"I" am not defending it "entirely", but if the man pays for it, it is his to
do with as he pleases! As the anonymous one wrote to me, He is putting food
on his table by doing so. That is HIS words, not mine. I only tore my ****
apart because it was TOO BIG to ship and it was more acceptable to be sold
by parts, which I DID do. ALL sold in a couple weeks. It was a USED item
though. IF the guy feels it will bring in more to him dead than alive, that
is his prerogative. It doesn't mean I, you or anyone else has to agree or
disagree. It's his ****, he'll do with it as he pleases. Our opinions don't
really mean dick in the end.

Lou

"JOE" wrote in message
news.com...
Ripping apart a MINT radio (I've been watching this guy for months - he
had
a MINT SB-303 back a few months ago) is absurd.

Defend it all you like. I still think it's just plain profiteering and
destroying
a limited resource.

Maybe those who think this is right will allow hunting of bald eagles
too....


"Lou" wrote in message
...
And the next time you write to my personal E-MAIL, leave a valid address
for
my reply. Share your comments with the group. Yes, maybe he is trying to
put
food on his table. No one would knock him for that. Just seems a bit odd
to
tear apart "working" units. That is all I think anyone is trying to say.
There are reasons, I've had them as I've alluded to... It just seems to
by
pass common sense though - in many cases.

Lou

wrote in message
...
Parts are always worth more then the hole try buying a car a piece at
a
time.

jakdedert wrote:

Lou wrote:

Not that I agree with stripping a "working" unit apart to sell the
parts, but I have seen cases where an item was "close" to working
condition, but to put money into it to get it to work was more
expensive than had the person stripped it and sold it for parts - as
the parts for that particular unit were hard to find and not
necessarily cheap. The only time I've stripped working items to sell
parts from, is if I could not sell it whole, or it was too expensive
to ship and I found people interested in buying the parts. I did
quite well that way. Maybe this guy "feels" he can make more parting
it out than it is worth! This guy may have an axe to grind.. Maybe
he
doesn't like Ham and this is his revenge - or as another stated, his
therapy. Who knows what may be the driving force......



I can understand the emotion. Seeing something perfectly good
ripped
apart
sets my teeth on edge as well. I guess we all have to console
ourselves
with the idea that those parts will go on to make any number of 'not
working' sets 'perfectly good' again...although given an option, I'd
think
that an original--not cobbled together with parts from donor
sets--would
be
worth more.

jak


Lou

"JOE" wrote in message
etnews.com...


Maybe you would prefer he have to apply for a government permit
before he could disassemble it.


Wow! Only 3 posts before the looney toons start showing up!