"Woody" wrote in message
news:ZSaDe.12451$2h1.8471@trnddc05...
Wow, you're really going to cripple yourself doing that. Unless a marine
radio shop is just starting up when you
post your auction, you may not have good luck selling like that.

You're obviously sitting in the middle of A&M, so grab a math prof... if
you have 80 manuals, I'm sure they'll sell for $10 each plus shipping.
That's 800 bucks. A chunk of change for only spending a few hours one
evening sorting and stacking
those manuals by brand, and [gulp] spending 2 minutes checking for one
when somebody asks.
Plus the ones you'll remember and not have to check for... ?
Now what you need the math prof. for is to calculate what percentage
profit you make with 0 investment/$800 return.
[I'm no math whiz, but 100% isn't the answer....]

And to answer the next pressing question....

Because I don't have the $325 to buy them. [The $125 for you and the $200
for 4-5 UPS boxes of dead weight.]

If you see the light or bust them up on ebay one at a time, please post
your user ID.
I need a Motorola Micom manual
and Motorola or Triton Autotuner manual. ... and I'll give you $30 shipped
for them, if they're there.

thanks!
rb



"Mike" wrote in message
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FS: I have about 5 or 6 legal size boxes of Marine radio service
manuals. I got them from a friend who used to work at Radio Holland in
Houston. They service shipboard radio equipment and when the ships dumped
HF radios for satellite stuff he got a pile of their old manuals. No, I
am not going to look for a specific manual in all that stuff but I am
going to offer it all as one lot to whomever might need the stuff. Some
of the names I saw in there (many more too) are Sailor, Motorola, Data
Marine, SAIT, Marconi Marine, MacKay, Icom, Debeg, etc. If anyone is
interested before I post it all on eBay, let me know. $125 takes all.
Located in TX 77840.




They "should" be able to be sent via the Postal Service using "Media Mail"
which is a hell of a lot cheaper than UPS even for Ground Shipping. Sure,
they may take a couple days or so longer to get there, but if you're not in
a real hurry for them, why pay out the ass?

As to the manuals themselves, unless they're sold to someone in a "maritime"
rich area, they may be useless to others. Most in "those" areas who do that
sort of repair may already have them, so then what you're left with is
"reference manuals" that someone may buy a few years from now when they
happen on one of those "Boat Anchors". IF they don't sell for the $125, drop
the price OR put them on E-Bay. There is no guarantee even on E-Bay.

Good luck!

clf