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

[Greg Mijal]

For all the bitching and shootouts at the hamfests out here, something 
happened at the last one that might amuse you.

What's a shootout? It's when two guys spot a dirt cheap collectable  at 
exactly the same time and an argument errupts.
Myself and another guy spotted an Eldico SSB 100mil transmitter on a tail 
gate at exactly the same moment and both of us said in chorus: " how much?"
The seller said" I dunno, make me an offer" I whipped out the contents of my 
wallet and put $15 in the seller's hand and said "OK?" the seller took it, 
then the other guy cried foul ball and kept his hand on the transmitter. Now 
all three of us are standing around the Eldico wonder what the hell to do 
next and I told the other guy to pull his wallet out and let the seller take 
the top offer. The seller agreed and the other guy whipped out a $20 bill. I 
released my hand on the tranmitter and all three of us started laughing. 
Later I stopped by to look at his new transmitter and we both agreed that it 
was a happy ending to a crappy situation.
I did out snoozle him on a Collins 180 tuner though.
God, I love hamfests!
73's
Greg
WA7LYO
in sunny Feenix
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lloyd KK7IZ" <kk7iz at cox.net>
To: <telegrapher at att.net>; "Jim Brannigan" <jbrannig at optonline.net>
Cc: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>; "Frank" <frank at k5dkz.com>; "Grant 
Youngman" <nq5t at tx.rr.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2007 12:33 PM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Re: [R-390] Ebay Prices


> One I like was the guy that wouldn't take less than $xx for it because it 
> belonged to his mother.
> Almost started a fight when I ask him how much he got for his mother.
> Thanx
> Lloyd  KK7IZ
> kk7iz at cox.net
>
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <telegrapher at att.net>
> To: "Jim Brannigan" <jbrannig at optonline.net>
> Cc: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>; "Frank" <frank at k5dkz.com>; "Grant 
> Youngman" <nq5t at tx.rr.com>
> Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2007 11:55 AM
> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Re: [R-390] Ebay Prices
>
>
>> We've got some on these reflectors that do the same thing!
>>
>> Larry
>> W0OGH
>>
>>
>> Jim Brannigan wrote:
>>
>>> Many years ago I had a fellow "guilt me down" on a hamfest price, 
>>> claiming he needed the rest of his money for a train ticket home.
>>>
>>> A short time later I see the same fellow buying a much more expensive 
>>> piece of equipment.
>>>
>>> Fool me once............
>>>
>>> Jim
>>>
>>>
>>>> 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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