[Boatanchors] The Widows Walk

[flood at Krohne.com]

Hi kids,

Just to flog the horse a bit more.... is it dead yet?   What it all boils 
down to is honesty.  I have no problem with the carpetbagger showing up 
and offering $1.00 for the whole lot if the widow knows that there is 
value there but just wants the stuff gone now!  Heck my wife wants that 
now and I'm not dead... yet   I've been involved with some small 
cleanouts.  In some cases the estate needs the money and is willing to 
wait and have it sorted out slowly by friends who are willing to help her. 
 What the ethical carpetbagger should do is to explain why the offer is 
what it is and let her know what other options may be available to her. Me 
thinks that too often rather than taking time to do this, she is often 
told it's not worth much and it is left at that.  Imagine, her position, 
the OM has been telling her for years that the stuff is worth a fortune 
probably to justify keeping it, or has been telling the kids, some day 
this will all be yours...   Rolling up my bag errrraaahhh  raincoat for 
Nearfest, I  remain....

John Flood
TASC Department
KROHNE, Inc
7 Dearborn Rd.
Peabody, MA   01960
Tel.:  978-535-6060 / 800-356-9464
Fax:   978-535-8180