[ARC5] Managing Yiour Colection

[J. Forster]

On the surface what you say makes some sense, but if you have spent years
completing systems and looking for those rare bits, it does not.
Furthermore, I have lots of test gear that I've cleaned, tested and
calibrated. Selling that off is flushing the time and effort down the
drain.

Cetrtainly selling off average condition ARC-5s or BC-348s or whatever
that's in storage from a flea makes some sense, but certainly not across
the board.

FWIW,

-John

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> On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 12:58 PM, Don Merz <n3rht at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> Think of it this way. $1,200 buys A LOT in today's radio market. So in a
>> year,
>> you could buy $1,200 worth of stuff, keep it one year, sell it the next
>> year for
>> half price--$600--AND YOU'D STILL BE UP $600 versus a storage unit!
>
> Yep!
>
> Sometimes storage units are a necessity, but anything more than a few
> months or year at most, depending in the contents and storage cost, it
> begins to go backward fast. I used one for a year or so after putting
> my house on the market and preparing to move, just to get some stuff
> out of the way so the house would show better. I got one of the
> largest units figuring more bang for my buck. Then one day it dawned
> on me: if this stuff stays in here much longer I would've been better
> off to sell it and buy it again later. Nothing of immense value or
> rarity was reduced to storage, mainly odds and ends, some furniture,
> display cases, books, etc.
>
> My brother is currently in the same boat. Bought a truckload of
> antiques from my sister in NH who placed them in storage for him. He's
> from Wyoming but works as one of those private security contractors
> traveling a lot. He figures he's paid for the antiques twice by now
> ($7K x 2) and is working on his third round.
>
> Temporarily only, otherwise grab one of those old worn out shipping
> containers and plant it in your yard. If nothing else, it's good
> motivation to thin things out.
>
> ~ Todd'KAQ
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