Why won't this sell?

[KC2JS]

Vertex VX920 (924) UHF with VHF Rx, MDC and MORE HT1250 - eBay (item 150488487984 end time Sep-07-10 12:32:15 PDT)

I must have posted it 10 times. I paid a little under $1000 for everything less then a year ago. The radio is like brand new. Am I asking too much? When I put a M on ebay it sells no problem usally. Does Vertex not sell as easy?

Thanks!

 

[Northerner71]

can it monitor P25 trunked systems?

 

[KC2JS]

no, analog only.

 

[LZJSR]

Overpriced

I bought a full keypad VX-924 512 Channel VHF for about $200 on Ebay about 3 months ago, brand new, and intrinsically safe. A new one can be purchased for about $500 from Commline Inc in Los Angeles, so it may be overpriced.

 

[texasemt13]

Well from a receiver standpoint- it's nothing special, as most transceivers have wider receive ranges than transmit ranges.

As a Y/VX product, it's fairly expensive considering all the other products they have out that can do VHF & UHF transmit (see the VX-8R for a less expensive, multi-banded example).

Most of the people around can find an inexpensive monitoring rig, if that's all they need it for.

For those that are looking for a business band transceiver, there are usually cheaper options.

Those are just my observations.

 

[bezking]

Just based on my own observations, most folks who purchase commercial radios want to have the programming equipment. It seems that Vertex (a division of Motorola, FYI) makes it hard to find. And, the bandsplit. Yeah, it probably does go into 440, but the fact that it's not rated to do so will scare most people away. Oh, and this doesn't matter *as much* but full keypad radios usually sell faster than limited keypad units.

And for goodness sakes, take the word "HT1250" out of the title! I'm really tired of seeing it every time I search for my favorite series radio. :lol: (I kid!)

 

[W2NJS]

I once owned Vertex VX900s for VHF and UHF. Great radios. One of them (forget which) even did 1.25 kHz splits and I am not making this up. These were the prior generation to the 924s and similar units and worked really well, but I had a hard time selling them both and I sure didn't get anything like $1K for each of them; maybe $250/$350 IIRC with lots of accessories.