Dave said that he is moving. That's enough explanation. I can
imagine why an old radio collector is moving and not taking his
lower value radios with him, health, finances, there are other
possibilities.

When you move, you run out of time to organize, fix, give away, sell
stuff. He seems to be outa time.

You guys still have the mindset that "my time has no value". Get
past that. Your time has value, call it $40/hour. The several
hours that it costs Dave to package and arrange shipping, even using
mailing services, is hundreds of dollars of his time and time that
he doesn't have. He's moving, remember.

He's solved the focussed market problem that you allude to.
He's looking for a radio person within an hour's drive of his place.


Pennysaver gets him people within an hour but most have no interest
in old radios. Call it a one in a hundred thousand hit ratio.

This is a Worldwide forum but it is targeted to old radio people,
better than one in a hundred thousand hit ratio. The proof is in
the comment, "PING Phil Nelson on the other side of the freeway "

Dave spams a list and one of the complainers knows an old radio guy
just down the street? Maybe this "Phil Nelson" will pick up the
stuff and help Dave out.

If so, if Phil is listening, I'll take the SB-303 chassis. I
restore these things and can always use dead SB parts. Hit my page
at www.kiyoinc.com/heathstuff.html I'll cover the shipping and send
Phil five bucks for his time.

de ah6gi/4


Exactly,
When I moved about a year ago I was unemployed due to layoff, hurried
for time, and needed to get rid of nearly my entire radio collection. I
didn't have hours to spend answering questions, packing and weighing
items for shipping cost questions, on and on and on.... I needed all of
it gone with a minimum of hassle. I could have made ~$10K doing it this
way but, with everything else to attend to I decided to haul it all to
Estes and be done with it. I wound up wit $4K, my collection was spread
aroundto other collectors (not dumped or destroyed), and there was a
large hassle I didn't have to deal with during a stressful period.

A few years ago a friend passed away and I was to liquidate his
estate. His radio/electronics/test equipment collection was offered here
for local pickup in my area. Working full time, family, and other
obligations prevented me from selling these things piece by piece. Most
of it went to 3 collectors who had seen the posting.They came, they saw,
they purchased. No hassles. One fellow drove 150 miles and left happy.
There were many inquiries from others around the country who wanted
descriptions, pictures, shipping details, etc and some of these folks
got angry when I told them I would not parse things out and deal with
their requests as I didn't have time.Thats why I stated these things
were for local viewing and pickup!!. Some wanted me to make an exception
just once. There were a lot of requests for "just one" exception. Nobody
offered to take their time to drive or fly to Cleveland to see the
items, they "did't have the time".