[ARC5] Dolt Alert (was: Drool alert)

[Kenneth G. Gordon]

On 18 Mar 2014 at 16:46, David Stinson wrote:

> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> Subject: [ARC5] Drool alert
> 
> 
> > A whole raft of notable auctions in the last few days.
> > This seller has 2 (two!!) of them this time and well worth our 
> > attention.
> > eBay item number:
> > 271427461230
> > eBay item number:
> > 380865808565
> 
> I have always wondered how these people set their prices
> and if they have any idea how foolish they look.

IMHO, not one darned one of them will do ANY research. They won't even 
look at "Completed Auctions". They appear to think that if it is WWII it is 
worth a mint. 

> A BC-459 looks almost the same as a T-17 ARC-5,
> so it must be worth $500, right??
> How about his Hammarlund HX-500 for $3200?
> These people frustrate me.

"Frustrate" isn't the word I would choose to describe my feelings about these 
idiots.

> Like the guy who found the bunch of "big iron" Navy transmitters
> still in the crates and, because he could not sell them
> for $10,000 each (and got nasty if you said anything to him),
> reportedly sold them for scrap out of pure spite.

Yes. I and another list member was involved in that. What a total waste! 
They were worth, maybe, $400.00 each, and yes, they were NIB. But who 
today would want a Navy transmitter that used 860s?

The guy got really, really snotty with my friend, who took the trouble to drive 
all the way to the sellers QTH to try to talk with him about them.

Reminds me of when I was a kid and found a new Model "A" Ford engine in 
a junk yard. The owner wanted $500.00 for it, and it was worth, at the time, 
about $50.00. He smashed it up with a sledge hammer when no one would 
buy it at that price.

These people are just plain crazy.

Ken W7EKB
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Kenneth G. Gordon W7EKB

"Courage is being scared to death but saddling up anyway."--- John   Wayne