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What is market value for the RS1994?
Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2003 1:50 pm
by slocko
Hi,
Any idea what is the market value of these remotes? I pretty much replaced them with 2116/2117.
I think I have 3 of them I can get rid of. I checked ebay, but didn't see any of them for sale.
Seeing that a new 2116 is $30, I can part with the 1994 for $15 plus shipping? Is that reasonable?
Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2003 2:48 pm
by The Robman
You could probably ask $50 for the 15-1994.
Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2003 2:51 pm
by slocko
wow. do people really like those 1s,2s,3s,4s keys that much!!!!
Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2003 8:24 am
by ghrays
slocko wrote:wow. do people really like those 1s,2s,3s,4s keys that much!!!!
Yes. I recently paid over $40 for a 1994 on eBay after repeatedly being outbid at $30.
Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2004 9:41 pm
by streetskater
I have since moved on to other remotes but those 1994's are workhorses (and for me the basic JP1 tool). I frequently still use the learning function of 1994 to help me set up any new devices I aquire.
Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2004 8:13 am
by Capn Trips
You guys may be paying $30-$50 for 1994's (and I, for one would too, if I needed a fourth one!), but the market appears to be saying otherwise. The last three
eBay completed auctions for 1994's range from $16.26 to $18.50 selling price, which plus shipping is about $25.00 - a bargain in ANYONE's book!
Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2004 12:00 pm
by The Robman
The trick when buying on ebay is to look for poorly listed items, that's how you find bargains. As a seller, the trick is to list your item so that it will get picked up by as many searches as possible. Both of the previous listings of 15-1994s didn't include the words "universal remote" in the subject line, which almost by itself guarantees that the price won't go too high.
Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2004 3:29 pm
by streetskater
Capn Trips wrote:1994's range from $16.26 to $18.50 selling price, which plus shipping is about $25.00 - a bargain in ANYONE's book!
The last time I bought a 1994 was from the Shack and I believe the asking price was $4.95. And yes, I grabbed up their entire remaining inventory
The irony that keeps shinning in my face is that I bought my first "universal" remote in an effort to divest myself of multiple remotes: The result is that I now have enough remotes to create my own Remote Museum. I know the Robman know of what I speak....
Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2004 4:18 pm
by The Robman
streetskater wrote:The irony that keeps shinning in my face is that I bought my first "universal" remote in an effort to divest myself of multiple remotes: The result is that I now have enough remotes to create my own Remote Museum. I know the Robman know of what I speak....
Say what?
http://www.hifi-remote.com/ofa/pictures-ofa.shtml
(and that isn't even my
entire collection!

Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2004 4:15 pm
by streetskater
God God Rob,
I am impressed! My entire collection would scarcely be an out-of-the-way wing in your museum.
I will say however, that I've handled most of the remotes you show and for my money the general layout/ergonomics and general hands on feel of the 1994/1995/2117 style remote has yet to be topped. The fact that my significant other says that remote feels like a giant phallus with buttons--notwithstanding

Dude
Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2004 11:41 am
by afaa
Rob,
I don't see the 15-2104 anywhere in there, what's wrong with you?

Re: Dude
Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2004 1:03 pm
by The Robman
afaa wrote:Rob,
I don't see the 15-2104 anywhere in there, what's wrong with you?

It's in the collection, I must have missed the picture. Horrible remote that it is!
