[Boatanchors] Hamfest Stories

[J. Forster]

I've put out boxes of small stuff at $1 ea. No lookers; then $.25, no
takers; Free and it all goes very fast.

Humans!

-John

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> Last spring one of the Radio clubs I belong to held a Tailgate Hamfest.
> Over the past year the club became to owner of collections of Electronic
> Bric-a-Brac from club members who sold there homes to move into small
> quarters or from SK's. I was charge with sorting through it all and
> putting out what we thought would sell at the club table. But what to do
> you with a small( 5 foot by 10 foot Landscaping trailer ) full of what
> ever. I hit on an idea, I placed a big sign on the rear tail gate of the
> trailer" Trash & Treasure Trailer ", then secured a donation container to
> the tailgate. Due the event several announcements were made about the
> trailer, Be sure to check out the TRASH & TREASURE TAILER, everything is
> FREE, If you would like leave a Fuel Fund Donation " please feel free to
> do so. Well it did not take long for the FEEDING FRENZY to start. The
> trailer was pick clean in under ten minutes. And the club made $100.00
> for the fuel fund. So each spring we now ask all member to donate to the
> " TRASH & TREASURE collection. And I have a job for life as one member
> said after the event, some time it's not good to so smart.
>
>
>                                 Jeff N2LXM
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