[AMRadio] Mini warehouse antique radio auction

Tue Aug 27 19:00:21 EDT 2013

Thanks for the support John & Nick, DAMN that jerks offhand comment
really stung, I don't get it, I've spent most of the last 30 years
of my life working for the antique radio community and then to
read some crap like this.

73, Ron W4RON

---- oldradio at comcast.net wrote: 
> Bernie,
> 
> If you don't know what you are talking about, you should shut up.   To even infer that there is fraud involved with Ron makes you look stupid.
> 
> Ron Lawrence is a good guy thinking of all of us. He has many friends and is well respected.
> 
> 73, John Dilks, K2TQN
> 
> 
> -.-
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bernie Doran" <qedconsultants at embarqmail.com>
> To: w4ron at carolina.rr.com, amradio at mailman.qth.net
> Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2013 5:37:45 PM
> Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Mini warehouse antique radio auction
> 
> I would not touch this with a ten foot pole, he has apparently advertized 
> this as an auction and then canceled because you convinced him that they 
> could get more money. What next, fake bidding for more money?  Reminds me of 
> a nearby raffle two years ago, they had a new Harley and at the date for the 
> drawing decided that they did not sell enough tickets, so they extended the 
> date, believe that was done twice.  Sounds like fraud to me.  I wonder if 
> that is even legal?  W8RPW
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ron Lawrence" <w4ron at carolina.rr.com>
> To: <amradio at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2013 1:28 PM
> Subject: [AMRadio] Mini warehouse antique radio auction
> 
> 
> >
> >
> > Do you watch Storage Wars on TV, the show about mini warehouse auction?
> > If you're like me you watch it a dream about going to one someday and them 
> > opening up an abandoned warehouse and it be full of antique radios.
> >
> > Well that very thing has happened. a few weeks ago I was contacted by the 
> > owner of a mini warehouse located just off US 1 between Southern Pines and 
> > Raleigh NC.
> > He was having a warehouse auction and when he popped the lock and raised 
> > the door he saw a warehouse almost full of antique radios. Thanks goodness 
> > he had the good sense to close the door and refuse to sell it that day.
> > At first he wanted to sell it all for one money, I convinced him that he 
> > would be loosing a lot of money, he'd just get pennies for the radios that 
> > way and it'd still be tough to sell it because who's got the space for 
> > 75-80 radios and the way to move them.
> >
> > I've convinced him to let me help him have a radio auction right there on 
> > site, I'd put the word out to the antique radio community, build him a web 
> > page with lots of photos and let the radio group come there and bid on the 
> > radios.
> > So this is what is going to happen. We haven't set a hard date yet, we're 
> > looking at a Saturday in early October, maybe the third Saturday, he has 
> > family conflicts that cut down on to available days.
> >
> > Here the URL to the web page showing what we have so far;
> >
> > http://reidgreene.homestead.com/index1.html
> >
> > As soon as a hard date is set I'll spread to word but it will be on a 
> > Saturday and likely start at about 10am with viewing starting at 8am.
> >
> > Right now this is all I know, as more details are firmed up I'll let
> > everyone know.
> >
> > I'm planning to go down there in the next week or so and help him move 
> > them around so we can see more stuff cause there's a lot of radios covered 
> > up by other radios.
> >
> > As soon as a hard date is set I'll spread to word but it will be on a 
> > Saturday and likely start at about 10am with viewing starting at 8am.
> > Right now this is all I know, as more details are firmed up I'll let
> > everyone know.
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > 73, RON w4ron
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