Scott's trade-in policy

[Tony Peterson]

I came across the following Ad in the Barter and Exchange Free Ads section of the March 1938 issue of Short Wave and Television magazine:

FOR SALE - SCOTT ALL-WAVE XV complete with 1938 Warrington Console $135.00. Guarantee has 4 1/2 years to run. Factory seals are intact. Selling because I need money. Jesse Scheinin, 5 So Carey St., Baltimore Md.

Because the Ad states "Guarantee has 4 1/2 years to run" it seems that the radio was purchased from Scott Radio Labs sometime in 1937 but that seems pretty late for an All-Wave 15. Does anyone know if Scott was taking trade-ins then offering them for resale?

[David C. Poland]

Seems the implied Sept 1937 is rather late for a new AW-15. But we do know Scott continued to sell AW-15's for some months after the next model (23 tube model was introduced an Spring 1935).

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Scott was indeed taking trade-ins because such documentation has surfaced for trade-ins values of the 12 tube and 15 tube models. However, I am not aware of any guarantee Scott may have offered for resale of a trade in, although seems likely Scott might have offered some kind of guarantee to help maintain product reputation.

-Dave

[Kent King]

Short answer: Yes, they did. I have several references to trade-in values for older models when buying a new Scott. They refurbished and resold some of these sets as well, especially when the Philly came out. Suddenly, Scott did not have a lower priced alternative to the rather expensive Philly. By the fall of 37, they had introduced the Sixteen. I would not be surprised at a few lower priced sales of refurb sets prior to the release of the Sixteen.

Kent