[Elecraft] RE: K3 at Auction

[George Victor]

Chill out Rasmussen,
We all know know what you did...
Can't hide your act.
George


On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 12:13 AM, Don Rasmussen <wb8yqj at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I'll tell you what's not in the spirit of amateur
>  radio Dave, and that's likening a fellow ham that you
>  don't even know to a "ticket scalper" in public
>  because you "guess that he ordered a few K3s to make a
>  profit".
>
>  Do you know that? Don't think so because it isn't
>  true.
>
>  There are hundreds or thousands of ham radios on ebay
>  at any given time and you of course are welcome to
>  your opinion about this subject and ebay as much as
>  anyone, but postings like this in one public is pretty
>  bad juju.
>
>  I was apprehensive when I ordered the gear, not
>  because I was afraid of losing on it, but because I
>  was doing it to have some fun while I waited for my
>  own K3, a diversion like the wiki I created, and was
>  afraid that someone might characterize me negatively
>  about it.
>
>  Rest assured there is not enough money that I could
>  make on an auction  (my last one occurred in 1999) to
>  compromise my good name.
>
>  So please, lighten up, it's not a  body part I'm
>  selling, it's a radio. Or don't lighten up, but
>  keeping opinions that are based on conjecture in
>  private is most often the best policy - IMO.
>
>  de wb8yqj
>
>
>
>  [Elecraft] RE: K3 at Auction
>  Dave Agsten w4txs at yahoo.com
>  Sun Apr 27 17:38:08 EDT 2008
>
>
>  I guess that he ordered a few K3s to make a profit on
>  them while Elecraft catches up. Some folks must be
>  willing to pay a premium for not having to wait. The
>  law of Supply and Demand is applied here, although, in
>  my opinion, it's sure not, in the spirit of ham radio.
>  I know I wouldn't do it, nor would I bid on it. It's
>  the same thing as ticket scalping, even though that is
>  illegal in some places. Free enterprise is just that,
>  free to do whatever is legal.
>
>  The listing on ebay mentions the reserve price at that
>  of an assembled kit due to sales tax, shipping and
>  "other" fees. $80 or so for shipping and other fees
>  from Aptos, California to Carlsbad, California? Other
>  "sealed Elecraft K3 items" in future auctions are also
>  mentioned. I won't be bidding on those either. I would
>  hope that no one would bid on them but that won't
>  happen.
>  Dave N8AG
>
>
>
>
>
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