Re: Dayton whale tales 101 I've noticed a guy selling surplus commercial radio gear at Dayton pretty much every year I've attended. A few years back the mentioned surplus Dealer had a large surplus Motorola MSR-2000 Repeater for sale out front of his flea market area.
I was side-tracked and never made it back to try and make a deal for that box. I missed buying the repeater the first year I noticed it. Whoa..! the following year the same guy in the same place had much the same gear for sale. He didn't want to budge much on what I thought was a pretty high asking price. I figured I'd come back on Sunday and to try and make a better deal. He closed up his booth and left before I was able to return from my Hamvention Duties. :-( Year #3, he's still in the same location and guess what..? That surplus MSR-2000 repeater is still out front at the same high price. By that time I've been able to find other surplus MSR-2000 gear so I'm no longer a serious buyer for retail prices. I missed year #4 (last year) but I'm looking forward to visiting with my old friend to see if he's now willing to make a deal in year #5. cheers, s. ps: Just think of how much gas that guy has spent moving that box 2 States over to Dayton each year. Not to mention the other 3 surplus micor repeaters around it...
