[ARC5] Managing Yiour Colection

[Robert Nickels]

On 7/25/2010 11:55 AM, mstangelo at comcast.net wrote:
> I'm curious. I notice lots of baby boomers are holding onto their mint equipment. When do they intend to dispose of it and who do they intend to sell it to?
>    
  I normally just delete posts about this whole topic because, well you 
know what Clint Eastwood said about opinions (mine included!)   And 
because I hold what seems to be a contrarian minority viewpoint.

The radios and other stuff I've collected are a continuing source of 
entertainment, enlightenment, and education for me.  I consider them as 
"hardware wallpaper" and fully intend to enjoy them until the end, and 
after that I could care less what happens to them.  (The old cowboys 
wanted to die in the saddle, I thought going at a hamfest like one of 
our old time hams did a few years ago would be just fine...preferably in 
mid-haggle over yet anther addition to my collection!)  Maybe someone 
will get the buy of a lifetime when it's liquidated after I'm gone, ore 
maybe the level of a local landfill will rise a few feet -  I don't view 
my hobbies as something that should generate a return on investment and 
there are always options.

Maybe these threads serve a purpose for some, the good news is it's up 
to each to decide.  I wonder if other hobbies devote as much time to 
worrying about it as we  seem to?

73, Bob W9RAN