[Elecraft] RE: K3 at Auction

[S Sacco]

Capitalists and Comrades:

Methinks it's time for some folks to reaquaint themselves with the
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73,

Steve


On 4/28/08, 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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