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Selling Out

Posted: 24 Feb 2020 08:49 AM PST
https://ke9v.net/2020/02/24/selling-out/



Id like to sell all my modern transceivers, along with all the accessories
that go with them. That includes the IC-7610, IC-9700, and the IC-7300. At
least thats the plan.




But one of my least favorite things to do is to sell almost anything. Its
hard work. If it were only a matter of taking photos, listing online,
boxing it up and shipping it, that would be easy. Its the other stuff that
makes me sweat.




Five years ago I sold my TenTec Eagle.




The Eagle was a very simple to operate HF transceiver. There were only a
few knobs and buttons to contend with. I sold it to some fellow who
continued to contact me for months afterwards with endless questions; How
do I make it do this, how do I make it do that, I cant get it to transmit
in CW are you sure you didnt sell me a defective transceiver?




Being unpaid product support is not for me and I vowed never to sell
anything of significant value again.




Id rather take used equipment to the dump than deal with that again.
Imagine my consternation at listing stuff for sale thats considerably more
complex than that old Eagle! So Im looking for alternatives. One of those
being to trade it all in for store credit. Thats still not ideal, but it
beats putting it into storage, or something worse.