[Elecraft] RE: K3 at Auction

[Stewart Baker]

Well put...

73
Stewart G3RXQ
On Mon, 28 Apr 2008 08:19:24 -0400, S Sacco wrote:
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> 73,
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> Steve
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> 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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