The following is really not true. There are a lot of very nice radios on
eBay. Think of the guy that steals new cars and parts them out. Old
radios have no real value to most of the population so does it really
matter in 40 years or so they will all end up in the scrap yard anyway
because there will be nobody around to use them and nowhere to use them
. Ham radio is a dying Hobby period. I have determined there are a
lot of people on this group that really do need a get a life.
Robin Hood
Mike Coslo wrote:
FWIW, we are talking about Ebay here! Does anyone actually believe
that a person is parting out a mint unit in the first place?
Ebay is the home of " I can't find a power cord, and don't know how
to hook up an antenna, so the unit is as-is" or I turned it on and the
tubes light up, but don't know how to ...yada yada.
Think about it.
- Mike KB3EIA -
Steve wrote:
I'm not a big fan of this behavior myself, BUT....
I've tried selling off my Heath HW-101 station. Works fine and decent
cosmetics. I've been unable to sell it for $225, yet I see the speaker
alone sell for about $100 and the power supply sell for $150.
If I was like this guy, I'd sell the speaker and PS, yank out the tubes
from the rig and junk it. Can't bring myself to do this so I'll keep
dragging it to junkfests.
Steve
JOE wrote in message
news.com...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=30957996 51
This is like his 4th or 5th complete stripping out of Heathkit rigs.
"Ready
to install
part - removed from mint condition fully working rig" - words to that
effect.
I mean what the HELL? What next - buy up Collins and strip them
out?? So
you
can make $40 more than the radio is worth.... it's like this guy
thinks
he's clever
and come up with a 'new idea' - strip mint radios for a 25% extra
profit.
Go to the link above, then click 'view sellers other auctions' - you'll
see
what I mean.
Just irritates me and I wanted to rant. I know the argument - it's his
radio and
he can sell it / chop it up as he sees fit. Yeah yeah. Still hate it.
JOE