[Boatanchors] Reasonable Price

[D C *Mac* Macdonald]

There is only one thing cheap about the hobby
of amateur radio and that is the participants!
 
73 - Mac, K2GKK/5
Oklahoma City, OK


 
 
* In my many years, I have come to the conclusion that one useless *
* man is a shame, two is a law firm and three or more is Congress. *

* -- John Adams (1735- 1826) *

 




> Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:12:19 -0400
> From: ka1kaq at gmail.com
> To: rwpeters at swbell.net
> CC: boatanchors at mailman.qth.net; WA5CAB at cs.com
> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Reasonable Price
> 
> On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 12:51 PM, Bob Peters  wrote:
>> Brother do I agree on this one... There was a
>> member of this list that offered a bunch of power
>> tubes to the list with a make me an offer as well
>> as a Halli receiver on make me an offer and then
>> it shows up that he really wants far more then
>> retail on the tubes and after offers being made on
>> the Halli finds out that it may really be
>> collectable and comes back with I am going after
>> the BIG BUCKS... This is no longer hobby time
>> folks...
> 
> I honestly don't care what someone asks for their stuff, it's theirs
> after all and I'm free to walk away if I don't agree. The market tends
> to take care of most of this. If it is indeed overpriced, it won't
> sell.
> 
> It's more the issue of no price, what'll ya give me, what's it worth
> to ya, and all that. For me, life is too short for such BS. I'm sure
> Robert feels the same about the people who want his items for free,
> whine about the prices, or are too cheap to even reimburse someone who
> offers them help if they'll cover the cost of shipping.
> 
> Unfortunately, we're likely to see more of the former as the
> 'investors' scramble to get their money back in a market of declining
> demand, heftier ebay/paypal fees and so on. And as far as the latter,
> well - cheap people have always been around, beyond the typical
> frugal/thrifty ham types.
> 
> ~ Todd, KA1KAQ/4
>