{"id":17796,"date":"2016-03-16T08:44:27","date_gmt":"2016-03-16T12:44:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=17796"},"modified":"2016-03-16T08:44:27","modified_gmt":"2016-03-16T12:44:27","slug":"this-sony-icf-6800w-just-sold-for-919-us-on-ebay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/this-sony-icf-6800w-just-sold-for-919-us-on-ebay\/","title":{"rendered":"This Sony ICF-6800W just sold for $919 US on eBay"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"eBay-Sony-ICF-6800W\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Dan Robinson, who\u00a0followed this Sony ICF-6800W<\/a>\u00a0on eBay. Dan notes:<\/p>\n

In my talk at the SWL Fest, I rated this receiver as among the best ever made for SWLing.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"Sony<\/a><\/p>\n

Dan believes the final price of\u00a0$919.00 may be a record for the\u00a0ICF-6800W on eBay.\u00a0Click here to view the archived listing\u00a0on eBay<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This is the thing about sites like eBay: the market price of any given item is the price it eventually fetches in auction. This Sony appears to be in superb shape and was being sold by a seasoned seller with a high approval rating. The collector behind the winning bid\u00a0paid top dollar, but he\u00a0felt it was a fair price to snag this rig.<\/p>\n

Note of caution about eBay\u00a0BuyItNow<\/em> pricing<\/strong><\/p>\n

The ICF-6800W above was sold in an auction listing.\u00a0There are times, however, when eBay sellers don’t have an item up for auction, rather they ask for fixed\u00a0“BuyItNow” prices which are sometimes outrageous. For example, I see a lot of shortwave portables that are still in production<\/em> being offered at three times the retail price. These sellers are hoping you didn’t do your homework prior to purchasing at a fixed price. We actually addressed this issue last year–check out our previous post:\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

An eBay caution: some sellers are out for a buck\u2013or hundreds<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dan Robinson, who\u00a0followed this Sony ICF-6800W\u00a0on eBay. Dan notes: In my talk at the SWL Fest, I rated this receiver as among the best ever made for SWLing. Dan believes the final price of\u00a0$919.00 may be a record for the\u00a0ICF-6800W on eBay.\u00a0Click here to view the archived listing\u00a0on eBay. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,43],"tags":[2635,331,4849,495,3603],"class_list":["post-17796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-dan-robinson","tag-ebay","tag-icf-6800w","tag-sony","tag-sony-icf-6800w"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-4D2","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":21267,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/09\/ebay-find-a-lnib-sony-icf-6800w\/","url_meta":{"origin":17796,"position":0},"title":"eBay find: a “LNIB” Sony ICF-6800W","author":"Thomas","date":"September 9, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dan Robinson, who points out this \"Like New In Box\" (LNIB) Sony ICF-6800W on eBay. 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Impressive lineup!","rel":"","context":"In "News"","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Fullscreen capture 272015 13405 PM","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Fullscreen-capture-272015-13405-PM.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Fullscreen-capture-272015-13405-PM.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Fullscreen-capture-272015-13405-PM.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":21286,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/09\/ebay-find-a-lnib-panasonic-rf-4800-receiver\/","url_meta":{"origin":17796,"position":3},"title":"eBay find: a LNIB Panasonic RF-4800 receiver","author":"Thomas","date":"September 10, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post reader, Mark Harper, who writes: Must be LNIB season..here's another one: Click here to view on eBay. $202 at the moment...Looks to be complete as well! 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