[CW] Re: [MorseCode] help needed

[Rich Dailey, N8UX.]

K4TJP writes:

>That fact of the matter is the AZRoadKill destroys history with his wire 
>brushes, repainting, and over polishing.  He renders a bit of history into 
>nothing more than a glittering piece of metal that is representative of 
>what it was.  Collectors have confronted this guy for years concerning the 
>destruction but he believes he's doing a service, when in fact he's doing 
>the buyer a disservice.  He does what he does for profit, nothing more, 
>and nothing less.  He'll take a common key he purchased for 10 bucks in 
>ebay, shine it all up and sell it for 40 to 50 bucks.  Nice return on a 
>ten dollar investment.  You can buy the same thing for the same low price 
>and clean it yourself and save a ton of money in the process, if you in 
>fact want a shinny little key.  Or, you can take they original key, 
>carefully clean it, and have something original.  Does anyone think that 
>those shinny things he sells came that way out of the box from the 
>mfg'er?  The killer is when he actually does get something in that is 
>uncommon, or, perhaps boarder line rare.  The device means nothing to him, 
>while the profit means everything. He figures that if he can snag enough 
>buyers he wins.  And, he does, too. He restores nothing.  He destroys the 
>history of everything.

Even more sad than the destruction of natural patina and history,  I'd 
venture to say that if
he divided his time spent cleaning his items into his profit,  he's 
probably not making half
minimum wage.

tu de Rich