings out that way and most prices, while not as cheap as the midwest, obviously, are not outside the bounds of reason. The fact is the the economy out there is in the garbage can so if something is just absolutely clueless on a price it's just going to sit there and rot.
When it comes to radios, especially floor models, I have an "I don't care" attitude, I have my price, if I can't get it for what I want to pay I walk. The trouble with new collectors is that they are so anxious to get anything, and so inexperienced with bargaining, that they don't know how to negotiate. It's been my experience that about 80%+ of the radios out there are being sold by people who don't know anything about what they have let alone what it's worth, they will price a 1960s cabinet stereo the same as a Philco 690 or a Bakelite set the same as a cathedral. Sometimes they will price something more just because it "works" and the other one doesn't, it isn't too difficult to get a price cut in half or better just because you show up with cash in hand ready to take it away, especially if it has been for sale for over a month.
Regards
Arran