[Boatanchors] In need of a Heathkit choke...

[RAY FRIESS]

I dont expect free shipping.  What I was wondering about was if people were willing to pay shipping charges for such a heavy item as an Apache.  Considering the weight of the radio and its age, I wondered if it would be too expensive for someone to acquire it.  I have no problem shipping it if someone is willing to pay the costs involved.

 

The thinking about parting it out is if one doesnt want to keep such an item, but cant find someone willing to pay for it and pay for shipping, then parting out is an alternative.

 

I once saw a ham say in a posting he was parting out an SB 220 for exactly that same reason and it worked perfectly.

 


 
> From: wrcromwell at gmail.com
> To: boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:18:20 -0400
> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] In need of a Heathkit choke...
> 
> Tom K3TVC replied to a post:
> 
> I have never seen a Apache or DX-100 go unsold on eBay for at least
> $100 
> plus shipping. If you are willing to pack and ship it someone will buy
> it if 
> it is in working condition. If not in working condition or not near
> working 
> condition then parting it out would be fine. Heavy radios get sold and 
> shipped on eBay all of the time.
> 
> ----------
> 
> Hi Tom,
> 
> I'm preparing to ship an Apache right now. I'm trading it for a radio
> that might have a lower value on Ebay and maybe weighs a little less. If
> we want to play with working radios and trade/sell them then we are
> going to pay the freight. The shipping for an Apache or DX-100 (mine is
> going into my estate sale some day) is a little high for a straight give
> away in the usual case, but many hams drop goodies in the mail every day
> and just give them away. Even more do that for just the postage. This is
> really just an extension of that process.
> 
> My question for the OP is "why would you chop up a perfectly good radio
> just because it can't be shipped for free?" If you can't afford to pay
> the shipping (not a crime) that doesn't mean the ham who wants it can't
> pay for it. Anything on the planet can be shipped - houses, locomotives,
> etc... just to date nobody has offered to pay the shipping for moving Mt
> Everest to Brazil.
> 
> 73,
> 
> Bill KU8H
> 
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