[Boatanchors] Re: [R-390] Ebay Prices

Frank frank at k5dkz.com
Sat Mar 24 12:56:29 EST 2007


Grant Youngman wrote:

> I once had a lady argue that if I'd just come down $10
> she could buy something for her grandchild, too.  If I
> didn't come down, her grandchild would be the one to
> suffer.  There was a lot of grumbling.  She'd leave and 
> come back and grumble some more.  A few minutes later,
> she came back and had a go at my wife who was watching
> the table while I took a bio break.  I thought $125 was a
> darn good "hamfest" price for a nice Collins 180S-1 to 
> begin with.  She finally, grudgingly, took away the tuner
> at the asking price, but let me know what a terrible
> person I was.
> 

You should have raised the price to $1125 to make up for her 
making you feel bad.

I find more and more evil ones out there attempting to make 
the just feel guilty.  Shame on them.

Regards,
frank Kamp


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